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Definition of Simplicity: It's impossible to f..k it up

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George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp...

It this TEDx talk, George Whitesides walks us through a few simple paper based technologies that could potentially be used to diagnose disease using blood samples. There's a color laser printer that can produce up to 10 million strips. This can be a game changer for sure. He also discusses the use of egg beater as a cheap centrifuge for separating blood cells from serum, and a $50 light wave device with the power of a $100,000 machine.

So what do we focus on to engineer low cost solutions to profoundly complex problems? Answer: Simplicity

But what is Simplicity? George reminds us that we all know what it is, but not what it means... After some work with a group of brilliant folks they stumbled upon the following definition.

Simplicity: "It's impossible to f..k it up"

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Posted 1 month ago

First Detailed Photos of Atoms

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via insidescience.org

The soft blue spheres and split clouds are the electron orbital clouds of the carbon atom as predicted by quantum mechanics.

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Posted 5 months ago

New Hubble instruments take dramatic images

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via tgdaily.com

Checkout the Slideshow http://www.tgdaily.com/slideshows/index.php?s=200909101&p=1

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Posted 6 months ago

Learn how brain creates meaning to solve problems and create better UI's

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What is it about graphics, pictures, and animation that creates meaning? Tom Wujec talks about 3 ways the brain creates meaning.

Quick Summary:

How does the brain create meaning? Begining with the eyes, thirty or so centers of the brain work in parallel to produce "aha" moments that come together to create a unified mental model.

We make meaning by an act of visual interrogation.

3 things you should do:
1. Use Images to Clarify Ideas
2. Interact with images to Create Engagement (touch screens,whiteboards etc)
3. Augment Memory with Persistent & Evolving Views

Example:

At AutoDesk, team draws entire strategic plan on one giant wall. The team creates a shared mental model that they can share.

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Posted 7 months ago

Tracking The Life And Death Of News

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Top 50 threads in the news cycle with highest volume for the period Aug. 1 to Oct. 31, 2008. The total number of posts was constant through the period; peaks represent stories that took up the largest proportion of all posts at a given time. (Credit: Kleinberg group)
via sciencedaily.com

"As more and more news appears on the Internet as well as in print, it becomes possible to map the global flow of news by observing it online. Using this strategy, Cornell computer scientists have managed to track and analyze the "news cycle" -- the way stories rise and fall in popularity."

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Posted 7 months ago

Scitable tackling traditional media and learning #hackedu

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via adage.com

Read "A New Model for Digital Publishing ... From an Academic Journal?" on Advertising Age. (article)

Scitable is Social Network meets Wikipedia. A "trusted" alternative to Wikipedia for Science. Scitable also has guided lessons called "Learning Paths".

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Posted 7 months ago

The Secret: dance lessons and hand grip exercises

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via newscientist.com

I suppose this really needed to be scientifically proven. On another note, I wonder what impact the choice of song (Robbie Williams "Let Me Entertain You") had on the results of the study. My conclusion, if you can't dance, then never, under any circumstances, dance to this song in front of women.

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Posted 8 months ago

Supernerds prove that Supernerds have a lot of sex

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Late last year, researchers in England published a study purporting to establish a link between creative output and number of sexual partners.
via seedmagazine.com

Einstein, Feynman, Schrodinger, and Oppenheimer are just a few named in this article. I have no comment, just passing along some important information.

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Posted 8 months ago

What do Twitter, Cancer, and Crickets have in common?

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via viddler.com

Answer: Network Theory

Check out BBC documentary: Six Degrees of Separation

Great insights. I won't spoil it unless you want me to... let me know.

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Posted 8 months ago

DNA Sudoku: Logic Of 'Sudoku' Math Puzzle Used To Vastly Enhance Genome-sequencing Capability

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The key to the team's innovation is the pooling strategy, which is based on the 2,000-year-old Chinese remainder theorem. "It minimizes the number of pools and the amount of sequencing," says Hannon of their method, which they dubbed "DNA Sudoku" because of its similarity to the logic and combinatorial number-placement rules used in the popular game.
via sciencedaily.com

Wow, and I thought Sudoku was designed to keep subway riders subdued.

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Posted 8 months ago
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