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Reviews of our app, or working more with governments on air quality
It’s probably time to talk about our iOS mobile app again. Our recent articles on IBM Watson analytics and Google Glass generated a lot of interest with people contacting us privately to ask for advice on various start-up projects their working on. (Some more dubious then others — we’re going to an article talking generally about some of the worst mistakes we’re seeing on the start-up scene, so that readers can avoid them.) One comment we’re been getting is that we should doing more to get governments involved with our air quality app. So we decided to put some of the app reviewers from iOS on this blog (finally). The final commenter quoted below says he is a former environmental journalist, and points out that with our app you can monitor your own air quality, independent of government! He suspects not all governments will like this. We have a little anecdotal evidence he’s right.… Read the restGoogle Glass: Confessions of a New Cyborg
Google Glass, Cyborgs, and the Singularity Does Google Glass turn you into an awesome Terminator-like Cyborg with a web browser inside of your brain? Or does it just frighten the horses? Will you become a so-called “Glasshole”? Is the software still limited and flawed? Or is the built-in Chrome browser all the Cyborg software you need? In this article, we take a look at some of the pluses and minuses of Glass. #Glass turns you into an awesome Cyborg with an in-brain browser? #throughglass Click To Tweet Frequent readers of this blog will note our fascination with theory of the Singularity, as exemplified in Ray Kurzweil’s series of books. (We’ll note that the forthcoming science-fiction movie Transcendence is one way the Singularity might play out. That is, if it actually happens in the first place.) At least two decades ago, Kurzweil and others predicted Google Glass (“special glasses” as Kurzweil called them) would hit the market right about now.… Read the restJet-lag: fix with LED lighting and Internet of Things home automation?
Cut your electric bill and cure jet-lag at the same time? In addition to reducing your light electric bill by 80% over incandescent lights and seemingly lasting forever, LED lightning of the future may offer a cure for jet lag as well as potentially enhance moods. But home automation systems will probably need an upgrade first, which is why the Internet of Things (IoT) is so exciting. We’ve talked frequently about how the IoT will let you better control your indoor air quality, but that lighting is another important aspect that IoT should help address. Researchers have recently begun to regard light as both part of the environment and a “drug” that can have significant impacts on both your mood and daily biological clock (“circadian rhythm”). New Jet-lag app UMichigan and Yale researchers have released an iPhone app that mathematically models jet lag. You tell it where you are, where you are going, and it provides you with a four day schedule to completely retrain (or entrain) your internal circadian clock in a time period (four days) that is much more aggressive than previously thought possible.… Read the restEaster Egg Hunt is on! Unlock a cool in-browser video game!
We’ve launched an Easter Egg hunt here on our blog! For a limited time, we’ve hidden a cool in-browser video game on the pages of our site (including this blog). To unlock and play the video game, you’ll need to enter a secret code on the pages of this site. First clue: the code is a sequence of six arrow keys. We’ve hidden additional clues in the comments of our blog, as well as on Twitter. If you find the code, leave a comment on our blog as to your high score, or Tweet us at @acculation on Twitter for a shout-out! (You can also leave comments or tweet your frustration. 🙂 Just unlocked cool in-browser game @ https://www.acculation.com/blog/ Can U find the Easter Egg code? Click To Tweet (more…)… Read the restRecent Posts
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