Blog | Ricardo Martins | PhD Student

Windows 8: Beautiful and Fast - comercial

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:01:56 +0100

Windows 8: Beautiful and Fast - comercial

Promo Expo 98 - 15 anos

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:07:32 +0100

Promo Expo 98 - 15 anos

Portuguese Makers Hangout 2More info about the event:...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:07:00 +0100

Portuguese Makers Hangout 2
More info about the event: http://things.pt/wiki/hangouts_2

Fitbit for Dogs Pawprint Has Built An Activity Tracker For Dogs,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:04:15 +0100

Fitbit for Dogs

Pawprint Has Built An Activity Tracker For Dogs, Along With A Doggie Social Network

Space Oddity (by Chris Hadfield) A revised version of David...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:30 +0100

Space Oddity (by Chris Hadfield)

A revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

Artificial Emotions - Technology: How long until a robot...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:05:43 +0100

Artificial Emotions - Technology: How long until a robot cries ? [link]

Can Avatars Help Close the Doctor-Patient Communication Gap?...

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:56:40 +0100

Can Avatars Help Close the Doctor-Patient Communication Gap? [link]

Seeing Eye People for Texting and Walking

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:03:39 +0100

Seeing Eye People for Texting and Walking

The Digital Transformation of Health Care [full text summary] ...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:21:32 +0100

The Digital Transformation of Health Care [full text summary]

Michael Fitzgerald, contributing editor at MIT Sloan Management Review, talks with WellPoint executive Lori Beer about how the company, which is one of the largest health insurers in the United States, is using technology to help doctors and nurses be more efficient and effective.

IT and Engineers - O’Reilly Radar Jon Bruner and I got...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:37:40 +0100

IT and Engineers - O’Reilly Radar

Jon Bruner and I got together last week in Cambridge, MA to have a cup of coffee and talk about the industrial internet. During this conversation we mused on the inevitable collision of cultures when Silicon Valley meets industrial heartland, or, when software people meet hardware people.

"What makes a good place to work? -The tools -The culture -The management."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:07:20 +0100

“What makes a good place to work?
-The tools
-The culture
-The management.”

- full text

Business Trends 2013 - Deloitte University Press updates [link...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:40:56 +0100

Business Trends 2013 - Deloitte University Press updates [link full text]

MIT Technology Review identifies the 10 Breakthrough...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:04:58 +0100

MIT Technology Review identifies the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013 [link full list]

Think of the most frustrating, intractable, or simply annoying problems you can imagine. Now think about what technology is doing to fix them. That’s what we did in coming up with our annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. We’re looking for technologies that we believe will expand the scope of human possibilities.

How to Deliver Patient-Centered Care: Learn from Service...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:13:00 +0100

How to Deliver Patient-Centered Care: Learn from Service Industries [link - full text]

Over the past decade, patient-centered care has become a mantra for high-quality health care. Policymakers, researchers, physician-leaders, and patients have all cited the need for care to be tailored to patients’ unique needs and preferences. And there is solid evidence that patient-centered care can help improve care quality and reduce costs. However, in the rush to become more patient-centered, the health care system has misplaced its focus.

How Terror Hijacks the Brain [link]

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:32:10 +0100

How Terror Hijacks the Brain [link]

Gazebo tutorial at DARPA Robotics Challenge kickoff meeting

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:06:14 +0100

Gazebo tutorial at DARPA Robotics Challenge kickoff meeting

Probabilistic programming languages are in the spotlight...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:41:54 +0100

Probabilistic programming languages are in the spotlight [link]

Probabilistic languages can free developers from the complexities of high-performance probabilistic inference.

Biomedical Engineering at Mayo Clinic

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:18:13 +0100

Biomedical Engineering at Mayo Clinic

Robotics + Money + Applause=RoboBusiness Europe [link]

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:27:14 +0100

Robotics + Money + Applause=RoboBusiness Europe [link]

Proceed with Caution toward the Self-Driving Car [link] ...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:18:39 +0100

Proceed with Caution toward the Self-Driving Car [link]

Completely autonomous vehicles will remain a fantasy for years. Until they’re here, we need technology that enhances human drivers’ abilities rather than making those abilities increasingly obsolete.