ian pearson suggests that breast implants could be functional, for example by containing an embedded mp3 player. the idea is not that bad:adding intelligent circuitry to aesthetic prostheses could help counterweight the stupidity of those who have them. vie engadget
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thought control
for the first time ever thought was directly able to manipulate and control the physical world: a paralyzed man with a computer chip (left) in his brain is able to move a computer cursor (right) to draw, write and play. via nytimes
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smell & smile
the first perfume marketed as an antidepressant is being made by ora ito and sold by colette paris. assuming it works on anyone who smells it, it could be considered the first political perfume.
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polite bot
instead of worrying about making robots more intelligent, the machine perception lab is trying to make them more affectionate: by placing two robots in the UCSD daycare center for a few weeks, his team was able to program them to have more realistic affect. their research (paper) reveals that children as young as 10 months […]
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political love
while we may think that we choose our political candidate for rational reasons, a study from emory university shows that the parts of the brain involved when watching candidates on television have nothing to do with rational thought, and are instead those that control emotions and reward conflict resolution. while watching their candidates and opponents […]
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secular saint
in the museum of the history of science in florence there is an unusual reliquary: the middle finger of galileo galilei, alongside his famous retraction (in english and italian): I, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei of Florence, seventy years of age, arraigned personally for judgment, kneeling before you Most Eminent and Most Reverend […]
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drape chair
gaetano pesce‘s golgotha chair was made by draping cloth that was dipped in resin over two ropes and letting it dry so that no two chairs are alike.
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magnet finger
body artists jesse jarrell and steve haworth came up with the idea to implant magnets under the skin to hold innovative piercings without success – until they noticed that the implants generated a sense of magnetic and electric fields through the induced motion as interpreted by the finger’s touch receptors. you can feel power lines, […]
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