Science and Medicine
Tuesday links
YouTube users now upload 100 hours of video every minuteToday [Sunday] is YouTube’s eighth birthday, and to mark the occasion Google is revealing new statistics that underline what a cultural sensation its video site has become. Most staggeringly, over 100 hours of video are now uploaded to YouTube each and every minute.—The Verge Helper Robots [...]
A movie that uses individual atoms
In one form or the other, atomic theory has a long history, dating back to at least the first century BC and the Roman philosopher Lucretius. However, it has not been all that long since the idea of matter being composed of atomic particles was accepted by everybody. Even around the turn of the 20th [...]
Health care with mobile platforms
Source: Allied Health World
Health hazards of tablet use
Monday links
‘Fragmentation’ leaves Android phones vulnerable to hackers, scammersThe Washington Post analyzes how the diversity of Android devices, manufacturers, and phone companies means that security updates from Google are often not applied in a timely fashion if they are installed at all. Take that, Google: Oxford University sees self-driving as a $150 option in future carsIt’s [...]
Using the web for health information
I have posted previously about health-related sites on the Internet. Here is an infographic that shows that the Internet is a popular source for health and medical information. Source: Pew Research
Monday links
Artificial intelligence better than doctors at diagnosing treating patientsAI can think like a doctor, but faster and with more information, Indiana U. researchers find—ITWorld The future of mobile CPUs, part 1: Today’s fork in the road2013 may be a big year for the evolution of smartphones and tablets—At Ars Technica, David Kanter discusses where mobile [...]
