Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By 2018, 20% of all business content will be authored by machines.
... Technologies with the ability to proactively assemble and deliver information through automated composition...
Source: gartner.com
Just finished reading "Dancing at the edge" an exploration of competencies for the 21st century. An excellent and academic review of the topic giving hope that "future persons" will indeed be more resilient. Instead of simply listing competencies they describe examples from the extensive range of interviews...
Source: internationalfuturesforum.com
Global Wind Power Capacity Tops Nuclear Energy For First Time - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
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
RtoP. I've been privileged to work on this programme for the past 18 months with Trish groves at BMJ and now very happy to see it launched. It is a collaboration between UCSF and BMJ bringing together the two great themes of conducting great research and getting it published. Visit rtop.bmj.com to try...
Source: bmj.com
Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological survey Lars G Hemkens. Despina G Contopoulos-Ioannidis. John P A Ioannidis. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com
Dusty Snow in Central Asia : Image of the Day: A swath of dust tops the snow in Central Asia, but the question is: what was the source of the dust, and how did it get there?
Source: nasa.gov
Healthcare on demand to see increased funding in coming years says an industry report by Accenture. Over $1billion by 2017.
In this burgeoning on-demand economy, market entrants have developed solutions that address activities previously perceived as dull or demanding. For instance, Wype brings car-washing...
Source: accenture.com
Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: In a joint publication across 14 member journals, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) proposes to require sharing of deidentified individual patient data underlying published...
Source: plos.org
The rise of the robots
Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk
The top five causes of death worldwide - infographic: Five conditions accounted for almost 40% of all deaths worldwide in 2012. The countries are most affected by these diseases and how trends are changing over time
Source: theguardian.com
Top Dermatology Stories of 2015: By the NEJM Journal Watch Editors
NEJM Journal Watch Dermatology presents its list of the 10 top stories … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org
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
What top researchers discovered when they re-ran the numbers on income inequality
Source: washingtonpost.com
Smartphone-Based Visual Acuity Measurement for Screening and Clinical Assessment: This commentary discusses a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology that describes the accuracy of a smartphone-based visual acuity test for detecting visual impairment in rural Kenya. Christopher J. Brady. Allen O. Eghrari....
Source: jamanetwork.com
NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest major body of navigable water in the world and the largest lake in South America.
Source: nasa.gov
University of Edinburgh partners with Top Hat | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com
All Editors Quit Top Linguistics Journal To Protest Elsevier's Pricing - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
UV Angel Automatic UV Disinfection Device for Medical Monitors, Phones, Desktops |: UV Partners, a company based in Livonia, Michigan, is releasing an interesting ultraviolet disinfection device for use around clinical environments. UV dis
Source: medgadget.com