Using musical instruments to improve
motor skill recovery following a stroke.
"improvement after treatment with respect to speed, precision and smoothness of movements...motor control in everyday activities improved significantly."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-006-0523-2
https://www.immm.hmtm-hannover.de/fileadmin/www.immm/Publikationen/SchneiderEtAl2007.pdf
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Sunday, July 28, 2019
A Marriage to Remember | Alzheimer's | The New York Times
Incredibly touching documentary of how Alzheimer's changes life.
Paraprosdokian - Wikipedia
"There but for the grace of God—goes God." —Winston Churchill[1]
"If I could just say a few words… I'd be a better public speaker." —Homer Simpson[11]
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." —Groucho Marx[14]
"I like going to the park and watching the children run around because they don't know I'm using blanks." —Emo Philips[14]
"I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long." —Mitch Hedberg[8][15]
"I sleep eight hours a day...and at least ten at night." —Bill Hicks[8]
"I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat." —Will Rogers[16]
"On the other hand...you have different fingers." —Steven Wright[10]
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Infographics Mona Chalabi and Nigel Holmes
https://www.google.com/search?q=mona+chalabi+infographics&tbm=isch&client=ms-android-google&prmd=ivn&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwixyfeF6s3jAhUCZawKHVWKC9YQrNwCegUIARC5AQ&biw=412&bih=604
Nigel Holmes infographics for Time magazine
https://www.google.com/search?q=Nigel+Holmes+infographic&client=ms-android-google&hl=en&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi914favs_jAhVLsZ4KHb8MAmkQ_AUIFSgB&cshid=1564037828689&biw=412&bih=604&dpr=2.63
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Nature's 3D Printer: Cocoon - Smarter Every Day
A butterfly farmer in Alabama that ships orders of hundreds of butterflies at a time. And the reason why this cocoon has holes...interesting!
Friday, July 19, 2019
Hilarious Shoe Shiner "Shaming Shoes" on the Street | New York Post
A noisy New Yorker, drumming up business by getting people's attention with a sense of humor.
Wolves, Rivers, and conservation
https://youtu.be/ysa5OBhXz-Q
Reintroduction of wolves dramatically changed the landscape in a convoluted series of steps known as a trophic cascade.
https://youtu.be/g79pgX8PNBc
Protecting wolves in Norway means getting Farmers on board who face huge costs to protect their livestock.
The Economics of Private Jets
Nicely explained, in terms of cost for the company. At 5:21, a Lear jet can cost $4 a mile. If the Lear jet can turn a 4-day business trip into a one day one, and the executive is paid in the millions, then it makes sense to fly them in a private jet.
Monday, July 15, 2019
The One Amazon Prime Day Deal That Walmart and Target Can’t Match - WSJ
"Last year, Amazon [reported] more than 100 million people around the globe were paying for Prime."
That's a billion dollars monthly revenue before they even sell anything. Amazing.
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Robots learning how to walk in rough terrain
This software coalesces a huge amount of incoming sensor data into distinct accessible planar regions, then drops a "blanket" of potential footsteps within reach onto those planes, and eliminates those too far away or too high a step up or down.
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Automation replaces jobs
At 8:03 - "The world is moving too fast right now. The worst thing to do right now is nothing. Don't be the guy who refuses to look at the future.
07:58
The world is moving too fast right now.
The worst thing you can do right now is nothing.
Don’t be the guy who refuses to look at the future.
Lisbon tourism
Lisbon's tourism ballooned - seeing 10 x as many tourists as locals, fueled by social media. The downtown core was overwhelmed with big-city problems and locals priced out of their neighborhoods. To make tourism more sustainable, at 7:23, "Make the city better for locals first."
Boeing 737 fiasco
A good report on how Boeing failed to manage the public-relations crisis of the 737 MAX disasters, and whether they can recover from it.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
"When They See Us" - TV miniseries
Drama miniseries based on true story of falsely accused teens jailed for decades.
The actual exonerated accused:
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
President Obama - Smarter Every Day
A really interesting pair of videos. A self-proclaimed "ordinary citizen" asked the sitting president some science-related questions. Then he comes home and analyzes what happened and what he learned.
Monday, July 1, 2019
Solar+battery system gets cheaper
"...25-year contract that will serve 7 percent of the city's electricity demand at 1.997¢/kwh for solar energy and 1.3¢ for power from batteries"
Forbes: New Solar + Battery Price Crushes Fossil Fuels, Buries Nuclear.
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