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"Sitting all day might significantly boost the risk of lifestyle-related disease even if one adds a regular dose of moderate or vigorous exercise, scientists said today."
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"To write this piece, we cataloged over 7,000 photographs on OkCupid.com, analyzing three primary things:
* Facial Attitude. Is the person smiling? Staring straight ahead? Doing that flirty lip-pursing thing?
* Photo Context. Is there alcohol? Is there a pet? Is the photo outdoors? Is it in a bedroom?
* Skin. How much skin is the person showing? How much face? How much breasts? How much ripped abs?"
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In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary fifty years the computer has had, you need only look around you--probably no farther than your desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at your local hospital. But as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, with opinions from such experts as Gordon Bell, Sherry Turkle, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Paul Abraham, Donald Norman, Franz Alt, and David Gelernter. This brilliantly eclectic collection, commissioned to celebrate a major milestone in an ongoing technological revolution, will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they're taking us.
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The Associated Press has an article on a new JAMA study documenting the relationship between daily exercise and longevity:
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To help Technology Horizons Program members understand the long-term potential RFID, the Institute for the Future (IFTF) has
undertaken a project to map the future of RFID beyond the supply
chain. Even though companies are struggling with the Wal-Mart and Tesco mandates to add RFID tags to pallets and cases of goods, it’s not too early to begin thinking about how the technology could be used outside the supply chain. Our findings are presented in a series of five memos.
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The majority of the growing elder population, in the US and the rest of the world, requires some degree of formal and/or informal care either due to loss of function or failing health as a result of aging. According to findings of the Center for Disease Control, nearly three quarters of elders over the age of 65 suffer of one or more chronic diseases. The cost and burden of caring for elders is steadily increasing. If given the choice, many elders would prefer to lead an independent way of life in a residential setting with minimum intervention from the caregiver (i.e. to age in place).
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Publications on active ageing
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The WHO Multi-Country Studies unit developed the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) as part of a Longitudinal Survey Programme to compile comprehensive longitudinal information on the health and well-being of adult populations and the ageing process.
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Designers and stakeholders united in a four-day event that yielded novel ideas for solving six thorny social problems.
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At the Aspen Design Summit, the CDC Healthy Aging Project developed a new goal: to double the current number of adults 50 and over who have received a set of recommended preventive health services.
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The Healthy Aging Network is developing a prevention research agenda to increase understanding of the determinants of healthy aging among older adults; to identify interventions that promote healthy aging; and to translate research into sustainable community-based programs throughout the nation.
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"Fashioning Technology is an introductory DIY book that brings technology and crafts together in a fun and unique way. You get jargon-free primers and lots of how-to projects that will have you making - and even wearing - functional works of art."
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ELOI AND MORLOCKS
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You would think that with the national coverage of such follies as The Jaguar Post-It story other large brands would pay attention and learn from the mistakes of their corporate cohorts. Such does not appear to be the case when it comes to Toyota.
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Blog for photographer who found his photo appear in Toyota advertising, used without permission via screen grab from his flickr stream
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Matt was taking a photo of Alcatraz from Marin Headlands (on the right) as I was taking this...
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