How we help track flu trends

" This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed.Google search isn't just about looking up football scores...

Leading Market Research Shows McCain Can't Sell Hope

An interesting study by a group that studies people's facial reactions to ads concludes that McCain isn't effective in selling hope but is very good at projecting anger and selling fear.  "A marketing...

Lander grabs Mars water, will see if it's life-supporting

"(CNN) -- The Phoenix lander got its robotic arm onto a sample of water ice from Mars' surface and popped the ice into tiny, onboard "ovens" that will help determine if the water could support life, NASA researchers said Thursday. ...

Unlimited supply of chocolate for the world.

So we think the general population is getting heavier, but if this research pans out, we are all about to get a lot fatter! Heres a summary of what is going to happen. Cocoa crops getting bigger, more chocolate is...

Video Games as Military Intelligence Training

As the US military seeks to up its intelligence game, it has turned to, well, games in order to better train its operatives. Splinter Cell is not among the titles, however, as these are custom games, focusing not...

Real Scoop: Television Pundit Analyzer

This is kind of interesting...""RealScoop utilizes leading voice analysis technology to analyze statements made by public figures. The BELIEVABILITY METER™ analyzes each video second by second, displaying the real-time results in a color-coded manner from left to right. The...

ARS TECHNICA sounds a warning.

Somehow, I don't EVER want AT&T flltering content I send or receive over the Internet. Do you? I don't think NBC would be any better. Common carrier means that the owner of the "tube" or highway or phoneline does not regulate or mess with its content. "It's no secret that...

Snack-happy workers fall face down

"Snack-happy workers fall face down VIRGINIA GALT Globe and Mail Update August 1, 2007 at 11:07 AM EDT When their energy flags on the job, 42 per cent of working Canadians grab a coffee or scarf down a sugar-loaded snack to get themselves over the hump, according to a new...

Podzinger Uses Defense Technology--but who paid for the technology?

Here is an exclusive from AlwaysOn by Andy Plesser. I am very unclear why  a defense contractor that got paid out of our tax money to develop a "national security technology application, developed to fight terrorism" gets to now use this technology to catalog all the...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Water For People Uses Innovative Positioning Technologies to Monitor Internat...

"Water For People Uses Innovative Positioning Technologies to Monitor International Development Efforts (Denver, Colo.)—September 25, 2006—Water For People recently launched a pilot monitoring and evaluation...

The RIDER Project is going to Chicago!

"The RIDER Project will travel to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and exhibit Emerald City, November 18th-20th, 2006 at SAIC’s Negotiated Localities Symposium: Artists, Designers and Citizens in a...

Video-Game Analytics Track Players' Behavior

"A video game software maker wants to look over your shoulder while you play, and the company is developing software that will monitor and analyze every move you make. Sound Orwellian? Some privacy advocates may think so, but the data revealed could help developers and...

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