“Hairline design is a combination of science and art.” say hair transplant practitioners at the DHT Clinic (Bangkok, Thailand) prompting them to invent a new technique which they call ‘Hairline Design Laser‘. (A phrase they like to use: “LASER assisted rapid hairline design”.) “Hairline placement is important. It frames the face and has the most […]
Historical ambulatory monitoring of hot flashes (1979)
A look back at a moment in the technological history of monitoring hot flashes: “Investigation of hot flashes by ambulatory monitoring,” G.W. Molnar, American Journal of Physiology, 1979 Nov;237(5):R306-10. The author reports: “The unpredictability of hot flashes makes their investigation difficult. A method for continuous monitoring of subjective arousals and their objective correlates is here […]
Faces in the crowd can make Big Data more valuable
Your ability to spot a weird face might be worth big money in this, the dawning era of Big Data. A statistical technique called “Chernoff faces” transforms mulivariate data — numbers that tend to make people feel numb — into quirky/goofy cartoon faces. Oddball items in the data stand out. You’ll more likely to recognize an […]
Handshakes galore – but do they work? An analysis.
Search the archives of any upscale picture library [example] and you’ll find hundreds, perhaps thousands, of photos featuring business-persons earnestly shaking hands. But does handshaking actually have any real effect at, say, a business meeting? For the first time (?) an experimental study has examined whether handshaking might (or might not) help in cooperative dealmaking […]