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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Medical device companies are catching on to the financial potential of these devices and are beginning to add medical wearables to their product lines. A secondary, yet important, difference is the detailed safety and regulatory standards that must be adhered to for all medical wearables in comparison to their consumer counterparts.

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Research: Hiring Managers Are Biased Against People with Longer Commutes

Harvard Business

But the comparison at least provides a benchmark. Likewise, frequently changing work schedules may disrupt precarious travel arrangements for otherwise productive workers. In my study, an extra six miles of commuting lowers an applicant’s chances by as much as listing a black-indicating name like Jamal or Lakisha.).

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A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

Harvard Business

But so is the trepidation: as with all new “products,” there is potential for misuse. An appropriate first benchmark for evaluating the effect of using algorithms is the existing system – the predictions and decisions already being made by humans. The enthusiasm is well-placed. This is not some lucky happenstance.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Trillion Yuan in Audit The Washington Post notes "Local debt now equals about 33 percent of China’s gross domestic product, up from about 10 percent in 2008 and almost nothing in 1997." Assets in exchange-traded products backed by gold fell 33 percent to the lowest since 2009 amid sales by billionaires George Soros and John Paulson."