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Protecting astronauts from the Van Allen radiations

Protecting astronauts from the Van Allen radiationsWhat I want to know is......will hanging around in the Van Allen radiation belt give me Fantastic Four-style super powers?Ok so how did they get to the moon?Since the average distance to the moon is 384,402 km, that from the center of the earth...

Tags: Business intelligence, moon, radiation, knowledge management, Van Allen

Discussion threads 2005-09-08

Protecting astronauts from the Van Allen radiations

The Van Allen radiation belts are two regions of space located about 20,000 kilometers above the Earth and filled with energetic particles coming from solar winds. The high energies of these particles, trapped by Earth's magnetic field, can reach millions of electron volts, and can represent a hazard to satellites...

Tags: radiation belt, belt, Van Allen

Blog posts 2005-09-08

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Ready for real Indian medicine?

Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?

Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?a little betterIt's better, in that it involves some competition between private companies, and not full government involvement. It's also good that it provides coverage to everyone.However, as you stated, much of it is paid for by "the wealthy", which...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Dutch model, right reform, U.S. Healthcare, health care, reform, government, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely

News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo transaction and said Yahoo and Microsoft would not end up with any deal. SUN VALLEY, IDAHO--News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., Murdoch, Internet, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Finance, Reuters, Yahoo, News Corp., Microsoft, Microhoo, mergers

News items 2008-07-11

TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership

I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?

Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?physics is not a fundamental application of mathsPhysics is the basis for understanding any physical phenomenon. I do not see any sense in studying biology w/o a strong physics curriculum, as w/o physics you will have a hard time understanding what...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, raw deal

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft

Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company. Redmond, Washington--Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Reuters, Microsoft

News items 2008-06-27

Thoughts on Bill Gates

Thoughts on Bill GatesGood lawyeringOne thing that is often forgotten is the fact that, when Gates purchased and licensed dos to IBM, the contract was the "killer app".It required IBM to pay for DOS on every machine whether they used it or not, while allowing MS to license DOS...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

News to know: ICANN hacked; IE flaw; OpenSuse 11; Hyper-V; iPhone 3G

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Matthew...

Tags: Apple iPhone, ICANN, Novell OpenSuse, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, 3G, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Q&A with LinkedIn's Allen Blue: Post-funding plans, Company Groups and corporate intranets

Last Tuesday LinkedIn announced that it had closed a $53 million round of funding. Yesterday I chatted with Allen Blue, LinkedIn's co-founder and vice president of product strategy, about its plans to grow the company's feature set, as well as its potential as a corporate intranet and my nitpicky concerns...

Tags: Corporate Intranet, LinkedIn, Intranet, Q., Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Playing a video game? No, it's health therapy

Video games are known to improve hand-eye coordination but now they're being used to help someone quit smoking or lose weight. Raleigh, North Carolina--Video games are known to improve hand-eye coordination but can they help someone quit smoking or lose weight? Hot on the heels...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Health Care, Video Game, Video, Therapy, Nintendo Wii, Games, Personal Technology, Reuters, video games, health, Nintendo, Wii

News items 2008-06-26

Heart lessons from sudden death

Heart lessons from sudden deathI hope my death is by heart attackA heart attack seems like a good way to go. I've seen the slow deteriorating deaths many of my relatives are currently living or have lived through. Seeing that I'd much rather die suddenly of massive heart attack in...

Tags: heart attack, heart lesson, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Pigeons are as clever as 3-year-old children

Japanese scientists from Keio University have found that pigeons have self-cognitive abilities higher than 3-year-old humans. They have 'trained pigeons to discriminate real-time self-image using mirrors as well as videotaped self-image, and proved that pigeons can recognize video images that reflect their movements as self-image.' Until recently, it was widely...

Tags: Video Image, Video, Pigeons, Shigeru Watanabe, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-13

I'm a dad and almost a grad...what's on my wishlist?

Technically I won't be graduating until August when I wrap up my master's thesis, but I'm pretty close. The four kids hanging around my house asking for food and money probably qualify me as a dad, too. So the question is, as a geeky guy deserving of some...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Laptop Computer, Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-08

Icahn on Yahoo: I'd hire a 'talented and experienced' CEO

Icahn on Yahoo: I'd hire a 'talented and experienced' CEOGive me a breakI'd like to see Icahn actually create something from scratch.All these billionaires are so full of it. Yes they made their money, and once you have it you forget the effort to build up something from scratch.Paul Allen,...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Icahn

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Google To Get A Lesson in Security, From the Pros

Having just read that Google is taking up residence at Moffett Field, a storied air base in Mountain View that is home to NASA's Ames Research Center, among others, I realized there's a great opportunity for Google to learn a little about high end security, at least the kind that...

Tags: Google Inc., Security, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Enterprise mashups: a lesson from history

Enterprise mashups: a lesson from historyWhat Enterprise Mashups needFor enterprise mashups to work, they will need to deliver on the promise of lightweight UI mashup technology, while meeting the demands of central IT. For more details, see my article here: http://blog.corizon.com/2008/06/lightweight-or-enterprise-grade.htmlEdwin van der Sandenblog.corizon.com

Tags: mashup, Enterprise Mashups

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Coach's 'Ubuntu' mantra helps lead Boston Celtics to NBA Finals

Doc Rivers' "Ubuntu" mantra helped lead the Boston Celtics to its first NBA Eastern Conference championship in 20 years.    So said one ESPN commentator, citing the Beantown coach's use of the African term as a way to drive the team's "collective success." The sportscaster said it following the Celts win...

Tags: Ubuntu, Team, Mantra, NBA, Team Management, Linux, Open Source, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-30