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Kesehatan / Calico: Googles ambitious new project to stop illnes and aging (immortal life?)
« on: 19 September 2013, 09:18:38 PM »
http://gizmodo.com/calico-google-s-ambitious-new-project-to-stop-illness-1341933412
Google just announced its most recent plan in a long list of crazy moonshots. This one isn't self-driving cars or internet in the sky, instead it's a company called Calico that's going to try and put an end to aging and disease.
There aren't too many details about exactly how Calico will go about its business, but the plan is to make long-term bets that healthcare companies are generally pretty slow about. Calico will be run by Arthur D. Levinson, Chairman and former CEO of Genentech and Chairman of Apple, but he's not giving up his day job.
Larry Page summed up the project this way in a statement:
Illness and aging affect all our families. With some longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology, I believe we can improve millions of lives. It’s impossible to imagine anyone better than Art—one of the leading scientists, entrepreneurs and CEOs of our generation—to take this new venture forward.
This project has a lot less to do with Google's specific technical chops than the vast majority of Google's other moonshot projects. But Google does have scads of cash, which will be its main contribution. It seems that Calico will operate mostly on its own, and big money for an ambitious, independent project seems like as good a recipe for success as any.
Naturally it'll be a long time before we see this pay off in any way. Here's to hoping we get to see some results in a short decade or two. You know, before it's too late for us
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Google announces Calico, a new company focused on health and well-being
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – September 18, 2013 – Google today announced Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases. Arthur D. Levinson, Chairman and former CEO of Genentech and Chairman of Apple, will be Chief Executive Officer and a founding investor.
Announcing this new investment, Larry Page, Google CEO said: “Illness and aging affect all our families. With some longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology, I believe we can improve millions of lives. It’s impossible to imagine anyone better than Art—one of the leading scientists, entrepreneurs and CEOs of our generation—to take this new venture forward.” Art said: “I’ve devoted much of my life to science and technology, with the goal of improving human health. Larry’s focus on outsized improvements has inspired me, and I’m tremendously excited about what’s next.”
Art Levinson will remain Chairman of Genentech and a director of Hoffmann-La Roche, as well as Chairman of Apple.
Commenting on Art’s new role, Franz Humer, Chairman of Hoffmann-La Roche, said: “Art’s track record at Genentech has been exemplary, and we see an interesting potential for our companies to work together going forward. We’re delighted he’ll stay on our board.”
Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Apple, said: “For too many of our friends and family, life has been cut short or the quality of their life is too often lacking. Art is one of the crazy ones who thinks it doesn’t have to be this way. There is no one better suited to lead this mission and I am excited to see the results.”
Contact
Leslie Miller
Google Corporate Communications
press [at] google.com
http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2013/09/calico-announcement.html
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2152422,00.html
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Personality / Study finds a messy environment can make us more creative
« on: 19 September 2013, 03:52:40 PM »
Researchers in Minnesota have discovered that a clean, orderly environment leads to conventional
behavior. They found that the opposite, a messy environment, leads to more unconventional choices and more creativity.
Kathleen D. Vohs, a professor of marketing in the School of Management at the University of Minnesota, conducted a series of three experiments with colleagues Joseph P. Redden and Ryan Rahinel on clean and messy environments.
"Experiment 1 showed that relative to participants in a disorderly room participants in an orderly room chose healthier snacks and donated more money," the three write in their summary.
"Experiment 2
showed that participants in a disorderly room were more creative than participants in an orderly room.
"Experiment 3," they write. "Showed a predicted crossover effect: Participants in an orderly room preferred an option labeled as classic, but those in a disorderly room preferred an option labeled as new."
Researchers finds creativity likes a mess
They titled their research Physical Order Produces Healthy Choices, Generosity, and Conventionality, Whereas Disorder Produces Creativity and say their findings suggest more of "a nuanced story of how different environments suit different outcomes" than has been thought to
be the case.
