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Donald Clark Plan B: Obama’s last act – recommendations on AI in learning

Donald Clark Plan B: Obama’s last act – recommendations on AI in learning
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Automated training devices for improving walking after stroke | Cochrane "We found moderate-quality evidence that electromechanical-assisted

Automated training devices for improving walking after stroke | Cochrane "We found moderate-quality evidence that electromechanical-assisted gait training combined with physiotherapy when compared with physiotherapy alone may improve recovery of independent walking in people after stroke."
Source: cochrane.org

The UK government’s attitude to air pollution stinks: Despite debate over how many "deaths" air pollution causes, it is

The UK government’s attitude to air pollution stinks: Despite debate over how many "deaths" air pollution causes, it is clear bad air damages our health, so attempts to delay rules on reducing it must be resisted
Source: newscientist.com

Cancer Drug Fund didn’t deliver value ‘to patients or society’: A fund that spent more than £1 billion on expensive

Cancer Drug Fund didn’t deliver value ‘to patients or society’: A fund that spent more than £1 billion on expensive new cancer drugs in England had little clinical benefit, a study of 29 medicines has concluded
Source: newscientist.com

Updating Asimov - How Do We Regain Control In the Digital Age? - The Scholarly Kitchen: Algorithms behave in ways even their

Updating Asimov - How Do We Regain Control In the Digital Age? - The Scholarly Kitchen: Algorithms behave in ways even their creators can't understand, yet they dominate how we share and see information. Do we need a "Three Laws for Algorithms"?
Source: sspnet.org

When the Wolf Finally Arrives: Big Deal Cancelations in North American Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen: For years, we

When the Wolf Finally Arrives: Big Deal Cancelations in North American Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen: For years, we in libraries have been predicting the imminent demise of the manifestly-unsustainable Big Deal -- and yet it has persisted. Now that may be changing.
Source: sspnet.org

Traces #4 by Mike Caulfield: The Coming Annotation Wars: I went to the iAnnotate conference last week and it was lovely.

Traces #4 by Mike Caulfield: The Coming Annotation Wars: I went to the iAnnotate conference last week and it was lovely. Annotation is slowly coming into its own as a technology; I tend to think of it as a way to "re-webify" a web that has increasingly move...
Source: tinyletter.com

Robotic system can 3-D print basic structure of an entire building | KurzweilAI

Robotic system can 3-D print basic structure of an entire building | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Donald Clark Plan B: Scrap your company values and replace with 'Don't be a dick!'... the rest is hubris

Donald Clark Plan B: Scrap your company values and replace with 'Don't be a dick!'... the rest is hubris
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Donald Clark Plan B: Snapchat’s smart pivot into an AR company but is AR ready for learning?

Donald Clark Plan B: Snapchat’s smart pivot into an AR company but is AR ready for learning?
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study:

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study: Objective  To examine the association of long term intake of gluten with the development of incident coronary heart disease. Design  Prospective cohort study. Setting and participants...
Source: bmj.com

Will the UK become a “desert for healthcare innovation”? « Healthcare Economist

Will the UK become a “desert for healthcare innovation”? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com

Day v Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust & Health Education England (2017) - Hempsons

Day v Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust & Health Education England (2017) - Hempsons
Source: hempsons.co.uk

A Serious Game for Learning C Programming Language Concepts Using Solo Taxonomy: This paper conducts a study to identify

A Serious Game for Learning C Programming Language Concepts Using Solo Taxonomy: This paper conducts a study to identify pedagogical approaches and gameplay techniques involved in the development of serious games for teaching scientific courses in general especially programming languages. The concept...
Source: online-journals.org

The basics of basic income - John Kay: Basic income schemes cannot work and distract from sensible, feasible and necessary

The basics of basic income - John Kay: Basic income schemes cannot work and distract from sensible, feasible and necessary welfare reforms.
Source: johnkay.com

Alphabet's influence. Good round-up of past initiatives in health technology from Google and current areas of interest to

Alphabet's influence. Good round-up of past initiatives in health technology from Google and current areas of interest to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. "Alphabet has quietly become the most influential player in Silicon Valley health tech: Alphabet has more than a dozen teams focused on health across...
Source: cnbc.com

Better living through quantum chemistry: Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be

Better living through quantum chemistry: Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be the first areas of business to get a quantum speed boost.
Source: technologyreview.com

Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision

Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision to offer.
Source: newyorker.com

Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Climbs: Japanese materials company prototypes a 26.3 percent efficient silicon cell, steps

Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Climbs: Japanese materials company prototypes a 26.3 percent efficient silicon cell, steps away from the 29 percent theoretical maximum
Source: ieee.org

An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent and How the Media Creates the Illusion of Democracy:

An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent and How the Media Creates the Illusion of Democracy: For nearly as many years as he’s occupied the public eye, famed linguist and anarchist philosopher Noam Chomsky has made claims that might have discredited other academics.
Source: openculture.com