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ICT-WEB Alert

August 2012

  1. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies: IEET

    “By promoting and publicizing the work of thinkers who examine the social implications of scientific and technological progress, we seek to contribute to the understanding of the impact of emerging technologies on individuals and societies. We also want to help shape public policies that distribute the benefits and reduce the risks of technological advancement.”


  2. Mindquarry

    Mindquarry is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing (documents, images, media files, etc.), task and project management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that meshes simplicity and functionality.


  3. PicFindr

    PicFindr searches the web for stock photography that is completely free to use commercially.


  4. Pictobrowser

    Pictobrowser is a small HTML code that uses the API developer tools from the Flickr site inside a Flash environment to request and display a user's pictures.


  5. Quantcast

    “Quantcast is the world's first open internet ratings service. Advertisers can find reports on the audiences of millions of web sites. Publishers can ensure their sites are represented accurately by tagging them for direct measurement. The service is free to everyone.”


  6. Safari Books Online

    A new website from one of the leading on-demand reference and learning platforms


  7. ScienceHack

    ScienceHack is a video search engine for science videos. Every video is screened and approved based on accuracy and quality by our scientists.


  8. ScienceWatch

    The Web version of Thomson Scientific Science Watch® - a subscription newsletter (plus CD) that uses the unique citation data of Thomson Scientific to provide rankings, interviews, and reports on today's most significant science.


  9. Scirus Topic Pages

    Scirus Topic Pages is a new free online resource for the scientific community. Developed by Scirus and Elsevier journal editors, Scirus Topic Pages focus on a particular scientific topic of interest to researchers and are designed to provide the most comprehensive information available on that particular topic. Each Topic Page provides researchers with a summary of the topic written by an authority in the particular subject area, with direct links to relevant scholarly papers, websites and other online resources.


  10. Scitalks

    A repository of video recordings of science lectures.


  11. SubsTech

    SubsTech is a free and open knowledge source in Materials Engineering. It contains a wide range of illustrated articles on metals, ceramics, polymers, composites and lubricants including their properties, applications and technologies for their manufacture.


  12. The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year

    “The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards celebrate their tenth year in 2007. They are established as the UK's most important awards for science and engineering undergraduates and are also open to students studying at universities in the Republic of Ireland.


  13. Virtual Engineer

    "The Best Links on the Web for Engineers and other Professionals working in the Building and Construction Industries"


  14. Webware

    A cnet site, featuring news about Productivity applications, Data-driven applications, Community services, etc.


  15. West Sussex Past

    A portal to archive, library and museum online heritage services.


  16. WikiMindMap

    ”WikiMindMap is a tool to browse easily and efficiently in Wiki content, inspired by the mindmap technique. Wiki pages in large public wiki's, such as wikipedia, have become rich and complex documents. Thus, it is not always straight forward to find the information you are really looking for. This tool aims to support users to get a good structured and easy understandable overview of the topic you are looking for.”


  17. WorldWideScience.org

    A global science gateway, accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases.


  18. DiscoveR8

    DiscoveR8 is a user-driven website dedicated to the dissemination and intelligent discussion of life science news, discoveries, hypotheses, and procedures.


  19. Emerald InTouch

    Emerald InTouch is a personal web space and hosting service that supports learning, networking and collaboration. Built upon the Elgg learning landscape system, InTouch places a range of collaborative technologies and social networking tools in one simple, easy-to-use, secure space.


  20. eprintweb

    eprintweb.org is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology, and consists of e-print records which can be browsed and searched.


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