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Samsung patents smart contact lenses with a built-in camera: Samsung has been granted a patent for smart contact lenses

Samsung patents smart contact lenses with a built-in camera: Samsung has been granted a patent for smart contact lenses with a built-in camera that activates when you blink.
Source: mashable.com

Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue

Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue centre in Nairobi started 14 years ago and has now expanded to caring directly for around 100 children across two sites. They have offered for adoption over 170 children. The city...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
Source: amazon.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt’s tactics in junior doctors’ dispute attacked by senior Tory: Sarah Wollaston says health secretary misrepresented

Jeremy Hunt’s tactics in junior doctors’ dispute attacked by senior Tory: Sarah Wollaston says health secretary misrepresented evidence to win support in pursuit of ‘unachievable’ seven-day NHS
Source: theguardian.com

Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables in wake of Google engineer’s crusade | ExtremeTech: Amazon has agreed to formally disallow

Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables in wake of Google engineer’s crusade | ExtremeTech: Amazon has agreed to formally disallow the sale of cables that don't conform to the USB-C specification after one Google engineer found a number of faulty cables -- including cables that destroyed hardware. It's a small...
Source: extremetech.com

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed our ancestors trying to avoid poisonous foods it continues to occupy much of our time. We seem incapable of deciding what to have for lunch without consulting to dietary guidelines,...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Many parents wary of online doctor ratings: When it comes to choosing a doctor, the majority of parents aren't convinced

Many parents wary of online doctor ratings: When it comes to choosing a doctor, the majority of parents aren't convinced online ratings are reliable -- or even real, a new national poll shows.
Source: eurekalert.org

Good read. "Life on the Edge" by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden covers the fascinating world of quantum biology. Could

Good read. "Life on the Edge" by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden covers the fascinating world of quantum biology. Could life be a delicate balance that organic molecules can provide to enable quantum coherence? The efficient quantum mechanisms of photosynthesis, magnetoreception, and enzymes are...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Medical Education Theme Issue 2016: Call for Papers: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Medical Education Theme Issue 2016: Call for Papers: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun The classic tripartite definition of the roles of a physician includes teaching, research, and patient care. While it is debatable whether the physicians in recent...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Cheap Plasmonic Interferometer Could Enable Prickless Glucose Monitor: Turns out plasmonic internferometers don't need a

Cheap Plasmonic Interferometer Could Enable Prickless Glucose Monitor: Turns out plasmonic internferometers don't need a coherent light source to take measurements
Source: ieee.org

Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy - Now@NEJM: Statins significantly reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease,

Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy - Now@NEJM: Statins significantly reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease, are generally safe, and have an acceptable side-effect profile. It is now recognized, however, that in very rare cases, an autoimmune myopathy develops in patients treated with statins;...
Source: nejm.org

"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population.

"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population. The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health was explicit that to achieve health equity, we need to tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources". Swimming...
Source: bmj.com

Sci-Hub: How Does it Work?: Sci-Hub is a pirate website that enables users to access content that is held behind publisher

Sci-Hub: How Does it Work?: Sci-Hub is a pirate website that enables users to access content that is held behind publisher paywalls. This is how it works.
Source: sspnet.org

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com

Establishing hydrogen infrastructure is not an insurmountable problem. Whatever you may have heard. Riversimple’s Finance

Establishing hydrogen infrastructure is not an insurmountable problem. Whatever you may have heard. Riversimple’s Finance Director, Jeff Loo, likens the current Hydrogen infrastructure to the (lack of) early cell phone masts. This is an exciting Welsh start-up, in Llandrindod Wells, is aiming to build...
Source: riversimple.com

Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising

Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising by demand leads to great inconsistencies across journals and inflates the Impact Factors of elite journals. The solution: remov...
Source: sspnet.org

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those with the most need, the least information, and who find themselves in Europe. It is aimed at refugees and migrants and helps them find free primary healthcare and emergency services. There...
Source: clinicfinder.org

Dissolvable Brain Implant For Monitoring of ICP |: Post brain surgery or cranial injury patients require close monitoring

Dissolvable Brain Implant For Monitoring of ICP |: Post brain surgery or cranial injury patients require close monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) and swelling in the brain. Conventional implants are
Source: medgadget.com

Dr Phil Hammond - Medicine Balls. "If Hunt and Cameron are to regain the trust of doctors and other NHS staff, and avoid

Dr Phil Hammond - Medicine Balls. "If Hunt and Cameron are to regain the trust of doctors and other NHS staff, and avoid the huge risk of strikes in the middle of January, they must stop spinning and start telling the truth. Staff and patients need to know exactly how much is available and what services...
Source: drphilhammond.com

A Minimum Viable Product is an Object for Learning: The best way to think of a Minimum Viable Product is as an object for

A Minimum Viable Product is an Object for Learning: The best way to think of a Minimum Viable Product is as an object for learning. Here’s an example of a great one, along with resources to help you build your own.
Source: timkastelle.org