Human Hibernation in Space Explorations

This is a paper I wrote during university, submitted to the UN’s Unispace III in Vienna, 1999. Special thanks to Nadiya and Wandi for the research, and Nanang for the hibernation chamber illustration. We rocked, didn’t we? :)

The Future of Health Care Is Our Family

Personal medical record has long become a staple information in healthcare. A better understanding in our medical history is a significant factor in determining a course of action towards a better health. But there’s a new perspective that can improve it further, and current development in information technology can give us a better tool.

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New Toys at The Lab #2

These are some of the new stuff brewing in the labs.

An Instagram API experiment using jQuery, Knockout.js and Twitter Bootstrap. If you want to get a quickstart on mashup apps, this article is a nice way to start.

In this webcam experiment, I was experimenting with the getUserMedia method now available on Javascript. You can use this to access the webcam and display the feed in your browser. I also played with some CSS3 filters, click on the video to see the filters on the video.

Pure CSS Avatar is a PHP and CSS experiment based on the work of @_slinehan where he extapolate the pixel data from an image into a CSS box-shadow value! I merely added a function to get the user’s avatar image from the Twitter handler in the URL query string.

Experimenting with Instagram API, jQuery, and Knockout.js

Hi guys, in this article I’m going to explain about this little experiment I made a few days ago. It only took a couple of hours of coding to make, so it’s relatively pretty easy. But if you’re interested in Knockout.js’ view-model pattern, there are some nifty tricks in this example that you can start to use in your own apps. See the discussed example in this article in action here.

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A Case of Medical Data Redesign

In his TED presentation, Thomas Goetz, the executive editor of Wired and author of The Decision Tree, explained about the need to change the way medical data is currently represented. He believes that we need to start providing better medical information, to help people know about the choices and actions that are available to them for the improvement of their health.

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