Ball Lightning Caused By Magnetic Hallucinations
KentuckyFC writes “Transcranial magnetic stimulation involves placing a human in a rapidly changing magnetic field powerful enough to induce eddy currents in the brain. Focus the field in the visual...
View ArticleThe Amazing, Spitting Archer Fish Hunts With Mammal-Like Vision
When an archer fish gets peckish and goes hunting for a juicy insect meal, it cruises toward the water’s surface with its ammunition packed in its mouth: As soon as it spots an insect above the...
View Article‘Dead Media’ Never Really Die
joabj writes “A streaming music service was available 100 years ago by telephone, through the Teleharmonium. A primitive version of Photoshopping was possible with Black Mirrors in the 18th century....
View ArticleRobots Draw Faces and Doodle For London Gallery Goers
ptresset writes with a snippet from Wired: “Pop along to the Tenderpixel art space in Soho this month, and you could grab a drawing of your mug, sketched by one of Patrick Tresset’s robotic arms. The...
View ArticleBing Gordon: Every Startup CEO Should Understand Gamification
View this document on Scribd Former EA executive, KPCB sFund lead and all around inspiring person Bing Gordon led a talk today at the sFund Gamification Summit breaking down platitudes like...
View ArticleBrain Imaging Reveals the Movies In Our Mind
wisebabo sends word that scientists from UC Berkeley have developed a method for scanning brain activity and then constructing video clips that represent what took place in a person’s visual cortex...
View ArticleHyperactive Visual Cortex Neurons May Cause Orange “O”s and Purple “P”s
Source: Hyperactive Visual Cortex Neurons May Cause Orange “O”s and Purple “P”s Related Articles:Those Magnetic Neurons Birds Use to Steer? They’re Not Neurons, and Aren’t For Steering. Those Magnetic...
View ArticleNewly Released Einstein Brain Photos Hint At the Anatomy of Genius
scibri writes “Photographs of Einstein’s brain taken shortly after his death, but never before analysed in detail, have now revealed that it had several unusual features, providing tantalizing clues...
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