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Augmented reality set to overtake VR as new apps go live. "AR enthusiasts envisage the technology being used in the workplace,

Augmented reality set to overtake VR as new apps go live. "AR enthusiasts envisage the technology being used in the workplace, as well as just for fun. Factory workers could learn to use a new machine with a hands-on tutorial, architects could walk through their vision for a restored building, and police...
Source: newscientist.com

The battle for high-quality VR: "It's time to acknowledge that your audience does not need to see your every stumble on

The battle for high-quality VR: "It's time to acknowledge that your audience does not need to see your every stumble on the way to virtual reality greatness."
Source: niemanlab.org

Jam tomorrow: The meaning of non-tariff trade barriers - John Kay: The reality of Brexit and trade negotiations is a review

Jam tomorrow: The meaning of non-tariff trade barriers - John Kay: The reality of Brexit and trade negotiations is a review of the rules governing myriads of individual products in mind-numbing detail. Those who thought Brexit meant less regulation, less bureaucracy, fewer civil servants, are in for...
Source: johnkay.com

Watch the world’s first 360° VR surgery live stream on Thursday: VR operations: it’s all about stitch ‘em up, not

Watch the world’s first 360° VR surgery live stream on Thursday: VR operations: it’s all about stitch ‘em up, not shoot ’em up. "On May 22 2014, Mr Shafi Ahmed, consultant general colorectal, and laparoscopic surgeon at Barts NHS trust was in the news for bringing his craft a good deal...
Source: arstechnica.com

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

Doctors Without Borders Using 3D Printing, Virtual Reality to Plan Hospitals |: Médecins Sans Frontières, aka Doctors

Doctors Without Borders Using 3D Printing, Virtual Reality to Plan Hospitals |: Médecins Sans Frontières, aka Doctors Without Borders, is investigating how 3D printing and virtual reality technologies can help the organization setup fi
Source: medgadget.com

The Stockdale Paradox: You must retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties. AND at the

The Stockdale Paradox: You must retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties. AND at the same time... You must confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
Source: ndoherty.com

Beyond investing: Making global health a reality for all | PLOS Biologue: A grand convergence in global health will require

Beyond investing: Making global health a reality for all | PLOS Biologue: A grand convergence in global health will require strategic investments in R&D and an aggressive scale-up of health-care delivery systems to ensure health tools reach those who need them most.
Source: plos.org

Unlike “classical” democracy, which focuses on majority rule, Deep Democracy suggests that all voices, states of awareness,

Unlike “classical” democracy, which focuses on majority rule, Deep Democracy suggests that all voices, states of awareness, and frameworks of reality are important. Deep Democracy also suggests that the information carried within these voices, awarenesses, and frameworks are all needed to understand...
Source: iapop.com

Google Cardboard Virtual Reality Used to Prepare for Major Pediatric Surgery (VIDEO) |: Virtual reality technology is finally

Google Cardboard Virtual Reality Used to Prepare for Major Pediatric Surgery (VIDEO) |: Virtual reality technology is finally becoming cheap, easily available, and even useful for clinical applications. At Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami
Source: medgadget.com

Giroptic Is Building The GoPro For Virtual Reality: French startup Giroptic just raised $4.5 million for a new kind of

Giroptic Is Building The GoPro For Virtual Reality: French startup Giroptic just raised $4.5 million for a new kind of action camera. Giroptic looks like a GoPro, but if you look closely, you can notice three..
Source: techcrunch.com

Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon's Perspective |: It is only a matter of time before augmented

Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon's Perspective |: It is only a matter of time before augmented reality becomes a critical and useful tool in the operating room.  Surgeons will eventually be able to use hol
Source: medgadget.com

Treating aortic aneurysms through virtual reality: Virtual models can be created in the angiography room thanks to an approach

Treating aortic aneurysms through virtual reality: Virtual models can be created in the angiography room thanks to an approach developed by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) and the university's departments of radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine.
Source: eurekalert.org

Don't Panic - End Poverty

Video "Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad? The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030. Looking at the realities of extremely poor people the goal seems impossible. The rains didn’t fall in Malawi this year....
Source: gapminder.org

Google Releases Open Source Plans For Cardboard V2 Virtual Reality Viewer - Slashdot

Google Releases Open Source Plans For Cardboard V2 Virtual Reality Viewer - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Junior NHS doctors have it easy now, or do they? - cartoon: Why older doctors complaining about a possible strike by their

Junior NHS doctors have it easy now, or do they? - cartoon: Why older doctors complaining about a possible strike by their younger colleagues might be in need of a reality check
Source: theguardian.com