Monday, February 29, 2016
Wearing EnChroma’s Color Blindness-Fixing Glasses For One Month
"Life in Technicolor: One month wearing EnChroma's color blindness-fixing glasses"
New Blue
"Licensing agreement reached on brilliant new blue pigment discovered by happy accident".
Story from last year, but I hadn't heard of this until now. (Via Virginia Postrel and H.R.)
Story from last year, but I hadn't heard of this until now. (Via Virginia Postrel and H.R.)
Friday, February 26, 2016
Classic Video Games Playable Via Web Browser
"13 classic video games you can play right now in your web browser"
Internet And Elections
"How the Internet flips elections and alters our thoughts".
If the internet can alter consumer shopping preferences, it's at least plausible that it could alter voter election results.
If the internet can alter consumer shopping preferences, it's at least plausible that it could alter voter election results.
Google Image Locator
"Google Unveils Neural Network with 'Superhuman' Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image"
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Technology Vs. Social Skills
"Texting Isn't the First New Technology Thought to Impair Social Skills"
Voiceover Tricks For Drug Side Effects
"How drug ad narrators take the scariness out of side effects"
Friday, February 19, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Hsieh Forbes Column: Americans Love This Deadly Technology
My latest Forbes piece is now out: "Americans Love This Deadly Technology".
The theme: Americans are willing to accept 32,000 deaths per year as the price of freedom.
The theme: Americans are willing to accept 32,000 deaths per year as the price of freedom.
Apple Protecting Privacy
"Apple is refusing FBI demands to hack the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters".
Obscure Math
Junaid Mubeen: "I no longer understand my PhD dissertation (and what this means for Mathematics Education)". (Via P.O.)
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Self-Driivng Office Chairs
"Nissan's automated office chairs are equal parts awesome and scary". (Via Tyler Cowen.)
The Robot Will See You Now
Forbes: "The Robot Is In, And It Will See You Now".
A fun piece on the future of medicine, written by one of my practice partners Dr. Jason Kelly.
A fun piece on the future of medicine, written by one of my practice partners Dr. Jason Kelly.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Mini-Brains
"With a few skin cells, scientists can make mini, thinking version of your brain". (Via Dave Jilk.)
Monday, February 15, 2016
Please Help A Nigerian Astronaut
"Nigerian astronaut lost in space needs $3m to get home". (Via H.R.)
How to Survive Falling Through the Ice
NYT: "How to Survive Falling Through the Ice". (Via Marginal Revolution.)
As the article notes, there is a medical aphorism that says, "Nobody is dead until warm and dead."
As the article notes, there is a medical aphorism that says, "Nobody is dead until warm and dead."
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Gravitational Waves Overview
"Physicists Are Freaking Out About Gravitational Waves and You Should Too". (Via H.R.)
And xkcd on gravitational waves:
And xkcd on gravitational waves:
Friday, February 12, 2016
Why People Visit the Emergency Room
"Why People Visit the Emergency Room: These are the top 250 products that people injure themselves on or with in a year"
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Unregistered Playing Cards
Thai police arrest elderly bridge players in Pattaya. Their crime: "possessing too many unregistered playing cards."
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Bad Astronaut Food
"The Care and Feeding of Astronauts: Early space travelers faced darkness, danger and truly terrible food".
Plus you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about the phenomenon of the "wet burp".
Plus you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about the phenomenon of the "wet burp".
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Monday, February 08, 2016
Flash Art
Nice "flash art" promotion for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. (Via R.W.)
Here "The Night Watch" painting featured in the video:
Here "The Night Watch" painting featured in the video:
Fake Art In Museums
"Museums display perfect reproductions of fragile works and visitors can't tell the difference. Is nothing in art sacred?"
It's not much different than paying to attend a live concert, but hearing a lip-sync performance.
It's not much different than paying to attend a live concert, but hearing a lip-sync performance.
Not Dead Yet
Washington Post: "Wife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid to have her killed".
I'm glad there was some justice at the end.
I'm glad there was some justice at the end.
Sunday, February 07, 2016
Friday, February 05, 2016
Gravitational Waves
"After 100 years, scientists are finally closing in on Einstein's ripples". (Via H.R.)
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Correlation Game
"Online Game Tests Your Statistical Abilities And It's Surprisingly Fun".
Direct link to "Guess The Correlation".
Direct link to "Guess The Correlation".
Arranging Tennis Balls
"How many ways can you arrange 128 tennis balls? Researchers solve an apparently impossible problem".
Resting Bitch Face Explained
Washington Post: "Scientists have discovered what causes Resting Bitch Face"
Here's the original mock-PSA video about "Bitchy Resting Face"
Here's the original mock-PSA video about "Bitchy Resting Face"
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
An AI That Annoys Telemarketers
"Today's Hero Made an AI That Annoys Telemarketers For As Long As Possible". (Via H.R.)
Bonus feature:
Bonus feature:
[A]nyone can connect telemarketers calling and harassing them to Anderson’s auto-responding robot using the simple instructions he’s posted to his site:
- Press “add call”
- Dial my robot at 214-666-4321 While you’re dialing, keep chatting into your phone like you’re trying to get Mr. Jones (“yeah – phone for you”, “okay, he’s coming hang on…”, etc)
- Press “Add call” or “Merge call” or “Conference” or whatever will add the robot to the conversation.
- MUTE YOURSELF so your background noise doesn’t affect the conversation.
- Listen to the call, and hang up when the telemarketer hangs up.
Earth + Theia = Moon
"New Evidence For 4.5 Billion Year Old Impact That Formed Our Moon". (Via Alex Knapp.)
Tiny Lens
"Graphene optical lens a billionth of a meter thick breaks the diffraction limit". (Via H.R.)
Selfie Fatalities
"The Tragic Data Behind Selfie Fatalities".
In particular, "One-third of all people who met their demise in the midst of a selfie fell from heights — most commonly, a cliff or a building."
In particular, "One-third of all people who met their demise in the midst of a selfie fell from heights — most commonly, a cliff or a building."
Monday, February 01, 2016
Earth's Winds
Near realtime map of the world's winds (updated every 3 hours).
Note: If you click on a location, you get the coordinates, wind direction, and wind speed for that location.
Note: If you click on a location, you get the coordinates, wind direction, and wind speed for that location.
Fear Of Irrational Numbers
"How a Mathematical Superstition Stultified Algebra for Over a Thousand Years". (Via H.R.)