Vohs wrote in Friday's New York Times that their findings could have practical applications. She says, for example, that it could be a teaching tool for employers, noting that a minimalist movement is afoot in today's offices, smaller spaces and more of a conventional, clean environment surrounding workers.
"At the same time," Vohs notes. "The working world is abuzz about cultivating innovation and creativity, endeavors that our findings suggest might be hampered by the minimalist movement. While
cleaning up certainly has its benefits, clean spaces might be too conventional to let inspiration flow."
So mess up your space and prepare to do your most creative work ever.
http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/358313
behavior. They found that the opposite, a messy environment, leads to more unconventional choices and more creativity.
Kathleen D. Vohs, a professor of marketing in the School of Management at the University of Minnesota, conducted a series of three experiments with colleagues Joseph P. Redden and Ryan Rahinel on clean and messy environments.
"Experiment 1 showed that relative to participants in a disorderly room participants in an orderly room chose healthier snacks and donated more money," the three write in their summary.
"Experiment 2
showed that participants in a disorderly room were more creative than participants in an orderly room.
"Experiment 3," they write. "Showed a predicted crossover effect: Participants in an orderly room preferred an option labeled as classic, but those in a disorderly room preferred an option labeled as new."
Researchers finds creativity likes a mess
They titled their research Physical Order Produces Healthy Choices, Generosity, and Conventionality, Whereas Disorder Produces Creativity and say their findings suggest more of "a nuanced story of how different environments suit different outcomes" than has been thought to
be the case.
Vohs wrote in Friday's New York Times that their findings could have practical applications. She says, for example, that it could be a teaching tool for employers, noting that a minimalist movement is afoot in today's offices, smaller spaces and more of a conventional, clean environment surrounding workers.
"At the same time," Vohs notes. "The working world is abuzz about cultivating innovation and creativity, endeavors that our findings suggest might be hampered by the minimalist movement. While
cleaning up certainly has its benefits, clean spaces might be too conventional to let inspiration flow."
So mess up your space and prepare to do your most creative work ever.
http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/358313
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Politik, ekonomi, Sosial dan budaya Umum / Your Clothing Can Affect Your Actions, So Dress Accordingly
« on: 19 September 2013, 02:37:57 PM »The way you present yourself can have a profound effect on the way you act. A little effort put into your clothing can make you think a certain way and have a positive—or negative—impact on your
performance.
David McRaney, author of You Are Now Less Dumb, points to a study that demonstrates how we act differently based on what we wear —or even what we think we're wearing. In the study, participants.dressed in everyday clothing but half of them wore lab coats. The people in lab coats made far fewer mistakes than those without. In another
experiment, both halves were given lab coats but one half were told they were actually paint smocks. Again, the people with lab coats outperformed those in the "paint smocks." The findings pointed to a
simple conclusion: when we dress.smart we think we are smart. If we don't, we become more error-prone.
While certainly not the only factor that determines how we think about ourselves and approach our work, don't think your clothing has no impact on your performance.
http://lifehacker.com/your-clothing-can-affect-your-actions-so-dress-accordi-1325778173?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29
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Film / Hur Jun, The Original Story ( writer the Mirror of Eastren Medicine), Korea Drama seri
« on: 16 September 2013, 11:55:24 PM »
This drama is based on 1999-2000 MBC drama series “Hur Jun” .
Because of the similarities between the two main characters of the show, “Hur Jun” has often been called as male version of “Dae Jang Geum”.
The story is set in Joseon Korea, primarily during the reign of Seonjo.
