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"The resulting plot (see chart) shows that both measures peaked at around US$750,000 in annual funding; at higher funding levels, the median publication number and average impact factor were both discernibly lower."
links for 2010-11-16
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Graphs and analysis, oh my! State of the industry.
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"Biologists' collaborative data repositories come of age."
links for 2010-11-15
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I don't know if I'd call it 'controlled'. It's really just regular serendipity. Just more actively looking for it. No?
links for 2010-11-07
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One more step towards lifecaching. / via @jsteig
Future Media by BERGLONDON – ubicomp.revised
BERG has come out with two more "alternative futures" videos, once again made with Dentsu London and Timo Arnall.
I've been struggling to put into words what I feel and think when I see these visions. I see this as all about ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) or calm computing.
When folks spoke about ubicomp (I remember talking about it back in the 90s) it focused on the computer, the devices, the data, and how it would interface with people. And one theme was that "computing" would recede into the background.
But these videos are much more – much more current with how we use machines and our expectations of how to interact with them and the world. Today, computing and devices are as hum-drum as a newspaper or magazine, no more wondrous than a chair we sit in. All that was ubicomp has finally receded into the mundane.
In Incidental Media (video below) and Media Surfaces: The Journey the focus is on the peripheral (ambient?) "calmness" of information presentation, with a bit of play worked in. Surfaces (printed and digital) become a part of the landscape, much like clouds or smells that provide information should you turn your attention to them.
One key thing that I'd also like to point out is that all this information or activity is modest – it's as smart as a puppy and isn't meant to be a smidgeoun smarter.
What did you think of when you saw these videos?
Video: Incidental Media
And, I got to say I chuckled a few times when I saw some of the names in the videos and that Finnish coaster. Nice touches for those who know. 🙂
links for 2010-11-01
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"Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature. The new position could have a huge impact on medicine and on the biotechnology industry."
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Brilliant.
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"Increasing amounts of vegetation could be causing up to 60% of a slowing in wind speed across the Northern Hemisphere"
Heh, as we make the world more green, we may be causing wind speed to go down. Other side effects include the increase in wild animals in suburban areas.
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"But synthetic DNA standards offer little protection, critics say."
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Movers and shakers to meet.
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"Ten years ago, two fingers were enough to count the number of sequenced human genomes. Until last year, the fingers on two hands were enough. Today, the rate of such sequencing is escalating so fast it is hard to keep track. Nature attempted nevertheless: we asked more than 90 genomics centres and labs to estimate the number of human genome sequences they have in the works. Although far from comprehensive, the tally indicates that at least 2,700 human genomes will have been completed by the end of this month, and that the total will rise to more than 30,000 by the end of 2011."