Measuring Blood Pressure

Peter Sayer reveals a new phone component which measures blook pressure and other indicators for biometics.

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Scrub Your Personal Information From Data Aggregator Sites

Fahmida Rashid explains how to remove your private data from personal information aggregators.

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Writing a Book Proposal

Lori Flores offers guidance in writing a book proposal .

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Singapore Using Sensors

Matt Hamblen shares a video showing efforts to use data to improve the lives of citizens.

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Malware That Is Only in Memory

Darlene Storm reports on a malware that appears only in memory and thus disappears when the system is powered down. At least one attack used Microsoft's Power Shell Utility to inject the malware. -DD

Mozilla Has Released an Internet Health Report

Mozilla has released an "Internet Health Report " which evaluates:

• Openness
• Access
• Control
• Security
• Web Literacy

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Google Cloud Search

Blair Frank reports on Google Cloud Search , a search product for businesses who are using the suite of Google document management tools.

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Pixilated Images

Rebecca Linke explaines a recent Google project to bring detail to pixilated images of faces .

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Accelerated Learning

Josh Kaufman has written tips on accelerated learning both in a book and in a short video.

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Video Sensors Provide Information for Traffic Management

Mark Hamblen reports on how Kansas City is using data from sensors to help ease people's commutes.

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Building a Positive Reputation

Kelli Marshall suggests academic faculty need to monitor and proactively enhance their brand .

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The Exploitation of Adjunct Faculty

Kevin Birmingham rants about the use of adjunct faculty in humanities courses.

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Preparing for Graduation

L. Maren Wood encourages academic adminstrators to prepare students for graduation .

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Security Threats

Robert Covington muses on the security threats he worries about.

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Chronically Late

Laura Clarke suggests that creative people have a poor sense of time leading to chromic lateness. Procrastination can cause lateness as well, and it is often due to fear.

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Remote-Control Robots

Richard Baldwin, in an interview with Douglas Heaven, talks about the increases in productivity which can occur through the use of remote-controlled robots .

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Procrastination

Michael Berube reflects on a graduate assignment which became a millstone as he strove to complete it. Serious concerns (becoming a father) motivated him to finish the paper, which had ballooned from the expected twelve pages to fifty.

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The University's Mission

Philip Trostel explains the benefits of a university education .

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Windows 10 Interface Update

Andy Patrizio announces changes to the Windows 10 interface .

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Employment Interviewing

David Perlmutter shares interviewing techniques .

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Unlimited Data Plans Can Sometimes Make Sense for Businesses

Matt Hamblen suggests that unlimited mobile data plans makes sense for some smaller businesses. Hamblen cautions that large businesses, who already receive large discounts from mobile service providers, probably will not not see any savings from upgrading to unlimited mobile data.

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Seven Steps to a Good Job Interview

Kent Smetters gives says that there are seven steps to a good interview .

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Microsoft Paint 3D

Mark Hachman has created a video on using Microsoft's Paint 3D.

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Personal Warmth and Business Success

Renuka Rayasam suggests that personal warmth is what attracts people to a product or service. A takeaway is that the personality of those hired to work with clients is extremely important.

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New Wearable Devices

Dan Rosenbaum shares about the wearable devices shown at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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Stock and Investment Apps

Michael Simon suggests 10 android apps for overseeing stocks and investments .

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Human Visual Acuity

Adam Hadhazy explores the limitations of human sight .

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Planet Word Museum

Anne Curzan announces that Washington D.C. is developing a museum celebrating language. The Planet Word Museum is scheduled to open in 2018. It has a mission of inspiring a love of words and language. -DD

Personal Success Apps

Sarah Purewal recommends 10 apps for personal success.

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Android Apps Run on Some Chromebooks

Michael Connell announces that some Chromebooks can now run Android apps .

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The Successful Job Seeker

Russ Finkelstein posits that four types of job seekers exist :

1. You want a job, any job;
2. You want a job in a specific role or field;
3. You want this job, but lack requisite experience; and,
4. You want this job, and evidence shows you can do the job.

Finkelstein hires from the last category. He encourages employers to clearly state what the job entails in any posted job advertisements, and he encourages job seekers to only apply to jobs where they will be the fourth type.

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Memorization

Rohit Malshe explains how to memorize information or speeches.

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Streamling the Job Search

Andrew Thaler reports that "No One Is Reading Those Reference Letters " filed by job candidtates -- at least not until the candidate is one of the top contenders.

Thaler suggests that potential employers only request contact information, not a full letter of reference, in a job application.

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Aging

Virginia Hughes writes about a quest to slow aging by investigating girls with a genetic defect which slows their development.

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Color Vision

David Robson explains why some women can see color variations invisible to most of the population.

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New Avenues for Identity Theft

Mike Elgan notes five new threats to our cyber security .

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The Genetic Basis of Sleep

Helen Thomson explores those who are genetically enabled to need little sleep .

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Travel Apps and Productivity Practices

Sujan Patel suggests apps and practices that will make an entrepreneur more productive on the road.

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Seeing Underwater

Helen Thomson reports on children who have amazing vision when swimming in the sea.

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Public Domain Images From New York Public Library

Andrew Hawkins announces that over 200,000 images have been made available by the New York Public Library.

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Fears

Jenny Anderson suggests that fears are sometimes strong even when there is minimal risk.

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Multicultural Teaching

Karen Kelsky suggests methods for making multicultural students welcome in an academic environment.

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Twitter and Academics

Lee Skallerup Bessette reasons why Twitter can be an academic tool.

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Teaching Without Words

David Gooblar encourages teachers to employ meaningful silence to encourage students to evaluate themselves. His thesis is that too much direction is a form of micromanagement, and dssuades students from analyzing their own performance.

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Google Voice Refresh

Derek Walter is unenthused by the Google Voice refresh . Walter says that the service is not ready to be your only phone - yet.

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Describing Emotions

David Robson notes that other languages offer new nuanced terms to describe emotions , and provides some examples.

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Faith on Campus

Eboo Patel discusses conversations about faith on campus in an interview with Jennifer Ruark. Another recent presentation by Patel is available below....

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Critical Thinking

Rob Jenkins shares what he tells his students about critical thinking .

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Technology Podcasts

Bob Brown recommends technology podcasts .

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Tom Henderson highlights the international data transfer agreements which are being voided by shifts in governmental policy .

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Patrick Thibodeau celebrates a computer server which has run since 1993 without a hitch.

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