In case you missed the news, The New York Times recently announced that TimesSelect, (a paid subscription service of nytimes.com) will be discontinued and all content of the newspaper back to 1987 is now freely available online. Free access is also available from 1851-1922. Many articles from 1923-1986 will have a $ […]

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Valuable scientific and technical information is scattered all over the internet in various formats such as technical reports, conference publications or pre-prints. The E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers makes it easier to track down the information you’re looking for.
E-prints are scholarly and […]

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Learn about groundbreaking developments in neural technology with Victor D. Chase, author of “Shattered Nerves: How Science Is Solving Modern Medicine’s Most Perplexing Problem.”
Date: Tuesday, September 25
Time: 6:30 PM
Location:
Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue
From Johns Hopkins University Press:
Once the stuff of science fiction, neural prosthetics are now a reality. Research and technology are creating implants […]

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Ever wonder what types of tattoos scientists get? Science writer Carl Zimmer did - and he found out. Zimmer posted an invite on his blog, http://scienceblogs.com/loom, for scientists to send in photos of their scientific tattoos.
Check out the complete set at http://sciencetattoo.com

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While Wikipedia may be a quick and easy way to get an overview of a topic, you can’t always rely on the accuracy of the information you find there. Anybody can add or edit information in Wikipedia, whether they are scholarly experts or didn’t pass grade school.
So why not take advantage of the reliable […]

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It’s not always convenient to lug your laptop around, that’s what makes flash drives so great. They are relatively cheap, hold tons of data, and come in a variety of designs (care for a shrimp drive?). They’re even more useful when you have some applications on them so you don’t have to […]

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The librarians at Dibner Library are always coming across useful information on the web that we would like to share with the Poly community. Lucky for us, del.icio.us makes its easy. Underneath the tag cloud in the blog’s left sidebar, you’ll notice a new section called Dibner’s Del.icio.us. This section will feature […]

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Not only does this little guy keep extraordinary rhythm without any arms or legs, Keepon is helping researchers develop robots that can interact with people.
From New Scientist:
Marek Michalowski of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, US, and Hideki Kozima of the National Institute of Communications Technology (NICT) in Kyoto, Japan, programmed the squishy, yellow robot, called […]

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The Brooklyn Book Festival returns to Borough Hall Plaza this Sunday, September 16, for its second year. The free event runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and includes well-known authors, poets and essayists, as well as some new up-and-comers. With readings, presentations and over 100 vendors participating, this is an opportunity to see your favorite authors […]

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With the rise of Open Access and advances in cyberinfrastructure, scholarly communication is in the midst of upheaval. What will this mean for the academic world, the research community, and the advancement of science overall? These are some of the questions addressed by that the latest issue of CTWatch Quarterly: “The Coming […]

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