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06/02/2013

2.7 Trillion...

While the American medical system is famous for expensive drugs and heroic care at the end of life, a more significant factor in the nation’s annual health care bill may be the high price tag of ordinary services.

05/10/2013

Excel... no way !

A 73-year-old man in Japan used Microsoft Excel to create some striking images.

05/06/2013

Hi Glass: For the lucky previewers from the wannabes...

These high-tech specs with a built-in computer have the geek world abuzz, but wearing them in polite society requires decorum. Here, an open letter to very early adopters.

04/02/2013

Twitter, Google and YouTube are having some fun this April Fools' Day.

12/20/2012

Apple Maps: 3 times more likely to get lost than google or customer power?

Why did Apple agree to let Google Maps back in the tent? This question was originally answered on Quora by Jesse Hollington.

12/20/2012

Logistics - gotta love em. Per FedEx and UPS, Santa would need
* 46 international distribution centers, to allow Santa to reload as he crosses the globe. That means 400,000 workers for loading presents onto Santa's sleigh.
* 60,000 workers to develop optimized flight plans and communicate with the FAA, secure flyover rights, etc.
* 7,000 people monitoring demand and tweaking his route in real time.
* 100 meteorologists to make sure Santa doesn't fly into a blizzard.
* 40,000 people to help Santa clear customs.

How do you deliver presents to 760 million children in one night? Experts at FedEx and UPS talk us through the numbers.

12/03/2012

GE Hospital Quest Challenge - Your challenge: Contribute to the design of the ultimate patient experience.

While medicine should be left to the professionals, many aspects of
hospital operations are ripe for rethinking. In this Quest, focus on
operational (non-medical) solutions that can promote an improved health care system experience for patient and family.

Total prize money of $100K top prize of $30K!

First deadline - December 21: Deadline for consideration for First Milestone

Complete details found at www.gequest.com

11/19/2012

Cell phone over wifi and no 4g bills...?

With republic wireless' Hybrid Calling, you pay $19 per month for unlimited minutes, data and text. No contracts, overages or fees.

11/19/2012

Researchers have mimicked pulmonary edema in a microchip lined by living human cells. They used this "lung-on-a-chip" to study drug toxicity and identify potential new therapies to prevent this life-threatening condition. The study offers further proof-of-concept that human "organs-on-chips" hold tr...

10/16/2012

The human spirit knows no bounds...

Austrian pilot and parachutist Felix Baumgartner set a world record Sunday for the highest parachute jump by safely leaping from a capsule carried by a helium balloon to an altitude of 127,900 feet—about 24 miles up

10/12/2012

A huge endeavour: an unmodified Toyota tundra to pull the space shuttle Endeavour to its final resting place today

The story of a half-ton truck's mission to tow Space Shuttle Endeavour.

09/19/2012

Harmonic analysis or fractal geometry anyone?

Twin spacecraft recently began orbiting the earth, and the probes have been sending back strangely beautiful recordings of the sounds of space. Scientists call it the chorus. The sounds come from the magnetosphere, an area where charged particles from the sun interact with the earth's magnetic field...