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Show me your poo and I will tell you who you are …

Some uses of social technologies and big data are really surprising. When you collect lots of information about DNA and diseases it is logical that you can identify certain DNA sequences that pose an extra risk. I came across the site my.microbes.eu

By Martijn Kriens on February 10, 2012 0 comments

Community health information as the new weather data

When I was at TED2011 in Long Beach there was a lively debate going on about data. Some argued that data was the new oil, but other stated that data was the new soil. TED-speakers like Hans Rosling and Tim Berners-Lee have stressed the importance of

By jim on January 21, 2011 0 comments