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HR Technology Practitioner. I am excited about the future of work and the intersection of HR and tech. MBA, SHRM-SCP, GPHR, SPHR, HRIP *Amor Fati*
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · Jul 4
Grateful for freedom, and for those who sacrificed. Happy 4th of July.
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#VR nature scenes ease pain sensitivity...

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Virtual reality nature scenes ease pain sensitivity, especially with strong sense of presence
Immersing in virtual reality (VR) nature scenes helped relieve symptoms that are often seen in people living with long-term pain, with those who felt more present experiencing the strongest effects.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Ushering in a new era of suture-free tissue reconstruction for better healing

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Ushering in a new era of suture-free tissue reconstruction for better healing
MIT spinout Tissium offers surgeons a new solution for suture-free nerve repair. The company’s flexible, biocompatible polymers conform to surrounding tissues, attaching to them in order to repair tor...
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August 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#AI at Cannes—how #Amazon, #Apple, #Mars #marketers are using the #tech

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AI at Cannes—how Amazon, Apple and Mars marketers are using the tech
At Cannes Lions 2025, marketing leaders shared how AI is reshaping creative marketing strategies.
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June 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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#AI models shrink to fit tiny devices, enabling smarter #IoT sensors

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AI models shrink to fit tiny devices, enabling smarter IoT sensors
Artificial intelligence is considered to be computationally and energy-intensive—a challenge for the Internet of Things (IoT), where small, embedded sensors have to make do with limited computing powe...
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June 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Grateful for freedom, and for those who sacrificed. Happy 4th of July.
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Smart #AI model thinks like real-life missing persons to help search and rescue

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Smart AI model mimics lost person's mind to help search and rescue
Scottish researchers have developed a groundbreaking computer model based on AI agents that mimics the thought process of missing persons.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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How do #brands really stand the test of time?

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How do brands really stand the test of time?
By not standing (still) at all, brands can keep pace with customers and their needs.
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March 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Using smart tech and #AI in food packaging can reduce #foodwaste

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Analysis: Using smart technologies and artificial intelligence in food packaging can reduce food waste
Tohid Didar is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Nano-biomaterials, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. This article is republished from The Conversation . ...
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March 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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How the #Arts Reshape #Brain Function

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How the Arts Reshape Brain Function: Susan Magsamen on the Future of Neuroaesthetics
The intersection of arts and neuroscience reveals transformative effects on health and learning, as discussed by Susan Magsamen in her neuroaesthetics research.
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March 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Simulating #scientists - #AI-powered scientific discovery

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Simulating scientists: A new tool for AI-powered scientific discovery
In an article published in Nature Machine Intelligence, an Australian team led by Monash University researchers has developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists to support and speed up the pr...
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February 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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What happens in your mind when insight strikes?

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How ‘Aha! Moments’ Happen in the Brain and How to Invite Them In
What happens in your mind when insight strikes?
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February 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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#Rubidium can help with clean #energy technologies
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Japan makes breakthrough in next-gen fuel cells, creates new material
Japanese researchers have made a groundbreaking development in fuel cell technology with huge potential for cleaner energy.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." - Turkish proverb
February 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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"Until the lion learns to write, the world will glorify the hunter" - African Proverb
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"Where there's a will, there's a way" - Albert Einstein
February 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4% via @cnbc.com
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U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%
Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 169,000 in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.
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February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Timeless virtues, new #technologies

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Timeless virtues, new technologies
In his book, “The New Lunar Society,” MIT Professor David Mindell rethinks industrialism for the 21st century. He argues that process innovation — the making, fixing, rebuilding, or upgrading of syste...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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"If you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station; the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be." - Japanese Proverb
February 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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"Rise with courage, chase your dreams. Through every storm, let your light beam. Failures teach, but hope prevails,
With every step, your strength unveils." - Unknown
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu estimate of how AI will affect the U.S. economy over the next 10 years. Estimating that only about 5% of tasks will be able to be profitably performed by AI, the GDP boost would likely be closer to 1% via @mitsloan
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A new look at the economics of AI | MIT Sloan
MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu predicts that artificial intelligence will have a “nontrivial, but modest” effect on GDP in the next decade.
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February 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Why #Snarkitecture builds artistic ‘interventions’ in #retail stores

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Why Snarkitecture builds artistic ‘interventions’ in retail stores
A basketball marble run. A sneaker chandelier. A life-sized astronaut. Meet the firm breathing spectacle, play, and adventure into store design.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst via @technologyreview

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OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic
In just minutes, Deep Research can produce reports that would take humans “tens of hours” to complete.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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How good old mud can lower building costs

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How good old mud can lower building costs
MIT researchers developed a method to use lightly treated mud, including soil from a building site, as the “formwork” molds into which concrete is poured. The technique deploys 3D printing and can rep...
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January 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Grazing Sheep Double #Solar Farms' #Sustainability Factor

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Grazing Sheep Double Solar Farms' Sustainability Factor
Despite a new administration hostile to renewable energy, solar farms are booming, and using thousands of sheep to maintain their sites.
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January 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Bill Gates thinks everyone should read "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century’s Greatest Dilemma.” written by AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, who predicts AI will change what most jobs look across every industry in the next 5 years.
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Bill Gates: This is 'one of the most important books on AI ever written'—it predicts a 'hugely destabilizing' impact on jobs
Bill Gates is both optimistic about AI and realistic about the "genuine risks" it poses to jobs, as outlined in Mustafa Suleyman's book "The Coming Wave."
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January 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM