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New version of Undercover Scientist: O Cientista Disfarcado
The latest translation of my book The Undercover Scientist has just been sent to me. It's the Portuguese version, with its own funny cover. You can buy this version of the book from here.
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reader comment for Undercover Scientist
At the end of my book The Undercover Scientist or Why Sh*t Happens in USA, I give an email address: ithinkyourewrong@peterjbentley.com for my readers to contact me with corrections if they spot any errors. I always welcome feedback from readers, and in this case I hope I was able to…
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iStethoscope Pro mentioned in medicaldevice-network.com
The number of downloads mysteriously rose again for my iphone app iStethoscope Pro and I had to search the web to find out why. It turns out that it was mentioned in the feature by medicaldevice-network.com on the top ten medical devices of 2010. It also appears in the printed…
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Book launch
On Friday I was invited to a book launch of Art Practise in Digital Culture - a book containing work on art-science collaborations that were inspired by the TESLA group at UCL. It was nice to see everyone there, and I realised that the artwork Fugue that I helped create…
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award nomination
To my surprise I have been nominated by my Head of Department at UCL for the 2011 UCL Awards for Enterprise, because of my various entrepreneurial activities over the years. These include the iStethoscope iphone app which is currently being developed into a medical product, my various consultancy and popular…
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Digital Lives (working title)
I've been commissioned to write a new popular science book, which currently has the working title Digital Lives. It's about computer science and its impact on society and will be on the shelves early 2012. The contract has been signed with the publisher and my research has begun. To begin…
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Tinnitus and iStethoscope?
Last month the creator of the website whooshers.com got in touch asking whether the iStethoscope app could help sufferers of objective pulsatile tinnitus. This is the condition of hearing a whooshing, rhythmic pulsing sound that is synchronous with the heartbeat that can be detected by doctors - sometimes - with…
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