Collective Intelligence in the Palm of Your Hand From Dick Tracy's "two-way wrist communicator" to Star Trek's tricorders to the easily cloned cellphones in the new techno-thriller TV series Person of Interest, something important has happened. The iconic tool of the savior hero has undergone a triple evolution: It is ever more capable, ever closer to the tools of the writer's own time, and ever more integrated into our technological networks and cultural mind. But these devices do more than tap collective intelligence: They augment that collective intelligence, subliminally symbolizing the benefits we can all share in a technological here-and-now that science fiction more usually suggests we should dread. Disqus: What devices have made us smarter? Person of Interest postulates a "machine" that hacks into all existing communication and surveillance devices, seeking patterns that warn of large-scale terrorist threats. According to CBS executives, this show garnered the highest ratings of any drama pilot in the last 15 years.
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Women with Severe Endometriosis May Be More Attractive Observing that women with the most severe form of endometriosis happen to be unusually attractive, researchers in Italy speculate that the qualities that led to the women's good looks also predisposed them to the painful gynecological condition. In the study, independent observers rated 31 percent of women with severe endometriosis as attractive or very attractive, while just 8 percent of women with milder endometriosis, and 9 percent of women without the condition were rated that highly. "Several researchers believe that a general phenotype exists which is associated with the disease," said study researcher Dr. It may be that a more feminine body type is the result of the same physical characteristics that predispose women to develop severe endometriosis, Vercellini said. The study was published online Sept. 17 in the journal Fertility and Sterility. A more feminine silhouette Endometriosis is thought to affect 5 to 10 percent of women. What the findings mean
Groundwork | News | Report encourages organisations to address health needs of young people PHE continues to see poorer outcomes for young people in England when compared to many other high-income countries: teenage birth and abortion rates remain among the highest in Europe, and the proportion drinking alcohol is still well above the European average. Inequalities also persist, with poor health outcomes more common among the poorest young people. Professor Kevin Fenton, National director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England, said: "Addressing the specific health needs of young people is critical to ensuring their future health and happiness. As part of Public Health England’s role to provide evidence based advice to local authorities, this framework will provide valuable practical support to councillors, health and wellbeing board, commissioners and service providers and encourages an approach focused on wellbeing and resilience." Young people think about their health holistically. Download the framework here
Facts and Chicks What’s New for Social Media in 2012? What’s New for Social Media in 2012? It’s reaching the end of the year and people will be looking to new studies that point the way to trends in social and business for 2012. Two recent studies point the way to some of the trends that companies should watch for in the coming year. The new report from Pivot is called The State of Social Marketing 2011 – 2012 and it has some interesting findings. Along with The Hudson Group, Pivot surveyed 181 brand managers, agency professionals, and experts to find out how they plan to reach their social consumers in 2012. Pivot asked if respondents had a clear picture of who their social consumer is. This is interesting because it is all perception on the part of the companies. Another one of the best ways to figure out who your social consumers are is simple: Ask them. 100% of respondents say increased sales is a primary goal for 2012, but there are many other practical applications for social media that also ranked highly.
Big Think There are only two events in the universe that defy the laws of physics: black holes and the big bang, and while scientists try to explain them, crucial evidence may be eaten up in the meantime. Christophe Galfard's book is "The Universe in Your Hand A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond" ( Read more at BigThink.com: Follow Big Think here:YouTube: Transcript - The interesting thing about trying to unravel the laws of nature is that yes, we have found some laws. We understand gravity to some extent. For a long time gravity has told us that nothing can escape the gravitational grip of a black hole. And everything we had known about black holes until the mid-1970s was only related to gravity.
