a daily regimen of three 20-milligram doses of Adderall transformed his career: ‘I’m not talking about being able to work longer hours without sleep (although that helps),’ the posting said. ‘I’m talking about being able to take on twice the responsibility, work twice as fast, write more effectively, manage better, be more attentive, devise better and more creative strategies.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Slashdot posted a story this week about an open source robot project from a start-up called Willow Garage in the Bay Area. The company is working on an open hardware platform for researchers and tinkerers to build on. In order for large groups of people to contribute to a robotics project, it helps to have everyone working on the same hardware.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
I have been posting links to coverage of the TED Talks that I think are most interesting. This one is cool enough to have a post of its own. I am fascinated by how smart Crows are. They use tool and solve complicated problems. In this TED Talk, Joshua Klein talks about how he trained crows to put coins in a vending machine to get peanuts. Once he took away the supply of coin, the crows went out and found their own to bring back to the machine. Amazing.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Similar DNA Molecules Able to Recognize Each Other: “Chroniton brings us a story about research into DNA which has shown that free-floating DNA strands are able to seek out similar strands without the assistance of other chemicals. From Imperial College London: ‘The researchers observed the behaviour of fluorescently tagged DNA molecules in a pure solution. [...]
Friday, January 25, 2008
Interesting Article on how to teach your mind to stretch time. MIKE HALL has taught himself to stretch time. He uses his powers to make him a better squash player. “It’s hard to describe, but it’s a feeling of stillness, like I’m not trapped in sequential time any more,” he says. “The ball still darts around, [...]
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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