With an avalanche of 2.5 quintillion bytes of data generated daily, could this be used to change our lives and does it have a darker side?
KurtL / Kurt Labuschewski
Daydreamer, hyper-learning consumer
There are three people in KurtL’s collective.
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Can big data save lives?
Tagged with bbc more or less statistics big data analysis science
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Digital dishes, life stories and recipes.
How 13 strangers from different food cultures, met, cooked and shared some fascinating culinary stories.
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Phosphorescent
Phosphorescent, aka Matthew Houck, stops by the Cutting Room Studios NYC for a live session with a full band and performs songs from the album "Muchacho". Recorded 3/20/2013 - 4 songs: Terror In The Canyons (The Wounded Master), Song For Zula, The Quotidian Beasts, A New Anhedonia
Tagged with music:artist=phosphorescent
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Google Fights Glass Backlash Before It Even Hits The Street : All Tech Considered : NPR
From privacy concerns to technology saturation, Google’s new technology has had its fair share of criticism â and it’s not even on sale yet. The company wants to change those negative perceptions of its wearable computer before it goes on sale to the public.
Tagged with npr google glass
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Experts Percolate on How To Brew Coffee : NPR
Sam Penix and Sam Lewontin, of Everyman Espresso in New York City, and Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking, explain how to get the most out of your grounds. The brewmasters discuss brewing devices, from wood necks to chemex, and filter out reasons you might choose one over another.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/10/182861384/experts-percolate-on-how-to-brew-coffee
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Mining Books To Map Emotions Through A Century : Shots - Health News : NPR
Anthropologists find that the use of "emotional" words in all sorts of books has soared and dipped across the past century, roughly mirroring each era’s social and economic upheavals. And psychologists say this new form of language analysis may offer a more objective view into our culture.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/01/175584297/mining-books-to-map-emotions-through-a-century
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Fire, Water, Air, Earth: Michael Pollan Gets Elemental In ‘Cooked’
Huffduffed from http://www.npr.org/2013/04/21/177501735/fire-water-air-earth-michael-pollan-gets-elemental-in-cooked
Tagged with npr food cooking book:author=michael pollan
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Pouring Over The Science Of Coffee : NPR
Brewing coffee is a neverending science project, according to barista Sam Penix, owner of Everyman Espresso in New York City. Grind-size, brew method, coffee beans (which are really seeds), water temperature can all affect the flavors that end up in your cup. Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking, explains some of the chemistry of coffee.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/12/177029251/poring-over-the-science-of-coffee
Tagged with npr coffee espresso book:author=harold mcgee
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BBC Discovery: A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong - Part One
The planet Mars boasts the most dramatic landscapes in our solar system. Kevin Fong embarks on a grand tour around the planet with scientists, artists and writers who know its special places intimately- through their probes, roving robots and imaginations. This first part of the journey includes Mars’ gargantuan volcanoes, an extreme version of Earth’s Grand Canyon and the cratered Southern Highlands where future explorers might find safety from the Red Planet’s deadly radiation environment.
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Can we build an elevator to space?
With the end of the shuttle program and an International Space Station still in need of supplies, the aerospace industry is working the kinks of out of a century-old idea to build a service elevator from Earth to outer space.
Tagged with space elevator engineering space
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