Category: Link

  • Wired: The Nike Experiment

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    I don’t run with music, but a lot of the information about data collection and motivation in this article about Nike+, Apple, and running sits really well with my own experiences. Read the article: Wired Magazine, The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics.

  • Layar: First Mobile Augmented Reality Browser Is Your Real Life HUD

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    See? This is what I’ve been talking about. Link: Gizmodo: Layar

  • Basic anatomy ‘baffles Britons’

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    There’s an article on the BBC website this morning covering a study that tested the lay population on their knowledge of anatomy. “A team at King’s College London found public understanding of basic anatomy has not improved since a similar survey was conducted 40 years ago. “Less than 50% of the more than 700 people…

  • Student tracker

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    A Tokyo University have given out iPhones to staff & students to encourage use of elearning materials (great idea). As an extra feature, students will be using the phones to register their attendance, verified by the inbuilt GPS. That’s an interesting thought. CNET Crave – Japanese university uses iPhone to keep tab of students

  • Automation

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    I’m feeding the kids breakfast and they really know how to make a mess. I’m sure the lino floor is getting thinner with the constant sweeping and washing. I reckon we need one of these: iRobot Scooba or one of these: ilovedogs.com – Dog licks floor constantly.

  • Swansea – Cardiff commute

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    Now this is serious bike commuting: Tredz Talk: Cycling to work, Tredz style (43 miles from Swansea to Cardiff, and then back again).

  • Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party

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    Wow. Follow the link. Video: Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party

  • Needle or toothpick, acupuncture helps

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    A study comparing the treatment of chronic low back pain using general acupuncture, individually prescribed acupuncture, acupuncture that didn’t pierce the skin (but poked the acupuncture “points”) or contemporary medical treatment suggests that acupuncture can help, and that you don’t need to pierce the skin. I’ve only come across this brief Reuters report and haven’t…

  • Art student’s invisible car

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    I love this: BBC: Art student’s car vanishing act A design student has painted a Skoda to blend it into the car park background. The image tells it all.

  • Visible Body

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    Students saw me working with the Visible Body beta software online in the anatomy revision session on Wednesday. After today’s anatomy exam (and with the last exam of the week coming tomorrow) you probably won’t care any more, but here’s the link: www.visiblebody.com It has been in a free to use, beta format up until…