John Vaccaro is a senior technologist with a wide spectrum of experience in science and information technology. He has worked in the marketing automation, speciality polymers, healthcare and financial services areas and has extensive experience with open source software in an international business environment.
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SciTech Watch: Broadband’s Economic Impact
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SciTech Watch: In Theory
In all the debate surrounding various moral, scientific, and political issues, one of the most abused words is theory.
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SciTech Watch: Alternative Fuels
Anyone who has put gasoline in his or her car or filled up a fuel oil tank over the last six months is painfully aware of what has happened to the price petroleum-based products.
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SciTech Watch: Bird Flu - Encouraging News
An interesting way to model the spread of disease, and a report on some vaccine research.
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SciTech Watch: Space Enthusiast Resources
Mainstream media rarely mentions space exploration. You'd never know that there are eight space missions going on right now.
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Book Review: Hacking Matter Multimedia Edition
Wil McCarthy has released an update to his book Hacking Matter as a Multimedia Edition. This new edition has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives license and is freely available as a download.
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Concert Review: My Morning Jacket: Live at the Palace
My Morning Jacket’s hometown fans got a early Christmas present this year with an excellent concert from an very talented band.
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Introduction to Climate Prediction
The tutorial conveys the sense that changes are coming and what the likely dimensions of those changes will be.
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Genetically Modified Peas Cause Allergic Response
The damage was significant and surprising enough that the entire decade-long project Field Pea project was cancelled.
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Live Music to the Space Station
On Sunday November 13th, Paul McCartney will provide live wakeup music to the two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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