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Biosensor tattoo monitors sweat to gauge physical exertion
Originally posted on Gigaom: Wearable electronics like the FitBit (see disclosure) allow people to track physical activity like never before. But accelerometers and altimeters can only tell the wearer so much. Researchers at the University of California-San Diego have developed a sensor that is applied to the skin like a temporary tattoo. Once in place, it…
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Trayvon Martin and American Justice, Cont’d.
How do you think the Zimmerman trial would have ended under these circumstances? Elspeth Reeve takes Richard Cohen of the Washington Post to task in her Atlantic Column: Richard Cohen’s column in Tuesday’s Washington Post— arguing that George Zimmerman was right to assume Trayvon Martin was a criminal, because he was a black male—is racist and…
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Changing Climate, Changing Architecture
Originally posted on The Dish: William Gething, coauthor of Design for Climate Change, warns that traditional construction materials will “behave differently” in a world wracked by global warming: Brick, for example, is likely to become more saturated, particularly with increasing insulation standards, so it is likely to be less effective at keeping moisture out. Materials move more in…
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Tuesday Prayer
Tonight BY AGHA SHAHID ALI 1949–2001 Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar —LAURENCE HOPE Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell tonight? Whom else from rapture’s road will you expel tonight? Those “Fabrics of Cashmere—” “to make Me beautiful—” “Trinket”—to gem—“Me to adorn—How tell”—tonight? I beg for haven: Prisons, let open your…
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A Teen With An Internet Connection vs Cancer
Originally posted on The Dish: At age 13, after losing a family friend to pancreatic cancer, Jack Andraka set out to discover why the available tests couldn’t detect the disease earlier and at a lower cost. Amazingly, he stumbled upon a way to do just that – he estimates his method is 168 times faster,…
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Trayvon Martin and American Justice
Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic best describes the underlying societal attitudes and narratives that resulted in the acquittal of George Zimmerman. My own response is one of impotence and sadness. I’m so sorry for the parents of Trayvon Martin. They had to fight to get this trial, endure the criminalization of their 17-year-old son and then…
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The “Portable Toxic Threat Detector” lets you know if your food is safe to eat
If you are interested in knowing what’s in your food, you may soon be able to use the portable toxic threat detector or PTTD, a mechanism developed by third year electronics and telecommuncation engineering students at GH Raisoni College of Engineering, Saurabh Puranik, Shreya Dhondarikar, Sagar Nasre and Sowmya Singh. It will not only tell you…
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