Category: Research
Research on a particular subject, be it a technology, event, concept, etc.
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Research: Social Bookmarking #2
in: ResearchIn my previous post on this subject, my stated next step was to evaluate the bookmarking services below: Now that I have selected a service, my next step is to use it to understand how it works and what I can do with it. However, I have accomplished on task which is to index my…
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Research: Social Book marking
in: Research
An emerging area of interest is the idea of social bookmarking. Simply, it is categorizing (i.e., tagging) and saving book marks in a publicly accessible area on the web. Some obvious implications of social bookmarking: More important than the first-order implications is the broader trend towards the creation of personal trust networks. This is yet…
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Update on Genographic Project
in: ResearchA news release: ARMONK, NY — Aug 17, 2005 — IBM today said it has begun deploying new customized data gathering software technologies as part of its contribution to the Genographic Project, a landmark five year study in partnership with the National Geographic Society, to gather and analyze the largest number of human DNA samples…
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More on my Genographic travels
As I noted before, I fall into the “Haplogroup I” category. The test results I received from the National Geographic Society Genographic Project took my group to the Balkins but left me there. Other material cite the “I” group as the Viking haplotype. So, the question that came to mind was an apparent contradiction in…
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The Genographic Project
in: Research
The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year effort to understand the human journey—where we came from and how we got to where we live today. This effort will map humanity’s genetic journey through the ages. The fossil record fixes human origins in…