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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ruth Cuadra

Ruth Cuadra

One act of remembering can influence future acts - 0 views

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    remembering something old or noticing something new can bias how you process subsequent information.
Ruth Cuadra

Strangers on a bus: Study reveals lengths commuters go to avoid each other - 1 views

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    nonsocial transient behavior
Ruth Cuadra

Museum Audience Insight: Free Admission Days and Daily Deals - 1 views

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    about deals - "It also trains the consumer to wait for deals instead of supporting places outright, and with that mentality, we all lose." Food for thought.
Ruth Cuadra

World's fastest camera, created by UCLA engineers, used to detect rogue cancer cells / ... - 1 views

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    a high-throughput flow-through optical microscope with the ability to detect rare cells with sensitivity of one part per million in real time. This technology builds on the photonic time-stretch camera technology created by Jalali's team in 2009 to produce the world's fastest continuous-running camera.
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USC students building a working Holodeck | Crave - CNET - 0 views

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    a very serious effort to make the iconic virtual-reality room from "Star Trek" an actual reality
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The 'chemputer' that could print out any drug | Science | The Observer - 0 views

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    3D printer meets pharmacy Great quote: "Confusions of ideas produce discovery"
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iHR Australia - The third space - using the transition time between work and home to ac... - 2 views

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    How does one switch off from work and make the transition?
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Opening Up a 'Third Space" To Innovate Curricula-Journal of Social Sciences - Science P... - 1 views

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    South African educators have to construct the next practice in learning and teaching by integrating local and global knowledge in a unique space (what Bhabha refers to as a ‘third’ space).
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An Average Day in the Arts: State Participation Patterns from the American Time Use Sur... - 2 views

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    see page 5: .2% of California's population visit museums on an average day = about 44,000 people
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QR Codes Aren't Giving Consumers What They Want - eMarketer - 0 views

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    QR Codes, the most common of the mobile barcode formats, have not fulfilled their promise and connected with large audiences,
Ruth Cuadra

The Single Most Important Experiment in Higher Education - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    A dozen major universities announced that they would begin providing content to Coursera,..making  college classes available to the public free on the web. capable of delivering lessons to more than 100,000 students at a time. 
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Virtual fitting rooms changing the clothes shopping experience - latimes.com - 1 views

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    High-tech sizing machines scan customers and offer a list of recommended clothing, eliminating returns and providing manufacturers with real-world data
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NYC asking developers to test tiny apartments - BostonHerald.com - 2 views

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    tiny units could be the answer to a growing urban population of singles and two-person households
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Spark [High Quality] - YouTube - 0 views

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    Everyone should watch: SPARK is a powerful and emotional short film about humans, and the profound impact that Philadelphia museums and cultural institutions have on their and hearts and minds.
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Living by the book - The Express Tribune - 0 views

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    Interesting description of what the availability of a "third space" might have meant to a young person as he was growing up:  a space that Jordan could have used to talk about how he felt while on his journey. It could have been used as a platform for Jordan and his peers to discuss what he was comfortable and uncomfortable with.
Ruth Cuadra

[1206.3933] Prediction of Emerging Technologies Based on Analysis of the U.S. Patent Ci... - 1 views

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    Spotting trends by tracking patent citing A patent citing another implies that the cited patent reflects a piece of previously existing knowledge that the citing patent builds upon.
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Row House Café is First Place Among Third Places - Seattle Restaurants and Di... - 0 views

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    We've heard this kind of description of a cafe as third place, but I loved this phrase: "European-styled place, with hints of grandma"
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Museum of Endangered Sounds enshrines audio from bygone era - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    What else needs to be preserved in a museum before it gets away?
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