The story covers a time that is approximately 50 years after the death of Dae Jang Geum (the reputed first female doctor of Joseon Korea). It depicts the dramatic life of historical figure Heo Joon who wrote the oriental medical textbook
“Donguibogam” and became physician for King Seonjo. Kim Joo Hyuk will plays Heo Joon in this drama.
http://www.koreandrama.org/?p=25664
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Kesehatan / The Miror of Eastren Medicine
« on: 16 September 2013, 11:45:56 PM »
The Dongui Bogam (동의보감) is a Korean book compiled by the royal physician, Heo Jun (1539 – 1615) and was first published in 1613 during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. The title literally means “Mirror of Eastern Medicine”. The book is regarded important in traditional Korean medicine and one of the classics of Oriental medicine today.
As of July 2009, it is on UNESCO ’s Memory of the World Programme.
The original edition of Dongui Bogam is currently preserved by the Korean National Library. It is expected to be translated in English by 2013. [3] The original was written in Chinese alphabet and only part of it was transcribed in Korean for wide nursery use, as only officials understood Chinese.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongui_Bogam
wah buku kuno ini menjadi masalah antara the Korean Medical
Association (KMA), the lobby for
doctors dan Association of Korean Oriental Medicine (AKOM).
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/01/133_49602.html
Hurjun, the original story (korean drama seri) menceritakan penulis buku ini.
http://dhammacitta.org/forum/index.php/topic,24559.0.html
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Gadget dan Toys / Canon, recording after sundown less than 0.01 Lux
« on: 14 September 2013, 01:24:40 AM »157
Kesempatan Berbuat Baik / donasi rambut mu untuk anak anak tidak mampu dan kehilangan Rambut di kepala.
« on: 12 September 2013, 05:40:03 PM »
Locks of love
http://www.locksoflove.org/
WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to return a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children. The children receive hair prostheses free of charge or on a sliding scale, based on financial need.
http://www.locksoflove.org/
WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to return a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children. The children receive hair prostheses free of charge or on a sliding scale, based on financial need.
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Politik, ekonomi, Sosial dan budaya Umum / Life hacker: Complete guide to making money in your spare time
« on: 12 September 2013, 05:32:36 PM »
http://lifehacker.com/the-complete-guide-to-making-money-in-your-spare-time-1291903155
We all could do with a few extra dollars in our pocket, but unless your boss is a fan of giving you free money, you'll probably have to work for it. Thankfully, you can do a lot of that work in your spare time. Here are some of the best ways to make some extra money, ranging from the super-lazy to the intensely-engaged.
To be fair, the amount of money you’ll make from a side gig depends on your skills and time commitment. Maybe you’re just looking for some extra spending money, or maybe you have a specific goal. Here are some options, sorted by how much effort you want to put in.
Low-Effort, Passive Techniques
Moderate Effort, After-Work and Weekends
Significant Effort, Skill-Based, Scheduled Activities
Techniques that Require Dedication or Regular Attention
dari menjual rambut sampai menjual telur (tentu nya bukan telur ayam), menjadi mystery shoping dll
untuk pria atau wanita yang sengaja memanjangkan rambut kepala anda, anda tidak hanya bisa menjual tetapi juga bisa melakukan donasi rambut anda untuk anak anak yang tidak mampu dan kehilangan rambut kepala.
intersting post:
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It's blood plasma, not whole blood. They "buy" it because they use it to manufacture medicines, and need huge amounts to do that.
It takes something like 10 plasma donations to make a single dose of most medicine, so part of the reason they pay is to help generate the sheer volumes of plasma they need.
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Kesehatan / The Secret to Weight Loss Might Be Poop Transplants From Skinny People
« on: 08 September 2013, 04:43:50 PM »
http://gizmodo.com/the-secret-to-weight-loss-might-be-poop-transplants-fro-1265888152/1269579562
As unlikely as it might seem, fecal transplants are actually turning out to be the stuff
dreams are made of. And apparently, this magical poop procedure still has plenty to
give. After some successful rounds of experimenting, scientists now believe that the
answer to the rampant obesity problem could very well be lying in thin people's feces.
