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Book of the Week: Understanding OpenSCAD

This week’s selection is “Understanding OpenSCAD: A hands-on introduction to OpenSCAD for 3D printing and CNC milling” by Alicia Doors. OpenSCAD is one of the most unique systems for creating 3D ...
The New York Times

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...
Fierce Healthcare

Function Health lands $300M, rolls out 'medical intelligence' AI model for health data

Function Health, a startup that offers lab testing and body scans for early disease detection, scored nearly $300 million in series B funding, boosting its valuation to $2.5 billion. Redpoint Ventures ...
STAT

Function Health has won over consumers. When will it publish evidence?

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...
TechCrunch

Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

From electronic health records and blood tests to the stream of data from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is accelerating rapidly. Yet, many users struggle to ...
STAT

Wellness startup Function Health raises $300 million as consumer lab testing picks up steam

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...
GitHub

Add import() function to return a file's content as plain text

Add a function to load any file (with any name or extension) as plain text with the entirety of the file being its return value, e.g.: data = import_as_plaintext( "file.dat" ); linear_extrude( height ...
Psychology Today

ADHD and Executive Function: Attention, Action, and Emotion

This post is part two of a series. Executive Function (EF) challenges or delays in mastering EF skills almost always accompany ADHD. There can be many different aspects to EF challenges that may be ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s ‘Gain of Function’ Monetary Policy

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...
Time

Function Health CEO Jonathan Swerdlin Is Trying to Change the Way We Manage Our Wellbeing

When Jonathan Swerdlin tells you he pours his blood, sweat, and tears into his work, he means it more literally than most company leaders. Swerdlin is the CEO and co-founder of Function Health, a fast ...
GitHub

OEP8a1: The object() function

The idea is to add a function that creates data values equivalent to what JavaScript calls objects, Python calls dictionaries, and some other languages call structures or associative arrays. Current ...
The New York Times

How to Tackle Your To-Do List if You Struggle With Executive Functioning

Conditions like A.D.H.D. and autism can make starting and completing tasks feel impossible, but experts say there are workarounds. By Christina Caron The pomodoro technique. Power poses. Planners.