Comments on: Cough into your mobile phone for instant… http://socialcomp.com/blog/668 Glimpses of Our Hive Mind Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rob http://socialcomp.com/blog/668/comment-page-1#comment-5512 Rob Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:25:33 +0000 http://socialcomp.com/blog/668#comment-5512 Now this is cool, but I am surprised they put this out before they have the data to see if it really works. Oh and did you notice the last para: "STAR [the company doing this] has been given a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $100,000 (£60,000) to pursue the research, which is expected to be particularly useful in developing countries where pneumonia is a leading cause of death in children." Now this is cool, but I am surprised they put this out before they have the data to see if it really works. Oh and did you notice the last para:

“STAR [the company doing this] has been given a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $100,000 (£60,000) to pursue the research, which is expected to be particularly useful in developing countries where pneumonia is a leading cause of death in children.”

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