Member ConnectFriday Linkapalooza for April 18, 2014
Smartphone app QuickPay wants to simplify the way we pay for parking. The iPhone app Breeze can help you keep track of your walking activity. Right now it’s only available for iPhone 5s, but its developers promise it will be available on other platforms soon. At Bask, we will continue to support our customers who use Windows XP, though Microsoft has discontinued support of their product.
CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Smartphone app QuickPay wants to simplify the way we pay for parking.
The iPhone app Breeze can help you keep track of your walking activity. Right now it’s only available for iPhone 5s, but its developers promise it will be available on other platforms soon.
At Bask, we will continue to support our customers who use Windows XP, though Microsoft has discontinued support of their product.
CURRENT EVENTS
Craft store chain Michael’s is reporting that they have suffered a security breach that may have affected as many as 3 million customer credit and debit cards.
A new study indicates that global warming, brought on by manmade practices, likely affected the difficult winter experienced in the eastern United States earlier this year.
Happy National Park Week! Did you know that Google Street View includes great, 360 degree views of more than 40 national parks in the US and Canada? Check out this video to get a taste:
HUMAN INTEREST
Experience the special bond between a Japanese farmer and his beloved pigs.
Watch as Noah VanVooren, a high school senior with down syndrome, opens his college acceptance letter. Noah has been accepted to a 4-year program for students with developmental disabilities at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
No more itchy plaster casts! This really cool cast is made custom on a 3D printer, and has ultrasound capability. I suppose the big question is how much such a thing would cost?
A new medical group is attempting to reinvent the way we go to the doctor with their new One Medical Group.
Listen as renowned Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Dr. Robert Lustig discusses the dangers of sugar.
ART AND CULTURE
Yes, these beautiful photographs feature snails. If you’re like me, you initially consider slimy and ugly. But Ukrainian photographer Vyacheslav Mishchenko brings out the inner beauty of these fascinating creatures.
Halley Docherty uses her expertise with the Street View capability of Google Maps to pinpoint the exact locations where several iconic music album covers were photographed, for a fascinating blend of culture, history, and modern technology.
Imagine what happens if you were to give an MRI to—an ear of corn?
JUST FOR FUN...
Agnes the English bulldog loves the new cleaning brush her mama and papa brought her from the hardware store: