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New Mobile App Helps Migraine Sufferers Track and Analyze Pain

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2012Health, Technology3d skull, alexandre dasilva, attack, eric maslowski, facial pain, ipad, iphone app, ipod, michigan, migraine, nerve pain, pain, paintrek, record, sean petty, sean sheehan, stephanie omalley, temporomandibular disorders, tmd, university

ANN ARBOR — A new iPhone app developed at the University of Michigan lets migraine or facial pain patients easily track and record their pain, which in turn helps the treating clinician develop a pain management plan.

Dr. Alexandre DaSilva, director of the Headache & Orofacial Pain Effort (H.O.P.E.) at the U-M School of Dentistry and one of the project developers, said the app will help people with migraine, temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and other types of facial nerve pain. (more…)

Research Shows Mobile Apps Help Students Learn

By Guest PostAugust 30, 2012Education, Technologyassignment grade, college student, education, ipod, learning experience, maryland, media course, mobile apps, mobile quiz, ronald yaros, smartphone, statistically significant, text message, university, YouTube

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – New research from the University of Maryland has found that mobile Apps – and even text messages – enhanced learning and produced a richer learning experience for college students.

Two introductory media courses, open to all majors, are taught in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism by Professor Ronald Yaros. Since 2005, Yaros has been testing how younger audiences engage with, and learn from, digital information.

“Blending technology with learning produced measurable outcomes from mobile tasks, assignments, text messages, and assessments,” says Yaros. (more…)

‘Hunger Games’ Hats

By Guest PostMarch 30, 2012Entertainmentandrea barrier, chariot parade, delaware, district 7, effie trinket, elizabeth banks, gina scarnati, girl on fire, hartshorn hall, hat maker, hollywood movies, hunger games, ipod, los angeles, the capitol, true blood, woody harrelson

UD graduate creates headpieces and hats used in hit movie ‘The Hunger Games’

Gina Scarnati and her assistants were blaring Queen from their iPod and enjoying a rare, brief moment of down time when Woody Harrelson walked in to their massive room of hats.

“This is incredible! Are you making these?” he asked. “How many do you have to do? Can I keep looking around?”

Indeed, they were. Nearly 200 headpieces, in total. And by all means, please do, Woody. (more…)

A Century of Bird Study in Northern Michigan

By Guest PostJune 23, 2011Nature, Scienceautumnal migration movements, bacon, basic physiology and behavior, biological station on douglas lake, biology of birds, bird anatomy, birds, century, cowboy coffee, dave ewert, dave morris, eggs, francie cuthbert, ipod, mary whitmore, michigan, northern michigan, olin sewall pettingill, pellston, piping plover, shorebird, ted r anderson, the natural history of birds, theresa ong, university of michigan, university of minnesota

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— This year marks a full century that instructors at the University of Michigan Biological Station on Douglas Lake near Pellston have been teaching students about northern Michigan’s birds. The station was established in 1909, and two years later a course titled “The Natural History of Birds” first appeared in the summer bulletin.

According to the 1911 description: “Birds will be studied with especial reference to their environment. Field work will include identification, observations on habitat preferences, food habits, nesting activities and the early autumnal migration movements.” (more…)

Amazon’s Kindle Digital Text Platform Extends 70 Percent Royalty Option to Books Sold to Canadian Customers

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2011TechnologyAmazon, android, book, canadian customers, dtp, ipad, iPhone, ipod, kindle 3g, kindle digital text platform, kindle direct publishing, kindle dx, royalty, russ grandinetti, windows phones, worldwide

*Authors and publishers can now earn more money on every book sold to Canadian customers Kindle Digital Text Platform changes name to Kindle Direct Publishing*

SEATTLE, Jan 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that the popular Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is extending the 70 percent royalty option to include books sold to Canadian customers. This royalty option is available for books sold to Canadian customers from the Kindle Store for Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, or one of the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, Windows Phones and Android-based devices. Kindle Digital Text Platform is also changing its name to Kindle Direct Publishing. (more…)

Rare Earth Elements: The World is Rapidly Running Out and China Has Most of The Remaining Supply

By Guest PostAugust 2, 2010Economy, Politicscalifornia, cerium, China, chinese economy, europium, green economy, hybrid car batteries, iphones, ipod, lanthanum, missile-guidance systems, mountain pass, neodymium, radar systems, rare earth elements, tantalum, us military, usgs, w david menzie

Most people have no idea what rare earth elements are, but a wide array of the technologies that we use every single day are dependent on them.

Without rare earth elements, we would have no hybrid car batteries, flat screen televisions, cell phones or iPods. Without rare earth elements, the entire “green economy” would not be able to function, because almost all emerging green technologies use them.

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