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Uber announces suspension of UberPOP in France(uk.reuters.com)
44 points by graeham 11y ago|95 comments
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First US Measles Death in 12 Years(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by graeham 11y ago|1 comments
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by graeham 11y ago
Forecasting is a art - I think the Population Bomb (and other predictions made ~ that era - Hubbard Peak Oil? Ozone holes? Space Travel? Robots?) are subject to the initial conditions of the prediction. Why were mothers in India having so m
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by graeham 11y ago
Hope not - their reaction shouldn't be lawsuits, it should be "hire this guy/ gal"! I don't see why so many popular mobile apps seem to refuse to have web-versions for use on other platforms. Even if it's less
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by graeham 11y ago
It is being done https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibody_therapy Often these drugs are very expensive, and the targeting is to a specific receptor rather than a specific region. A magnetically or swim steered
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by graeham 11y ago
" And when they applied an oscillating magnetic field, the nanoswimmer moved in an S-like, undulatory motion at the speed of nearly one body length per second. " If applying an external magnetic field, why not just use that to dir
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UK woman can ride bike for first time with 'world's most lifelike bionic hand'(theguardian.com)
1 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 11y ago
Interesting - what is the advantage in not using inverse kinematics? I'd think with your second level loops with objective functions like you say, you'd be able to get the thing to work for small changes at low speed. At higher sp
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by graeham 11y ago
Whoever changed the link to the AP article, it is now broken...
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by graeham 11y ago
I'd say RIM was superior in messaging, but lost because they kept the platform closed - and inferior in photos and music, which made them lose as a multi-use device.
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by graeham 11y ago
I noticed the link to the AP article after I posted and it had been upvoted. But to be honest, the 'blog spam' actually says everything that is interesting in the AP article, in about half the wordcount.
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Ex-BlackBerry Co-CEO Talks Publicly(hosted.ap.org)
35 points by graeham 11y ago|51 comments
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by graeham 11y ago
Really cool - would be good to have a quick instructions drop down - I started with clicking things and hitting keys until I realised it was a simulation on initial conditions only. The bombers seem too effective in anti-fighter measures, a
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by graeham 11y ago
I think the biggest difference is tradition engineering systems are mostly linear, while software rarely is. Even non-linear mechanical or electrical systems can typically be modelled. Modelling is a key activity of engineering - it allows
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by graeham 11y ago
I think the paraphrase is pretty good itself! Would be interesting to find the origin though. Larry Leifer from the Stanford Center for Design Research has some good talks and papers around on the more general design process, under the them
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When 100 people lift a bus(bbc.co.uk)
123 points by graeham 11y ago|93 comments
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by graeham 11y ago
As many Western Canadian cities, it has Native origins [1]. The unusual part is that its an English translation, at least instead of an Anglicized spelling or pronunciation. Its a small city, probably about 6th in Alberta by population. Its
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Medicine Hat becomes the first city in Canada to eliminate homelessness(cbc.ca)
102 points by graeham 11y ago|105 comments
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Company Creates Bioethics Panel on Trial Drugs(nytimes.com)
5 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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Distributed manufacturing: a 21st century renaissance?(blog.grabcad.com)
2 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 11y ago
I think the article is getting at the "design is form vs design is experience" debate, and actually uses a good variety of real-world examples. The title is obviously a bit link-baity/ sensationalist, but this is unfortunatel
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Coming to a factory near you: Man-machine hybrids(zdnet.com)
1 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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Design in tech is stupid(jeremykooyman.com)
1 points by graeham 11y ago|2 comments
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Concepts emerge for a vertical city in the desert(phys.org)
2 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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One Doctor’s Quest to Save the World With Data(wired.com)
29 points by graeham 11y ago|3 comments
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Rasterfarian: Thoughts on my first launched app(graehamdouglas.com)
1 points by graeham 11y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
Thanks for your comments and suggestions - I do welcome any more you may have!
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by graeham 12y ago
It may have been poorly timed with me updating the index page, sorry! (See DanBC's suggestion)
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by graeham 12y ago
Thanks for the tip - added some for now :) (You might have to close your browser to see the update)
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Show HN: Rasterfarian – convert low res photos to HD(rasterfarian.co)
6 points by graeham 12y ago|6 comments

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