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A Taxonomy of Food
Can you imagine what a flavor looks like? Can you visualize or describe what an apple tastes like? Data visualists David McCandless and Willow Tyrer have explored 1,000 recipes from BBC Food and Epicurious to visualize flavor patterns. The result is a series of visualization of complimentary flavors or infoodgraphics.
Read MoreNew Document Management Resource
Iron Mountain has opened a document scanning and indexing center to help organizations across Europe make the most of their information within stringent national and EU regulation. The center uses the latest technology to provide a suite of document management services for organizations of all sizes and from all sectors.
Read MoreCosts Deter Move to Electronic Health Records
Physicians are notoriously slow in implementing electronic health records (EHRs) within their office systems. The government has been feverishly trying to get doctors to use these systems for some time, but despite assurances of security and ultimately, cost savings, some physicians remain skeptical.
Read MoreOpening the Channels of Communication
You think the left hand and right hand at your organization doesn’t know what each other are doing? Imagine how much government agencies keep their information “close to the vest.” Territories, power and influence are magnified in the nation’s capital and make your organizational silos look like Lego blocks. Now, don’t you feel sorry for the people responsible for managing government IT departments?
Read MoreMaking Magic at the SharePoint Conference
Magic Software is showcasing the iBOLT integration platform at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 this week. After launching in July, the application and integration platforms will be introduced to customers for the first time at this event. The ability to connect systems across the Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce.com, and SAP ecosystems is the bit draw.
Read MoreTechnology Changes Physician’s Roles
I am sure most physicians didn’t decide to go to medical school because they liked technology. Granted and especially recently, younger medical students are entering the field already assimilated to using technology in every aspect of their life so applying it in their daily professional life is no stretch. However, with the many advances in semantic technology and now the shift to ICD 10 coding, which will require more specific coding for reimbursements, physicians can no longer hide in the clinic and let the office manager fend for their selves.
Read MoreCIA is Investing in Semantic Search
The CIA is embracing semantic technology by investing an undisclosed, but apparently healthy, amount in semantic search technology and a technology that can turn a PC into a wireless network. In-Q-Tel is the CIA’s investment group and they are backing NetBase, developer of semantic search technology, and Connectify, developer of VPN software.
Read MoreSmart Software Identifying Images
Wouldn’t it be nice if software could identify the contents of a digital image or video? The potential uses are endless — security, photo library searches, and publishing; just to name a few.
Read MoreIndexing Your Cookbooks
Though it may seem trivial in comparison to indexing millions of books in libraries, hundreds of thousands documents for publishers, and the endless financial data being indexed continuously, a new technology is indexing personal cookbook libraries for ease in searching for a specific recipe, ingredient or theme.
Read MoreIBM Receives Patent for Ontology Generation
International Business Machines (IBM) was awarded a patent for method and system for generating an ontology. The co-inventors are Rama Kalyani Akkiraju, San Jose, Calif., Richard T. Goodwin, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Hui Guo, East Elmhurst, N.Y., and Anca-Andreea Ivan, San Jose, Calif.
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