Category Archives: Technology

Discussion of technologies used by and relevant to the project.

Using search data to find drug side effects

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Caspar

Along the same lines as Google Flu Trends, researchers at Microsoft, Stanford and Columbia University are investigating whether search data can be used to find interactions between drugs. They recently found an interaction.Using automated software tools to examine queries by … Continue reading →

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Drugs Meter smartphone app

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Caspar

Dr. Adam Winstock The psychiatrist behind the Global Drugs Survey is gearing up to launch a phone based “Drugs Meter “.  Here’s how the Guardian describe it: A new digital application – called drugs meter – attempts to provide people who use … Continue reading →

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Is Outsourced Science Good for Open Science?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Caspar

Outsourcing is usually something of a bogeyman in the public sector. So perhaps it would seem to be the antithesis of the sharing/caring idea of Open Science. But a new start up that is bringing outsourcing into the laboratory has … Continue reading →

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Handy caffeine reference

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Caspar

Just discovered this caffeine infographic from CoolInfographics.com that gives you an idea of just how buzzed you will be. It’s obviously highly coffee-centric but thanks to the wonder of Wolfram Alpha, I can tell you that a standard cup of tea is … Continue reading →

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Jason Silva on psychedelics, new technology and the singularity

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Caspar

Visionary motor-mouth Jason Silva is fast becoming the spokesperson for the singularity movement; those techno-optimists who think advances will follow the current exponential curve ever onward right up into digital heaven. They might right and it might be nice. In … Continue reading →

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Thinking of drinking less in 2012?

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Caspar

I’ve been following a discussion on Urban75.net about people’s plans to have January off drinking or otherwise attempt to drink less in 2012. In my view, February is usually the best month to go sober. Cold, miserable and short. Mind … Continue reading →

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Boozerlyzer on Danish radio.

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Caspar

While I was at the Quantified Self conference last week I had a nice chat with Anders Nissen from DR, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He hosts a technology radio show and was interested in all the cool and nerdy stuff … Continue reading →

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Kevin Kelly – The Quantifiable Self

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Caspar

Kevin Kelly was one of the speakers at the first Quantified Self conference which took place in San Francisco last month. The idea of quantifying the self is to record lots of data on your personal life and seeing if … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the future of recreational drug use.

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Caspar

This article first appeared on KnowDrugs.net Ever heard of dimethocaine, methoxetamine or JWH-18? They are ‘research chemicals’ similar to cocaine, ketamine and cannabis respectively. They were all first synthesized in the last few years and are being produced in large … Continue reading →

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Games engage

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Caspar

If you look past the jargon and the corporate-adverhype, this presentation gives you some idea why we are using games to find out more about people’s drug and alcohol habits. In short, games engage people and motivate them to do … Continue reading →

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