Gleanings of the Week Ending March 16, 2013
/The items below were ‘the cream’ of the articles I read this past week. Click on the light green text to look at the article.
Are Surgical Robots Worth It? - Evaluating technology is difficult. We want to believe that medical devices are better than what they replace...but they may not always be.
50 Disruptive Companies 2013 - The list from MIT Technology Review
Shell’s New Lens Scenarios - projections for 50 years from now…or even in 2100
Rebuilding after Sandy: How Assateague Island National Seashore Officials Are Dealing With Climate Change - barrier islands….and infrastructure on them...the islands will change and so will what man puts there
Frank Jay Haynes, A Photography Pioneer in Yellowstone National Park - also take a look at a book published by Haynes available on the Internet Archive
Science of Sinkholes: 20 Percent of U.S. Lies in Susceptible Areas - includes pointers to USGS resources about sinkholes toward the bottom.
Mothers of Invention -- Women who made it happen - I’d known about most of them…but there were a few that were new to me. It’s always interesting to get a quick slice of historical perspective this way.
Uplifting Posters Show One Positive Thing We Can Do Every Day - art of the positive
Get your Shit Together - life and death planning: low effort, high reward
Daylight Saving Time is Rife with Human Suffering - why do we put ourselves through the twice yearly time change?