The study, which comes from a team of scientists at Washington University School of
Medicine, builds upon an already sizable body of work that indicates microbes play a
big role in managing your body's weight. In the test, four sets of twins—one obese, the
other not—gave the doctors feces samples just teeming with all the lovely, intestine-
dwelling microbes you could hope for. The scientists then transplanted the samples into
mice bred to have no gut microbes of their own and found that the samples of thin
lady poop made the mice maintain a healthy weight, while the obese twins' defecatory
goodies made the mice gain weight.
After performing further tests, the researchers were able to pinpoint one particular
type of feces-dwelling bug that was far more abundant in the slim women—a microbe
called Bacteroides. That's what was helping the thin mice stay thin.
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this idea like tcm in the past use certain animal feces in medecine to increas mikroba in human guts.
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Teknologi Informasi / The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For
« on: 08 September 2013, 03:21:51 PM »
http://lifehacker.com/5962588/the-50-free-apps-were-most-thankful-for
hmm, ini tidak cuma tentang app atau software saja juga bagaimna penggunaan sebaik mungkin dalam kehidupan sehari hari.
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Politik, ekonomi, Sosial dan budaya Umum / Jaminan sosial nasional Indonesia 2019, SulBar 2014
« on: 02 September 2013, 10:46:17 AM »
Sistim jaminan sosial nasional Indonesia untuk seluruh penduduk indonesia pada 2019.
Sulawesi Barat, di mulai pada 1 januari 2014 sebagai daerah percontohan.
http://www.menkokesra.go.id/content/menko-kesra-seluruh-penduduk-dapat-jaminan-kesehatan-2019
Sulawesi Barat, di mulai pada 1 januari 2014 sebagai daerah percontohan.
http://www.menkokesra.go.id/content/menko-kesra-seluruh-penduduk-dapat-jaminan-kesehatan-2019
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Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi / Indonesia migrasi tv analog ke tv digital (DVB-T2) 2012- 2018
« on: 22 August 2013, 01:36:00 PM »
Seperti di ketahui saat ini indonesia sedang masa transisi antara tv analog ke tv digital.
Setandart tv digital yang di pakai Indonesia adalah DVB -T2.
ingat DVB -T2, bukan DVB-T.
masih memakai UHF dan VHF tetapi sekarang ada tunner DVB-T2.
2012- 2018, pada tahun 2018 maka tv analog sudah berakhir atau switch off.
http://tvdigital.kominfo.go.id/?page_id=7
Jadi ketika sedang mengganti tv and dengan tv baru harus di tanyakan apakah tv yang akan anda beli itu ada didalam nya "DVB-T2" tuner nya, bila tidak anda harus membeli decoder / top box nya lagi (decoder/ top box DVB-T2)
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Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi / Driverless bus di Rotterdam Belanda
« on: 18 August 2013, 09:42:42 PM »Driverless buss / Aoutonoumus bus/ Robotic bus di Rotterdam Belanda
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Sains / Atlas robot from boston dynamic for U.S. Defense Department Defense Advanced Research (terminator?)
« on: 18 August 2013, 01:52:00 PM »
Called “ATLAS,” the robot is designed to travel across rough terrain, use human tools and climb using its
hands and feet. DARPA — formally known as the U.S. Defense Department Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency — is currently challenging teams to create new software for the 6-foot-tall robot’s brain.
Is the ATLAS robot cool tech, or a sign of impending robot overlords?
http://scopecube.com/2013/07/26/darpas-atlas-robot-the-real-life-terminator/
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Gadget dan Toys / Miniature humanoid robot (sudah banyak macam nya)
« on: 18 August 2013, 12:34:03 PM »
Ternyata robot robot kecil sudah banyak sekali.
DARwin op
on sale u$ 12,000.00
http://www.trossenrobotics.com/p/darwin-OP-Deluxe-humanoid-robot.aspx
DARwin op
on sale u$ 12,000.00
http://www.trossenrobotics.com/p/darwin-OP-Deluxe-humanoid-robot.aspx