Beatles in charts and infographics
Beatles in charts and infographics
Courtesy of the Guardian’s data blog.
Beatles in charts and infographics
Courtesy of the Guardian’s data blog.
Bacteria eat toxic liquid and excrete pure gold
Two researchers (microbiologist Kazem Kashefi and electronic artist Adam Brown from Michigan State University), who discovered that a particular bacteria – Cupriavidus metallidurans – can feed on gold(III) chloride, a particularly nasty and toxic liquid, and effectively excrete pure 24-carat gold into nuggets. It’s believed that the bacteria plays a vital role in creating the gold nuggets that are found in nature, with the two researchers finding it’s approximately 25 times more resilient than other bacteria at surviving the task. So, of course, they’ve turned their research into a piece of art.
How is this possible?
Bacteria eat toxic liquid and excrete pure gold
Two researchers (microbiologist Kazem Kashefi and electronic artist Adam Brown from Michigan State University), who discovered that a particular bacteria – Cupriavidus metallidurans – can feed on gold(III) chloride, a particularly nasty and toxic liquid, and effectively excrete pure 24-carat gold into nuggets. It’s believed that the bacteria plays a vital role in creating the gold nuggets that are found in nature, with the two researchers finding it’s approximately 25 times more resilient than other bacteria at surviving the task. So, of course, they’ve turned their research into a piece of art.
How is this possible?
Overcoming test anxiety with mind-reading technology
So-called “Biofeedback” displays students’ brainwaves in realtime and alerts them when they’ve dropped into a state of calm focus. “Once a student learns to reduce their anxiety using skills learned through biofeedback training, their performance increases significantly — often resulting in dramatic improvements in academic performance,” says U of Iowa Counselor and clinical psychologist, Jeffrey Ellen.
Impressive.
Overcoming test anxiety with mind-reading technology
So-called “Biofeedback” displays students’ brainwaves in realtime and alerts them when they’ve dropped into a state of calm focus. “Once a student learns to reduce their anxiety using skills learned through biofeedback training, their performance increases significantly — often resulting in dramatic improvements in academic performance,” says U of Iowa Counselor and clinical psychologist, Jeffrey Ellen.
Impressive.
One Memento, capture one photo forever
One Memento, capture one photo forever
One Memento is a photo app that turns digital photography on its head by allowing the photographer just one shot. When the user takes their photo it will be uploaded for posterity to an online gallery that is capped at 250,000 photos. Created by Robot Corp of London, One Memento is available now as a free iPhone app.
Interesting concept.
One Memento, capture one photo forever
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One Memento is a photo app that turns digital photography on its head by allowing the photographer just one shot. When the user takes their photo it will be uploaded for posterity to an online gallery that is capped at 250,000 photos. Created by Robot Corp of London, One Memento is available now as a free iPhone app.
Interesting concept.
Amazon might be working a Square competitor
Leena Rao for TechCrunch:
Rumors have been coming in that Amazon is readying a mobile payments product that could compete with Square, Intuit GoPayment and PayPal Here. A tipster and an industry source both tell us that Amazon is going after smaller chains of retailers for the product, and could be offering significantly lower credit card processing fees for merchants.
It makes so much sense for Amazon to enter this market, they already have both infrastructure and capital. But here’s the dealmaker:
Rumors are that Amazon could be offering a rate as low as 1.9 percent. Current offerings include fees of around 2.7 percent.
Amazon might be working a Square competitor
Leena Rao for TechCrunch:
Rumors have been coming in that Amazon is readying a mobile payments product that could compete with Square, Intuit GoPayment and PayPal Here. A tipster and an industry source both tell us that Amazon is going after smaller chains of retailers for the product, and could be offering significantly lower credit card processing fees for merchants.
It makes so much sense for Amazon to enter this market, they already have both infrastructure and capital. But here’s the dealmaker:
Rumors are that Amazon could be offering a rate as low as 1.9 percent. Current offerings include fees of around 2.7 percent.
Are social media changing how we socialize in college?
These days text messaging, Facebook and Foursquare make it possible to see if a bar is worth the trip (translation: who is there) without leaving the dorm. Meanwhile, location-based mobile apps like Grindr, which point to the nearest available candidates looking for sex or not-quite-sex, are helping dethrone college bars from their place as meat markets.
It’s funny because it’s true.
Are social media changing how we socialize in college?
These days text messaging, Facebook and Foursquare make it possible to see if a bar is worth the trip (translation: who is there) without leaving the dorm. Meanwhile, location-based mobile apps like Grindr, which point to the nearest available candidates looking for sex or not-quite-sex, are helping dethrone college bars from their place as meat markets.
It’s funny because it’s true.
Peter Sellers does various English accents (by Jason Kottke)
Peter Sellers does various English accents (by Jason Kottke)
Breathtaking pre-digital light drawings of New York in the 1970s by artist Eric Staller. Also see Denis Smith’s Ball of Light project.
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Breathtaking pre-digital light drawings of New York in the 1970s by artist Eric Staller. Also see Denis Smith’s Ball of Light project.
Great leaders don't need experience
Interesting research by Gautam Mukunda from Harvard Business School. He wanted to know whether looking for leaders with long and extensive résumés was the best solution.
Gautam Mukunda studied political, business, and military leaders, categorizing them into two groups: “filtered leaders,” insiders whose careers followed a normal progression; and “unfiltered leaders,” who either were outsiders with little experience or got their jobs through fluke circumstances. He then compared the groups’ effectiveness; for instance, with U.S. presidents, he looked at historians’ rankings from the past 60 years. He discovered that the unfiltered leaders were the most effective—and also the least effective—while highly filtered leaders landed in the middle of the pack.
Great leaders don't need experience
Interesting research by Gautam Mukunda from Harvard Business School. He wanted to know whether looking for leaders with long and extensive résumés was the best solution.
Gautam Mukunda studied political, business, and military leaders, categorizing them into two groups: “filtered leaders,” insiders whose careers followed a normal progression; and “unfiltered leaders,” who either were outsiders with little experience or got their jobs through fluke circumstances. He then compared the groups’ effectiveness; for instance, with U.S. presidents, he looked at historians’ rankings from the past 60 years. He discovered that the unfiltered leaders were the most effective—and also the least effective—while highly filtered leaders landed in the middle of the pack.
Nazis, a Buddhist statue and meteorites
Nazis, a Buddhist statue and meteorites
A fascinating story to begin the week with. Ernst Schäfer, a zoologist, was sent by the Nazis to Tibet to search for the dawn of the Aryan race and came back with a statue of a Buddhist god, Vaisravana, made out of an extremely hard material, meteorite, some millenium ago.
Nazis, a Buddhist statue and meteorites
A fascinating story to begin the week with. Ernst Schäfer, a zoologist, was sent by the Nazis to Tibet to search for the dawn of the Aryan race and came back with a statue of a Buddhist god, Vaisravana, made out of an extremely hard material, meteorite, some millenium ago.