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Todd Suomela

Thatcher, Scientist - 0 views

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    This paper has two halves. First, I piece together what we know about Margaret Thatcher's training and employment as a scientist. She took science subjects at school; she studied chemistry at Oxford, arriving during World War II and coming under the influence (and comment) of two excellent women scientists, Janet Vaughan and Dorothy Hodgkin. She did a fourth-year dissertation on X-ray crystallography of gramicidin just after the war. She then gathered four years' experience as a working industrial chemist, at British Xylonite Plastics and at Lyons. Second, my argument is that, having lived the life of a working research scientist, she had a quite different view of science from that of any other minister responsible for science. This is crucial in understanding her reaction to the proposals-associated with the Rothschild reforms of the early 1970s-to reinterpret aspects of science policy in market terms. Although she was strongly pressured by bodies such as the Royal Society to reaffirm the established place of science as a different kind of entity-one, at least at core, that was unsuitable to marketization-Thatcher took a different line.
thinkahol *

New self-assembling photovoltaic technology repairs itself - 0 views

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    ScienceDaily (Sep. 6, 2010) - Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process.
thinkahol *

China's 'big hole' marks scale of supercomputing race - 0 views

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    China and other nations are beginning to challenge U.S. supercomputing leadership, something that has implications for every aspect of U.S. leadership in science and product development, say experts.
thinkahol *

Let's Regulate Facebook! | The Awl - 0 views

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    Apparently, if Facebook wanted to repair its reputation, all it had to do was seem like it was helping to topple an authoritarian regime. Now that the U.S. media is loudly pushing the idea that social media can change Egypt-and next, the world!-it makes Mark Zuckerberg's tendency to monetize every aspect of our online lives seem less important.
thinkahol *

YouTube - We Have a Plan: Other Aspects of a Resource Based Economy - 0 views

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    It's Time to Change...And We Have a Plan Get Informed: www.thezeitgeistmovement.com www.thevenusproject.com www.zeitgeistportugal.org www.futuragora.pt Music: Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool by Editors
Adam Fleaming

Software FMEA for Medical Devices - 0 views

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    The Failure Mode Effects Analysis breaks down the analysis of complex software functions into manageable subsystems and modules. It can have a number of variations which address different aspects of the device. www.compliance4all.com
Aman Khani

GTA 7 Release Date: Are You As Eager For The New Game As We Are? - 0 views

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    The next factor which might affect the release date of GTA 7 is the factor of compatibility with the newer aspects of gaming, including the introduction of the VR gaming headsets.
veera90

The Role of Embedded Systems in Driving the Transformation | Blog | ACL Digital - 0 views

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    Today's world is witnessing a growing trend toward digitization, connectivity, and automation. However, the driving force behind this transformation, which is often overlooked, is embedded systems technology. Embedded systems are crucial to modern life and play a significant role in various aspects. As science and technology continue to advance, the potential applications of embedded systems are expanding rapidly. Embedded software is widely used in various fields, such as defense instruments, railroad networks, telecommunications, electronic payments, consumer electronics, and more. The usage of electronic devices is also quickly increasing in the present day.
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