http://youtu.be/IbXRiTbuDvY A soft, wearable device that mimics the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of patients with ankle-foot disorders such as drop foot, said Yong-Lae Park, an assistant professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Park, working with collaborators at Harvard University, the University of Southern California, MIT... Continue Reading →
Every Button On This Touch Screen Is Actually A Tiny Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsD3uTUtPks Your iPhone is a facade. Its apps may sparkle with color--some even seem to pop from your screen in 3-D--but they’re illusions with real tactile qualities. More and more, interface designers are attempting to break this fourth wall and make information something that you can really feel and move with your own two hands.... Continue Reading →
Netflix Roulette will help you decide what to watch tonightSure, Netflix has a seemingly endless library of content and a neural network specifically built to recommend content that you’d be interested in. Does that make it any easier to choose what to watch? Not always. Netflix Roulette is a much simpler randomizer for all of the content... Continue Reading →
Netflix Roulette will help you decide what to watch tonight
living with lag – an oculus rift experiment
http://youtu.be/_fNp37zFn9Q You wouldn't accept lag offline, so why do it online? ume.net, a fiber broadband provider that offers up to 1000 Mbit/s, performed an experiment. Four volunteers got to experience internet's biggest disturbance in real life - lag.
NASA Discovers Hidden Portals In Earth’s Magnetic Field
http://youtu.be/y3_vW5yrNek Our planet has come a long way in scientific breakthroughs and discoveries. Mainstream science is beginning to discover new concepts of reality that have the potential to change our perception about our planet and the extraterrestrial environment that surrounds it forever. Star gates, wormholes, and portals have been the subject of conspiracy theories and... Continue Reading →
The Giving Pledge is a commitment by the world’s wealthiest individuals to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMJKGGENMUA The Giving Pledge is a campaign to encourage the wealthiest people in the world to make a commitment to give most of their wealth to philanthropic causes. The campaign specifically focuses on billionaires (or those who would be billionaires if not for their philanthropy) and was made public in 2010 by Warren Buffett and... Continue Reading →
Being married makes you MORE depressed: Constant nagging triggers deep-rooted stress, study revealsBeing married can make people more prone to depression, a study reveals.Constant nagging and domestic spats are significant triggers of long-term stress that cannot be outweighed by the positive aspects of wedlock, scientists found.It can also make husbands and wives far less responsive to... Continue Reading →
Being married makes you MORE depressed: Constant nagging triggers deep-rooted stress, study reveals
The Rise of Anti-Capitalism WE are beginning to witness a paradox at the heart of capitalism, one that has propelled it to greatness but is now threatening its future: The inherent dynamism of competitive markets is bringing costs so far down that many goods and services are becoming nearly free, abundant, and no longer subject to... Continue Reading →
The Rise of Anti-Capitalism
Boehner’s Boner: The Untold Bribery Scandal (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ixHrLegkmM While House Speaker Boehner is well-known for his attempts to repeal Obamacare and for shutting down the government last year, a little known fact about him is that he has openly admitted, on tape, to having handed out checks from Big Tobacco in exchange for subsidies on the House floor during the 90’s. “They... Continue Reading →