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Tony Adamo

Impulse Activity Tracker - 3 views

www.impulsewearables.com

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shared by Tony Adamo on 15 Jan 14 - No Cached
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  • Tony Adamo on 15 Jan 14
     
    I have been researching activity trackers for awhile and happened upon this one last week after seeing so many coming new ones coming out of CES. It seems to be different than many of the other ones I have seen and just wanted to share.
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  • Lari Tanner on 15 Jan 14
     
    Wow, that is very interesting. It's like the Nike fuel band and Ct Scan in one. I wonder about the cost for something like that, especially the the monitoring of it. I wonder about the applications as well, besides home use I mean. Businesses and government could also use this monitoring system for employees or soldiers. Wait am I getting to SyFy with this? Anyway, very interesting gadget...I would love to go to CES one day! #emac6300
  • Katie Lopez on 17 Jan 14
     
    I am starting to think it is just me, but these types of wearables freak me out. I understand the health benefits and many of its pros, but I don't want anything monitoring my body all the time. Like those smart contacts, again I can see where they would really help someone, but I would be freaked out having a computer chip on my eye.
  • Lari Tanner on 18 Jan 14
     
    I totally see what you're saying Katy. I am not a fan of wearing contacts, so that would be a problem for me, but if it monitord my glucose levels and only I and my healthcare provider were the one's who could view the data I would be ok with it. The activity tracker/wristband thing isn't something I'd even want to wear all the time, just when I'm working out. But yah, not sure I'd want to be "Monitored" all the time! :)
remi469

Ad pictures vs Reality. Is it realistic to expect served food to match its photo? - 0 views

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shared by remi469 on 18 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • remi469 on 18 Jan 14
     
    While I believe it is important to ensure these companies adhere to health regulations as regards, products, processing, preparations, specifications and all that, i think it's unrealistic to expect photo-perfect food orders.
purplekimchi

On the Wrong Side of Globalization - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by purplekimchi on 21 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • There is a real risk that it will benefit the wealthiest sliver of the American and global elite at the expense of everyone else
  • testament to how deeply inequality reverberates through our economic policies
  • But there would be some big losers — namely, the rest of us.
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  • One of the worst is that it allows corporations to seek restitution in an international tribunal, not only for unjust expropriation, but also for alleged diminution of their potential profits as a result of regulation. This is not a theoretical problem. Philip Morris has already tried this tactic against Uruguay, claiming that its antismoking regulations, which have won accolades from the World Health Organization, unfairly hurt profits, violating a bilateral trade treaty between Switzerland and Uruguay.
  • There is already some evidence that companies are choosing how to funnel their money into different countries on the basis of where their legal position in relation to the government is strongest
  • But the TPP would make the introduction of generic drugs more difficult, and thus raise the price of medicines.
  • Trickle-down economics is a myth. Enriching corporations — as the TPP would — will not necessarily help those in the middle, let alone those at the bottom.
  • purplekimchi on 21 Mar 14
     
    Seriously, the TPP is as bad as the deals we read about in Drahos and Braithwaite.
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