19 May 2008

Written in the skies: why quantum mechanics might be wrong : Nature News: "These premises troubled Albert Einstein. He believed that particles contain extra properties — or 'hidden variables' — that determine their behaviour completely. If only we knew what these hidden variables were, we could predict the fate of particles and the outcome of measurements with certainty. Bohmian mechanics is one of a suite of 'hidden variables' theories — many now discredited — formulated to tackle this problem."

18 May 2008

Technut News » Blog Archive » Biotech Breakthroughs: 15 Developments That Will Eventually Affect YOUR Life: "Rejuvenate Your Brain with Umbilical Cord Blood - Rejuvenation. Need I say more? Death to aging!"

16 May 2008

Our Visual System Has 'Future Seeing' Powers - Study | Scientific Blogging: "Changizi claims the visual system has evolved to compensate for neural delays, allowing it to generate perceptions of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future, so that when an observer actually perceives something, it is the present rather than what happened one-tenth of a second ago. Using his hypothesis, called “perceiving-the-present,” he was able to systematically organize and explain more than 50 types of visual illusions that occur because our brains are trying to perceive the near future. His findings are described in May-June issue of the journal Cognitive Science."

11 May 2008

YouTube - Molecular Visualizations of DNA

Zombie Me dot com by Destination Creation: "Find out how you or a friend would look as a Zombie, Simpson-oid or Alien!"

Does your brain have a mind of its own? - Los Angeles Times: "In lay language, this means that Mother Nature never starts from scratch, no matter how useful an overhaul might be. Everything that evolves necessarily builds on that which came before. Our arms, to take one simple example, are adaptations of the front legs of our primate ancestors."

10 May 2008

At 107, Livermore centennial lightbulb is still a real live wire - Los Angeles Times: "At 107 years and counting, the low-watt wonder with the curlicue carbon filament has been named the planet's longest continuously burning bulb by both Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believe It Or Not."

30 April 2008

Pixar - Lifted Video - Metacafe

28 April 2008

YouTube - Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

23 April 2008

Get Smarter: 12 Hacks That Will Amp Up Your Brainpower: "Your IQ is basically hardwired. Still, there are lots of ways to get smarter — to max out your so-called functional intelligence. Think of it as a software upgrade. Our guide to better brainpower shows you how to boost your memory, sharpen your concentration skills, and even pop the right combination of drugs and supplements."