In Portland, Going Green and Growing Vertical in a Bid for Energy Savings

Going green to save energy is expensive; may take a long time to
recoup costs.

In Portland, Going Green and Growing Vertical in a Bid for Energy
Savings

The federal government plans to plant a bold vertical garden with
"vegetative fins" that will grow more than 200 feet high on the
western façade of the main federal building.

http://s.nyt.com/u/tN3

Navy Pledges 'Green' (environmentally-friendly) Strike Group by 2012 | Popular Science

So many benefits: less fuel-supply convoys as insurgent targets,
inspire and fund green tech, and teach thousands of young soldiers to
be more environmentally conscious.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/navy-pledges-green-strike-group-2012-cut-fossil-fuel-use-half-2020

NYTimes: If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online

Astonishing numbers - kids spend an average of 7 hours a day online,
and with the multitasking they're doing, it's kinda like 11 hours a
day. And this doesn't even include hours offline on their cellphone or
gaming device.

If Your Kids Are Awake, They're Probably Online

Researchers once thought the use of electronic devices could not go
up. They were wrong.

http://s.nyt.com/u/rsY

Trachea Transplant

This woman had her trachea crushed in a car accident; when tracheal stents failed, she had a cadaveric trachea transplanted to her forearm to allow epithelialization with cheek cells before transplant to her neck. Amazing.

Macworld Mac security: what you can ignore | Security

http://www.macworld.com/article/145689/2010/01/macsecurityrealitycheck4.html?lsrc=rss_main

Google launches fastflip - a new visual browsing feature.

At the very bottom of the Google news page

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn

there's a new feature called fastflip,

http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/view?q=view:popular#DqnbU_UfAkUiIM

which has preloaded condensed images of the most viewed news, that is constantly updated. You can click past many stories and see basically what they're about, with accompanying pictures, before clicking through to the article which opens in a new window. Very nice.

On your mobile phone,

http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/mobile

you can 'flick' past each story - much faster than any alternative to scan the news.

The Tipping Point

Fads, or epidemics, occur because of:

The Law of the Few: Conncetors, Mavens, and Salesmen

The Stickiness Factor

The Power of Context

also

the Fundamental Attribution Error (attributing behavior to a fundamental trait rather than the context in which it occurs.)

NYTimes: Denmark Leads the Way in Digital Care

Denmark has several advNtages in implementing universal electronic medical records: "Denmark's success has much to do with the its small size, its homogeneous population and its regulated health care system... "

Denmark Leads the Way in Digital Care

Using medical devices and notebook computers, patients can see doctors without leaving home, and have the information logged into electronic records.

http://s.nyt.com/u/rWU

Electronics That Obey Hand Gestures

Minority Report, here we come.

Now, Electronics That Obey Hand Gestures

Devices will soon be sold that allow people to flip TV channels or
move computer files with hand gestures.

http://s.nyt.com/u/rCl

Synthetic Skin Delivers Gene Therapies Straight to Body, No Needles Necessary | Popular Science

Brave new world. Drug therapy delivered from skin cells grafted onto
you. But how do you switch it off?

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/synthetic-skin-grafts-deliver-genes-therapies-straight-body-no-needles-necessary

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NYTimes.com: Hospitals Could Stop Infections by Tackling Bacteria Patients Bring In, Studies Find

HEALTH / RESEARCH | January 07, 2010 Hospitals Could Stop Infections by Tackling Bacteria Patients Bring In, Studies Find By PAM BELLUCK The studies suggest relatively simple ways to kill bacteria before surgery using screening, scrubbing and pretreating.

10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year

PRACTICAL TRAVELER: 10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year

From signing up for a Twitter account to deep-discount Web sites,
find simple steps that will help you cut your travel costs in 2010.

Farecompare.com offers a handy breakdown of the new fees by date, airline and amount.

Biddingfortravel.com andBetterbidding.com provide strategic advice regarding bids on sites like Priceline.com, Hotwire.com and Lastminutetravel.com

A villa can be rented for as little as $1,100 a week in Paris or Rome. Homeaway.com, Zonder.com and Rentalo.com are just a few of the many rental Web sites available. Some specialize in specific regions like Rentvillas.com for Europe

http://s.nyt.com/u/A2S

Invisible people

Invisible people video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ynfNfCqLlo&feature=youtube_gdata

Twins Bathroom Mirror Prank - Funny!

State of the Art - Google Shakes but Doesn’t Upend the Cellphone Market - NYTimes.com

Downsides to the Google phone Nexus One versus the iPhone:

"...The Nexus doesn't come with any iTunes-style companion software, either. Enterprising techies know about the free DoubleTwist program for Mac or Windows, which simulates iTunes for the purposes of loading up your phone with music, photos and videos. But even DoubleTwist doesn't let you shop the Android app store from the comfort of your computer; you have to do it on the cramped little phone.

There's no physical ringer on-off switch (you have to do it on the screen), and therefore no way to tell by touch if the ringer is off, as you can on the iPhone and Palm phones.

Sadly, the Nexus One also lacks a multitouch screen like the iPhone's. So zooming into photos and Web pages is awkward and hard to control."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/technology/personaltech/06pogue.html

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Google phone: A Long-Awaited Introduction Draws Some Polite Applause

Not so exciting after all: the Google phone only works with 2 carriers, and with AT&T it runs on its slower network.

"...For now, the Nexus One phone works only on cellular networks using the G.S.M. standard, which in the United States is used byAT&T and T-Mobile. It can run on AT&T's network if the unlocked-phone owner has an AT&T SIM card, but it will work only on the older and slower EDGE network, not the faster 3G network, Google said. "

A Long-Awaited Introduction Draws Some Polite Applause

Google stepped up its attack on the wireless industry, unveiling a touchscreen phone that does not lock a consumer into one carrier.

http://s.nyt.com/u/AFY

Google Phone Is Not Revolutionary

STATE OF THE ART: Google Phone Is Not Revolutionary

The Nexus One has cool features and clunky ones, but in the end, we
should root for the success of the Google Store.

http://s.nyt.com/u/AxX

"We'll Do this Together": Doctors who use the First Person 'We'

Just as you thought: patients don't like the royal 'we.' When the
doctor uses 'we' to refer to himself, patients rate communication lower.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20033624?dopt=AbstractPlus

Google Phone Is Not Revolutionary

STATE OF THE ART: Google Phone Is Not Revolutionary

The Nexus One has cool features and clunky ones, but in the end, we
should root for the success of the Google Store.

http://s.nyt.com/u/AxX

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

Yes, this place name really exists. It's the strangest name I encountered in my long cross-country drive this past year.

The wiki page states that the origin is the following: "haha here being an archaic French word for an unexpected obstacle or abruptly ending path... "

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis-du-Ha!_Ha!?wasRedirected=true

How to show off a new building

Watch the video that accompanies this article - it really shows off the world's tallest building well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/business/global/05tower.html?hpw

This changes everything - free cell phones

Just a rumor,but what an idea. An ad-supported cell phone.

Will The Google Phone Change the Mobile Game By Being Entirely Ad-
Supported?