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Great Technology Quotes

Sep-30-15 By IdeaConnection
Whether you are potting about in your garden shed inventing things, someone who believes they are sitting on the next big thing or a top flight engineer, here is a handful of thought provoking technology quotes to inspire and amuse:

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” - Isaac Asimov, author

Cancer Drug Research Given a Boost by Involving the Crowd

Sep-22-15 By IdeaConnection
To speed up the search for drug cancer therapeutics, AstraZeneca wants to harness the wisdom of the crowd to find new cancer drug cocktails.

The pharmaceutical behemoth is releasing colossal amounts of preclinical data from more than 50 of its medicines. According to the company, this public release of information is on an unprecedented scale.

Crowdsourcing Helps Discover a New Species of Human

Sep-15-15 By IdeaConnection
In 2013, palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger was in something of a quandary. The South Africa-based scientist had heard about a small cave filled with early human fossils, but the narrow chamber is difficult to get to.
He needed help to retrieve the remains before they deteriorated any further. So he posted a plea for assistance on social media.

How the Crowd is Charting the Changing Landscape

Sep-09-15 By IdeaConnection
Hampshire County Council in the UK is turning to members of the crowd to assist it in monitoring the ever changing landscape.

The information they provide could help prevent problems before they occur, such as flooding or changes that might threaten the natural habitats of local wildlife.

Crowdsourcing Hamburger Recipes

Sep-01-15 By IdeaConnection
You can bet your bottom dollar that by the time you’ve read this post thousands of people will have uploaded pictures of food to their social media profiles.

There is a huge appetite for this food photography trend and among the snaps of restaurant meals and chocolate covered desserts will be pictures of customised burgers.

Such fan photos have given Canada’s South Street Burger Company an idea, crowdsource burger recipes.