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We Like, March 1: Stimulating scholarly conversation, MIT Innovates on Video and Jedi-Like Brain Sensors Reply

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Social coding and scholarly communication – open for collaboration

Biomed Central

Innovation in how social online tools and their features develop is frequently defined and driven by the network’s users. A collaboration between BioMed Central, some of our authors and editors, and the team behind a powerful social software development platform aims to stimulate innovation in scholarly communication.

The ‘social coding’ website, GitHub, was founded in 2008 and its primary aim is to enable users to publicly or privately share source code, and manage software development projects. But it seems that life scientists have had other ideas for quite some time.

MIT releases open-source software that reveals invisible motion and detail in video

Scientists at MIT have developed open-source software that can reveal details in videos that are otherwise invisible. This software — which works with videos on YouTube or DVD — can reveal the blood pumping beneath someone’s skin, with such detail that you can accurately measure their heart rate. The software could also be released for mobile devices, such as smartphones or Google Glass, so that you can see the heartbeat of those around you in real time — a boon for gamblers, FBI lie detection agents, and doctors alike.

Wireless Brain Sensor Implant Could Use Thought to Control Objects

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Disney’s EPCOT Roots Host Big Data Conference Reply

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Orlando, Florida, was recently host to the eHealth Initiative Big Data conference. Tabbed “Leading IT Forward,” the conference brought together a variety of stakeholders to discuss issues related to data interoperability, analytics, and sharing of best practices.

What is meant when someone uses the term ‘Big Data’? Wikipedia states that Big Data:

is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. The challenges include capture, curation, storage,[3] search, sharing, analysis,[4] and visualization.

Big Data as it applies to patient health has its own set of challenges. The lack of interoperability between different EHR vendor platforms prevents a complete longitudinal view of the patient necessary to tell the full health story.  Just think of the gap in EHR communication that exists between the outpatient and inpatient care delivery systems as one of many examples. More…

[Poll] What Concerns Do You Have About Joining A Clinical Trial? Reply

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Editors note: please be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the post!

There are many factors that can turn a patient away from seeking potentially beneficial treatment options.  This is true for both clinical trials and even routine visits to the doctor.

For example, in some people, needle phobia prevents them from getting much-needed vaccinations. In some cases, people just wince when they see a needle and go through with it anyways and in others – their intense needle phobia prevent them from getting vaccinations altogether.

We recently came across an interesting approach Healthline is taking to help kids ease through their needle phobia. More…