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Via Pasta and Vinegar   Many Eyes  is a new social computing site launched by IT giant IBM: IBM (Quote) launched a new social computing site today called Many Eyes, which allows users to upload very large data sets, choose different visual representations for the data sets, and engage in an online discussion of what the data reveals. Each visualization will allow for an active discussion to take place and become a common area to share ideas, add insight and understand the visualization in a group setting. (…) an attempt to learn whether the principles of crowd-sourcing can be...

Re-blogged from Textually.org BuddyCheckService helps seniors that live alone keep their independence.  It uses ASR speech technology to enable overtaxed family caregivers to monitor loved ones on a regular basis, and are alerted by text message or call on their mobile phone if there is an emergency.

Via Usability News Deadine: 17 February 2007 SINTEF ICT, department of Cooperative and trusted systems, is in the process of hiring a new researcher. The position is within the HCI-group,...

Via Medgadget    Researchers at Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the Loughborough University in the UK are planning to introduce a portable telemedicine...

From Wired    Spanish scientists are building a robotic wheelchair controlled by thought, so even completely immobile patients can have some freedom of movement... read the full story on...