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The AI Dashcam App That Wants to Rate Every Driver in the World: Nexar has already profiled nearly the half the cars in

The AI Dashcam App That Wants to Rate Every Driver in the World: Nexar has already profiled nearly the half the cars in the Bay Area and Manhattan, and alerted users to nearby vehicles with a history of dangerous driving
Source: ieee.org

John Kay - The dangers of confusing democracy with populism

John Kay - The dangers of confusing democracy with populism
Source: johnkay.com

Just read Sapiens by Yuval Harari. Sparkling account and interesting perspective of the history of humankind. Full of stories.

Just read Sapiens by Yuval Harari. Sparkling account and interesting perspective of the history of humankind. Full of stories. Learnt about Montezuma, learnt a lot about the agricultural revolution, the affluence of hunter-gatherers, and a lot about our disregard for other animals. Basically we haven't...
Source: amazon.co.uk

A Possible Game-Changer for Open Educational Resources?: Amazon is reportedly poised to get into the open educational resources

A Possible Game-Changer for Open Educational Resources?: Amazon is reportedly poised to get into the open educational resources game. This could be huge, and not just for the most obvious reasons.
Source: sspnet.org

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those with the most need, the least information, and who find themselves in Europe. It is aimed at refugees and migrants and helps them find free primary healthcare and emergency services. There...
Source: clinicfinder.org

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell-derived beta cells in immune-competent mice. Arturo

Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell-derived beta cells in immune-competent mice. Arturo J Vegas. Omid Veiseh. Mads Gürtler. Jeffrey R Millman. Felicia W Pagliuca. Andrew R Bader. Joshua C Doloff. Jie Li. Michael Chen. Karsten Olejnik. Hok Hei Tam. Siddharth Jhunjhunwala....
Source: nature.com

A wholesale power grab: how the UK government is handing housing over to private developers: The new housing and planning

A wholesale power grab: how the UK government is handing housing over to private developers: The new housing and planning bill is a raft of dangerous measures that will increase inequality and solely benefit the private sector
Source: theguardian.com

Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two

Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles, is remarkable not just because it shows a side of Hollywood rarely seen in the cinema, but because the whole film was shot using iPhones.
Source: bbc.co.uk

When Diabetes Leads to an Eating Disorder: People with “diabulimia” manipulate their insulin to lose weight, often with

When Diabetes Leads to an Eating Disorder: People with “diabulimia” manipulate their insulin to lose weight, often with dangerous consequences.
Source: theatlantic.com

Processed meats pose same cancer risk as smoking and asbestos, reports say: WHO expected to highlight dangers of bacon,

Processed meats pose same cancer risk as smoking and asbestos, reports say: WHO expected to highlight dangers of bacon, sausages, ham and burgers – and even fresh red meat is to be listed as unhealthy
Source: theguardian.com

Half of Britons believe weekend hospital admissions 'more dangerous': Amid junior doctor contract row, Observer/Opinium

Half of Britons believe weekend hospital admissions 'more dangerous': Amid junior doctor contract row, Observer/Opinium poll shows 35% of adults have delayed seeking medical help at weekend
Source: theguardian.com

Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in

Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Youyou Tu, who, after screening 2,000 herbal treatments from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for anti-malaria activity, finally discovered Artemisinin. She...
Source: scienceblogs.com

The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary: Medics compile list of names whose lives,

The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary: Medics compile list of names whose lives, they say, were put in danger because they were misled by Jeremy Hunt into thinking hospitals do not provide 24/7 care
Source: theguardian.com

This junior doctor contract puts patients in danger | Dan Poulter: Cutting the pay and worsening working conditions will

This junior doctor contract puts patients in danger | Dan Poulter: Cutting the pay and worsening working conditions will not attract new doctors to hard-to-recruit specialisms such as A&E. But more than that, it could compromise patient care
Source: theguardian.com