February 16, 2012

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=== News - 10 new results for [experiments] ===

Unplanned experiment on oceans in post-9/11 silence links noise and whale stress
Washington Post
BOSTON — Researchers say an ocean experiment that was accidentally
conducted amid the shipping silence after Sept. 11 has shown the first link
between underwater noise and stress in whales. The analysis was led by a
New England Aquarium researcher.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/unplanned-experiment-on-oceans-in-post-911-silence-links-noise-and-whale-stress/2012/02/08/gIQAsjwVzQ_story.html>
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Chinese village experiments with democracy
AFP
SHANGHAI — A Chinese village which staged an extraordinary rebellion
against authorities last year has taken a key step in a process to freely
elect its own governing committee, according to residents. Thousands of
residents of Wukan in the southern ...
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-cH1j26ZduxbYAH1rHFsr81VZwg?docId=CNG.b7b84d73ae0e2b3179e9deb594bd393e.6e1>
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Mystery Disease In Central America Kills Thousands: biological weapon ...
YouTube
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/mystery-disease-central-america_n_
1272286.html.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS7xzbZNd8I>
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Human experiments: First, do harm
Nature.com
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were a prime concern for health
officials in the 1940s, and many medical studies — including the US
experiments in Guatemala — used methods that would be considered
unethical today. Although standards improved ...
<http://www.nature.com/news/human-experiments-first-do-harm-1.9980>
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Zebras may have stripes because horseflies hate them
Christian Science Monitor
One popular notion is that stripes make it difficult for predators to
single out an individual zebra from the herd, but experimental evidence for
this or other ideas has been lacking. By Charles Choi, LiveScience
Contributor / February 9, ...
<http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0209/Zebras-may-have-stripes-because-horseflies-hate-them>
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Boffins claim breakthrough in hovering robothopter experiments
Register
We learn from the synopsis: While the “bug” is far from a realistic
analogy for an insect, the unsteady flow mechanisms revealed through these
experiments can help address current disagreements among models that assess
the intrinsic stability of flying ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/13/hover_bugs_top_heavy_is_best/>
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Scientists Take Cautious Tack On Bird Flu Research
NPR
Last month, scientists around the world agreed to temporarily halt certain
genetic experiments with bird flu viruses. More than three weeks of that
60-day moratorium have already passed. And the scientific community is in
the midst of a fierce debate ...
<http://www.npr.org/2012/02/13/146784264/scientists-take-cautious-tack-on-bird-flu-research>
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Stephen Wood: For Maine health insurance, the experiments are over
Lewiston Sun Journal
Stephen Wood During the past several decades, Maine has been a virtual
laboratory for health insurance experiments. New ideas that were only
talked about in the rest of the country were put into practice in Maine —
with our citizens as the guinea pigs.
<http://www.sunjournal.com/news/columns-analysis/2012/02/12/stephen-wood-maine-health-insurance-experiments-ar/1153016>
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CAMO Software Announce Pre-Release of a New Version of Their Multivariate Data ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OSLO, Norway, February 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- CAMO Software
have announced they will release a new version of The Unscrambler® X,
their leading Multivariate Data Analysis (MVA) and Design of Experiments
(DoE) software, on the 7th of March ...
<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/camo-software-announce-pre-release-of-a-new-version-of-their-multivariate-data-analysis-and-design-of-experiments-software-the-unscrambler-x-version-102-2012-02-13>
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North Carolina State Rolls Out Experimental Open Source WiFi Network
Campus Technology
By Leila Meyer North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Centennial Campus
has implemented one of the country's first large-scale, outdoor,
experimental wireless networks using open source software. The project is
called CentMesh, which stands for ...
<http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/02/09/north-carolina-state-rolls-out-experimental-open-source-wifi-network.aspx>
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=== Blogs - 5 new results for [experiments] ===

Buffalo Wild Wings Experiments With On-Table iPad Ordering ...
By Shaylin Clark
After an initial pilot program in Toronto, Buffalo Wild Wings is expanding
a program that will allow the restaurant's patrons to order their food from
an iPad.
<http://www.webpronews.com/buffalo-wild-wings-experiments-with-on-table-ipad-ordering-2012-02>
WebProNews
<http://www.webpronews.com/>

The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Harvard Plans Major Experiments ...
By StevenB
One of the least effective ways to teach is to stand in an auditorium and
deliver a monologue on facts, as Mazur did in explaining the motion of
atoms. In other words: Lectures, the dominant mode of instruction in
classrooms,...
<http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/2012/02/harvard-plans-major-experiments-in-improving-student-learning.html>
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian
<http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/>

Bethesda Skyrim Experiments of the Day - TDW Geeks
By Cheezburger Network
youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFXJu9S7zNc&w=500&h=412] Bethesda
Skyrim Experiments of the Day: After Skyrim was completed, Bethesda gave
the developers one week to experiment in ...
<http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/02/09/bethesda-skyrim-experiments-of-the-day/>
TDW Geeks
<http://geeks.thedailywh.at/>

Spain's B de Books Experiments with DRM-Free E-books ...
By Edward Nawotka
B de Books offers low cost, DRM-free e-books, and has signed many
self-published authors, both innovations for a commercial Spanish
publisher.
<http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/02/spains-b-de-books-experiments-with-drm-free-e-books-self-published-authors/>
Publishing Perspectives
<http://publishingperspectives.com/>

Pocket Factory - Our Experiments With 'Bots
By Alex
The good folks at Union Station invited us to set up shop in the station,
and we thought it was the perfect to try an experiment. Previously, when
we'd 3D printed in public, we offered a variety of products customized and
printed to order.
<http://pocketfactory.org/?p=440&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-experiments-with-bots>
Pocket Factory
<http://pocketfactory.org/>

=== Web - 5 new results for [experiments] ===

Encouraging Distraction? Classroom Experiments with Mobile ...
Encouraging Distraction? Classroom Experiments with Mobile Media. February
9 , 2012, 8:00 am. By Prof. Hacker · iPad [This is a guest post by Jason
Farman, ...
<http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/encouraging-distraction-classroom-experiments-with-mobile-media/38454>

18 Enlightening iPad Experiments in Education | Online Universities
These studies show whether iPads help make learning fun or waste money.
<http://www.onlineuniversities.com/18-enlightening-ipad-experiments-in-education>

Chinese village experiments with democracy | The Raw Story
SHANGHAI — A Chinese village which staged an extraordinary rebellion
against authorities last year has taken a key step in a process to freely
elect its own ...
<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/12/chinese-village-experiments-with-democracy/>

Part 1: My Experiments With Windows 8 – Getting started guide ...
Microsoft unveiled new Windows 8 operating system and new development
improvements on September 13, 2011, day one of the BUILD developer
conference.
<http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/325907/Part-1-My-Experiments-With-Windows-8-Getting-start>

WiFi experiments with ATtiny microcontrollers - Hack a Day
[Quinn Dunki] got some free stuff from Element14 to evaluate, including
this Mircrochip WiFi module. It's been used as the centerpiece of an
Arduino shield in the ...
<http://hackaday.com/2012/02/07/wifi-experiments-with-attiny-microcontrollers/>

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