Today’s bookmarks
Mon, 6 Aug 2012
A slideshow by renowned animal photographer Tim Flach with annotations about their body language
In science/tech:
- New Computer Will Simulate One Billion Neurons
- Microsoft reveals a muscle controlled computer interface
- Voyager 1 is getting close to ‘the edge’ of interstellar space
- The waves in Quantum Mechanics are real
- The discovery of a HIV protein’s structural change
- The Greenland Ice Melt might not be as apocalyptic as some would make it out to be
- Plants Can ‘Talk’ To Each Other by Clicking Their Roots
In society:
- Why Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Medalists
- A US Marine couple’s personal account of the Aurora Shooting
- Scientology’s insane concentration camp for it’s Executives
- A counter-editorial of Why Men Can’t Have It All
- Still haven’t seen ‘Girls’, but the parody trailer ‘Boys’ looks good
- Revealed, at last: why women live longer than men
- How to rewire your brain for success
- Do You Believe in Magic? Yes, You Do.
- Interesting Chronicling: history’s changing understanding of mammals
- Lost footage from The Karate Kid
Others:
- Project allRGB: creating images using only one pixel for each rgb color (16,777,216)
- Online app: based on weight/height, who’s your Olympic equivalent?
- The internet map: websites illustrated according to traffic and user activity
- Web-based Game Boy emulator with a slew of games to choose from
- Video: some guy almost walks into a bear while texting