MacPebbles put up the fence because he thought the next-door neighbor lady was spying on him. Then he took a can of black paint and sprayed pagan symbols on the side of the fence that she sees. To keep her from peeking in, he hung a tarp with more symbols above the fence … The [...]
Life expectancy worldwide has risen 20 years in the last 50 years – amazing!! This has meant that chronic disease (e.g., Alzheimers, Parkinsons) are now more prevalent and costly than sudden diseases (cancer, heart disease). David Bloom, professor of economics and demography at Harvard noted that, “If progress is built on capital and labor, the [...]
Engineered metamaterials enable remarkably small antennas.
We were told a UK hotel was once visited in person by a Travelzoo researcher before an offer was verified and on Monday the inside knowledge of a native New Yorker helped one deal through. For Travelzoo producing a diverse range of offers for the Top 20 is just as important as making sure those [...]
The method of adding and then polishing the text again for the final version seems to be effective. Funnily I, upon reading the ‘result’ (4), soon felt compelled to put the text in a certain order again, meaning to divide/fragment it, to give it my personal interpretation and structure, so maybe it is a process [...]
Self-described Radical Elemental Feminist Mary Daly has died.
via R.I.P. Mary Daly | MetaFilter.
Scientists have successfully tested a system that translates brain waves into speech, raising the prospect that people left mute by stroke, Lou Gehrig's disease and other afflictions will one day be able to communicate by synthetic voice.
via Device turns thoughts into speech – Innovation- msnbc.com.
