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And the best information I have hunted this week as follows:
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
The Internet gets physical: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/sunday-review/the-internet-gets-physical.html?_r=1
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
How would you create the perfect search engine?
http://searchengineland.com/how-would-you-create-the-perfect-search-engine-104253
Search engines: improve your skills and find exactly what you want http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/benefits/2134212/search-engines-improve-skills-exactly#ixzz1hCjPDRmm
Software, gadgets, magazines and more in our webstore. Click here to see our latest offers.
One-Word Searches: Search Engines Doing More With Less:
How Bing Is Rethinking The Way We Search: Part 1 w/ Stefan Weitz: http://www.stonetemple.com/how-bing-is-rethinking-the-way-we-search-part-1-w-stefan-weitz/
Blekko –new and improved site, same mission:
http://blog.blekko.com/2011/12/21/blekko-new-and-improved-site-same-mission/
Biggest Search Events of 2011 & Predictions for 2012:
Great Web brands- Survey Monkey
What it's Like when the Net Giants 'Defriend' You: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41605
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Bing- the future of search and social:
Why you shouldn’t avoid twitter any longer:
The Law of Online Sharing Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will eventually have to deal with the fact that all growth has limits:
Information's Social Highways A startup studies the paths taken by viral messages: http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39294/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-12-22
Social media’s envy effect:
GOOGLE
Google's Zeitgeist: Don't Dig Too Deep for Meaning:
Test your creativity with our search caption challenge: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/test-your-creativity-with-our-search.html
Tips & Tricks for the Google TV Pro:
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Humans Make Language, Language Makes Us Human: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40320
E-book lending lures readers back to libraries: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mobiledia/2011/12/21/e-book-lending-lures-readers-back-to-libraries/
Using tablet computers, e-libraries, and family literacy initiatives to encourage young children to read: http://www.llrx.com/features/childrenreadingtools.htm
Publishers vs. Libraries: An E-Book Tug of War: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/for-libraries-and-publishers-an-e-book-tug-of-war.html
SCIENCE
Probing the Unconscious Mind Cognitive psychology is mapping the capabilities we are unaware we possess http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=probing-the-unconscious-mind
Visualizing Human Intention Neuroscientists may predict what you will do before you do it. http://www.wfs.org/content/futurist/january-february-2012-vol-46-no-1/visualizing-human-intention
Crucial Advances in 'Brain Reading' Demonstrated:
Neuroscientists identify a master controller of memory
One gene appears to regulate the brain’s ability to form new memories: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/hippocampus-memory-genes-1222.html.
The top 10- species discovered in 2011:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-05/gallery-top-10-new-species-2010
Chinese Fossils Shed Light On Evolutionary Origin of Animals from Single-Cell Ancestors: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111222142444.htm
Ironing out Details of Earth's Core: Researchers Obtain Highest-Pressure Vibrational Spectrum of Iron: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111220102530.htm
First Ever Direct Measurement of Earth's Rotation:
TECHNOLOGY
Is there a Moore
The Chinese Solar Machine: http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39356/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-12-19
Chemicals and Biofuel from Wood Biomass:
To Survive, Some Biofuels Companies Give Up on Biofuels Companies such as Gevo hope to become profitable by turning corn into chemicals: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39371/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-12-21
New Biofuel inspired by fir trees:
http://earthsky.org/energy/new-biofuel-inspired-by-fir-trees
Towards Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Hydrogen Generation: Algal Protein Gives Boost to Electrochemical Water Splitting:
The Best Predictions of 2011 Drawing from a variety of sources throughout the past year, the editors of THE FUTURIST take a look at some of the best predictions for the world’s future: http://www.wfs.org/content/futurist/january-february-2012-vol-46-no-1/best-predictions-2011
THE FUTURIST Magazine's Ten Favorite Predictions for 2011: http://www.wfs.org/content/futurist-magazines-ten-favorite-predictions-for-2011
Ultimate guide for tablets: http://savedelete.com/ultimate-guide-to-tablets.html
Marc Andreessen: Predictions for 2012 (and beyond: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57345138-93/marc-andreessen-predictions-for-2012-and-beyond/
My 10 Favorite Technologies of 2011 A year of new gadgets and wonders that greeted the world: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27434/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-12-21
Gadgets in 2011 : Top 5 of Everything – Part I: http://savedelete.com/gadgets-in-2011-top-5-of-everything-part-i.html
Need a new material? New tool can help Exhaustive reference system and interactive toolkit could revolutionize materials research, potentially enabling new types of manufacturing:
Novel Device Removes Heavy Metals from Water:
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
MIT launches online learning initiative
'MITx' will offer courses online and make online learning tools freely available.: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/mitx-education-initiative-1219.html
How to learn almost anything for free: http://askbobrankin.com/how_to_learn_almost_anything_for_free.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JcwurCgoG8P6SL
Just Enough Aversity Breeds Resilience http://bigthink.com/ideas/41587
Why Humans Are So Sociable These Days: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111220205212.htm
Prejudice Comes from a Basic Human Need and Way of Thinking, New Research Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111221140627.htm
EarthSky 22: Mayan calendar and December 21, 2012: http://earthsky.org/human-world/earthsky-22-the-mayans-and-2012
'We are the 99 percent' chosen as year's top quote: http://www.news-press.com/article/20111218/NEWS01/111218016/0/WEATHER01/-We-99-percent-chosen-year-s-top-quote
We are natural born multi-taskers: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111221140459.htm
Miki Saxon’s Selection; Quotable Quotes by H.L. Mencken:
Celebration of the Future:
Who is alive and who is dead: http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/
BUSINESS
The 50 most innovative companies 2011: http://www.technologyreview.com/tr50/
Why failure drives innovation:
COURAGE IN LEADERSHIP: FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE BOARDROOM: http://www.iveybusinessjournal.com/topics/leadership/courage-in-leadership-from-the-battlefield-to-the-boardroom
The 50 best blogs for future leaders:
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/12/19/50-blogs-future-leaders/
Fire, Snowball, Mask, Movie: How Leaders Spark and Sustain Change: http://hbr.org/2011/11/fire-snowball-mask-movie-how-leaders-spark-and-sustain-change/ar/1
Can Charisma Be Taught? The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough:
http://www.terrystarbucker.com/2010/10/10/can-charisma-be-taught-the-90-theory-and-why-that-can-be-enough/
I’m still learning. The day I stop reading, the day I stop learning – that’s the day I stop leading & likely the day I stop breathing: http://davidkanigan.com/2011/12/22/mike-myatt-five-leadership-focus-areas-for-2012-business-management-goals-focus-leadership/
Developing future leaders- It’s imperative not to wait:
http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/12/developing-future-leaders-its.html
Innovation- Matrix'-style learning cements new skills in brain
Repetition in the head can mean better performance on certain skills, researchers find: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45662193/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/#.Tu8EZDWcCGs
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Brain function — a new way to measure the economic impacts of aging: http://www.kurzweilai.net/brain-function-a-new-way-to-measure-the-economic-impacts-of-aging
Scientists May Be Able to Double Efficacy of Radiation Therapy:
Technological Healing A leading researcher says digital technologies are about to make health care more effective. But is so much data really beneficial?: http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39320/?nlid=nlcomp&nld=2011-12-21
The Mystery Behind Anesthesia Mapping how our neural circuits change under the influence of anesthesia could shed light on one of neuroscience's most perplexing riddles: consciousness: http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39289/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2011-12-20
What Makes Anesthetics Work: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111222103120.htm
How Pregnancy Changes a Woman's Brain:
New Light On Medicinal Benefits of Plants: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111215095243.htm
Gene therapy for ears:
New plasma “brush” may mean painless plasma filling:
FOOD & COOKING
One Billion Holiday Wishes http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/one-billion-holiday-wishes/
Making Drought Resistant Crops: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41619
Why Does Asian Food Taste So Different From Western Food?: http://gizmodo.com/5869188/why-does-asian-food-taste-so-different-from-western-food
Which Wheats Make the Best Whole-Grain Cookie Doughs:
MISCELLANEA
Why People’s Names Are So Hard to Remember: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/12/why-peoples-names-are-so-hard-to-remember.php
The Mall as a Sanctuary: Study Finds Holiday Shopping Outlets Aren't Just Shrines to Spending:
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Seven Ways to Get Yourself Hacked As targeted scams become more common, it's vital to protect yourself:
Is your voicemail vulnerable to hackers:
What’s in your inbox?: http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailscams/a/Whats-In-Your-Inbox.htm?nl=1
Firefox security tips and tools:
Bob Rankin- Ten Identity Protection tips: http://askbobrankin.com/ten_identity_theft_protection_tips.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=IjLrn7A3m8P6SL
A lot of hoaxes attacking us but stopped here: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-122.shtml
WiFi
Intel Shows Off Its Smart Phone and Tablet for 2012 Prototype devices show Intel chips running devices that could challenge the iPhone and iPad early next year:
Mobile devices- five predictions for 2012: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57344294-94/mobile-devices-five-predictions-for-2012/
Bob Rankin- What is Windows Phone7?:
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