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TOO MUCH DATA. "Our ability to generate data far outstrips our ability to analyze it. To counter these trends, some scientists are venturing into crowdsourcing. Others are developing sophisticated algorithms to parse data in a keystroke. And still more are inventing ways to share massive, disparate datasets to yield surprising insights."" " http://lnkd.in/dqTPkTN View in LinkedIn

SYSTEMS NOT DEVICES. "The wearable products range in performance from monitoring sleep patterns, water intake and activity levels. “Quantified self” devices have grown to include sensors that are worn as watches, clothing, “biostamp” temporary tattoos, ingested, implanted and carried. All of the devices are designed to users take their healthcare into their own hands."" " http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx_mobile.html View in LinkedIn

BIG DATA, BIG HEALTHCARE COST SAVINGS. "According to McKinsey & Company, with the right tools, big data could be worth $9 billion to U.S. public health surveillance alone and $300 billion to American health care in general, the former by improving detection of and response to infectious disease outbreaks, and the latter largely through reductions in expenditures."" " http://lnkd.in/dqTPkTN View in LinkedIn

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY. "Sony has filed a patent application for "SmartWig", as firms jostle for the lead in the wearable technology sector. It says the SmartWig can be worn "in addition to natural hair", and will be able to process data and communicate wirelessly with other external devices."" " http://lnkd.in/dMG6m96 View in LinkedIn

SCIENCE DATA MEGA-OVERLOAD. “In the last five years, more scientific data has been generated than in the entire history of mankind,” says Winston Hide, associate professor of bioinformatics at HSPH. “You can imagine what’s going to happen in the next five.” And this data isn’t simply linear; genetics and proteomics, to name just two fields of study, generate high-dimensional data, which is fundamentally different in scale."" " http://lnkd.in/dqTPkTN View in LinkedIn

BIG DATA IN GENOMICS AND MEDICINE. "Genomics produces huge volumes of data; each human genome has 20,000-25,000 genes comprised of 3 million base pairs. This amounts to 100 gigabytes of data, equivalent to 102,400 photos. Sequencing multiple human genomes would quickly add up to hundreds of petabytes of data, and the data created by analysis of gene interactions multiplies those further." More than 2000 genes are linked with over 300 common human disease traits."" " http://lnkd.in/dNMe8Bq View in LinkedIn

RETAIL IS BIG DATA FOCUS NOW. "In Gartner's 2012 and 2013 studies, business cases that improve process efficiency and business cases around customer experience dominate big data wish lists. In the 2013 survey, 55 percent of organizations said that they are currently addressing enhanced customer experience using big data, while 49 percent are using big data to address process efficiency."" " http://lnkd.in/dcF5Rvc View in LinkedIn

2013 = BIG DATA INFANCY. "Gartner Survey Reveals That 64 Percent of Organizations Have Invested or Plan to Invest in Big Data in 2013, 2013 is the year of experimentation and Adoption is still at the early stages with less than eight percent deployed". The Gartner survey of 720 Members worldwide and was conducted in June 2013)." " http://lnkd.in/dcF5Rvc View in LinkedIn

SOURCES OF BIG DATA INFOGRAPHIC. " " http://lnkd.in/duapu2X View in LinkedIn

PATENT THICKETS. " In a patent thicket, the existence of many overlapping patent claims can cause uncertainty about freedom to operate, impose multiple layers of transaction costs and stack royalty payments beyond levels that can be supported by the value of single innovations. By blocking pathways to market and dampening investor interest in commercialization, a patent thicket has the potential to slow and skew the overall development of new technical applications."" " http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n4/full/nbt0407-419.html View in LinkedIn