Brown Rice for Weight Loss Brown Rice for Weight Loss Study 1 Replacing white rice with brown rice can have a significant impact on weight loss efforts. Whole-grain foods like brown rice have a low glycemic index, and according to a 2006 study, low glycemic index foods are most effective for weight loss. The study suggested that dietary glycemic load, and not only just overall calorie intake impacts weight loss and blood glucose levels after eating. The researchers found that moderate reductions in glycemic load seem to boost the rate of body fat reduction. Brown Rice for Weight Loss Study 2 In another study to determine the blood glucose response after eating a meal of ten healthy and nine type 2 diabetes participants to brown rice in comparison to white rice, the total sugar released in vitro was 23.7 percent lesser in brown rice compared to white rice, thus decreasing the risk of weight gain. Brown Rice for Weight Loss Study 3 15 Ways To Spice Up Your Brown Rice Infographic
Children and the Dangers of Excessive Sitting Updated January 25, 2015. A recent study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, had adults everywhere suddenly applying their brains to the placement of their backsides. This is only right, since the study suggested that by putting our backsides into seats so much of the time, we were shortening our lives- whether we exercise or not. I have already opined at some length on what I think this study actually means, so I won’t do so again here. If sitting hours a day does, or even might, take years from life, then it stands to reason that the greater the portion of one’s life one spends sitting hours a day, the worse the effect. Well, most of us grew up at a time when recess was routine, and gym class (or “Phys Ed”) was a standard part of the schedule. Any teacher could have told you that was a bad thing. We take naturally rambunctious kids, bolt them to chairs all day long, so they can grow up into adults we can’t get off couches with crowbars. Well, it’s all related. -fin
300 Workout: The muscle building workout used by the cast of the movie Sometimes a movie takes off for no apparent reason. And sometimes the reason is readily apparent. (Want abs like Gerard Butler in 300? Plenty of women, too, appreciated the parade of ripped bodies. At MensHealth.com, 300 has been a sensation as well. One of the most popular videos on our site since then has been the "300 Workout," as demonstrated here by Men's Health contributor Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, M.Sc., a strength and conditioning coach in Toronto. "It looks simple on paper, but I promise you, it's a great muscle building workout," posted one man on MensHealth.com. Another posting noted the extreme interest generated: "I sense a new 'Brad Pitt in Fight Club' standard being born." Butler's training for 300 simultaneously built muscle, increased muscular endurance, and stripped fat fast. Ballantyne put together this workout video series for you to follow along with and—provided you're fit like a king—try for yourself. Watch a Video Demo of the "300" Workout Transform Your Body!
3 Lessons Learned from the Carrier IQ Falderal The revelation two weeks ago from security researcher Trevor Eckhart (see YouTube video) that performance measurement software installed by carriers on Android phones record dialer keystrokes, resulted in the almost autonomous generation of Web stories asking rhetorical questions, in the vein of, "Is your smartphone spying on you?" Web publications have a tendency to ask such questions without particularly being interested in whether anyone actually comes up with an answer. So it's almost no surprise that when another security researcher did find the answer, few publications actually noticed. Now that the facts are in front of us, we have the opportunity to take a more sober assessment of their actual meaning: Metrics must never be taken without the user's knowledge. Prior to Eckhart's discovery, the problem with Carrier IQ was not that it was used to assess the performance characteristics of Android (and other) phones, and the differences between them.
TopDocumentaryFilms.com From the creator of the zeitgeist film series, Peter Joseph, comes the worst reality show of all time: the real one. This opening show addresses the coming 2012 US Presidential Election and the subject of what we perceive as "Democracy" in the world today. The well known advocate of the scientific thought Carl Sagan once invited the question: If we are visited by a superior species from another part of the galaxy and forced to explain to them our stewardship of our planet, not to mention the state of the human affairs today, would we be proud of what we describe? How do we frame our explanation that almost half of the world, over 3 billion people, are either barely surviving in abject poverty and sickness, or are simply dying off unnecessarily at a rate of about one person every couple of seconds, all occurring in the wake of an advanced technological realities. Watch the full documentary now
The Origins of Sex: How the First Sexual Revolution Shaped Modern Society by Maria Popova Anatomy of the osmotic balance between public and private, with a side of morality and law. It must be the season for fascinating books on the history of sex. After last month’s Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire, here comes The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution (public library) by Oxford University historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala — a formidably researched, absorbing, eloquent account of how, contrary to the modern mythology of the 1960s, today’s permissive sexual behavior first developed, seemingly suddenly, some three hundred years earlier, in 17th-century Western Europe. The history of sex is usually treated as part of the history of private life, or of bodily experience. Rembrandt, The Bed (1646): a rare contemporary illustration of a couple making love, composed around the time that the artist began an illicit relationship with his maid, Hendrickje Stoffels. Edward Rigby striking an unrepentant pose in 1703. Thanks, Kirstin