Neuroscience
The June issue of Technology Review has a short article on David Rumsey's digital map archive. Rumsey's site is way cool, using the Luna Insight product (also used at Smith), and the article talks about both his software and his map collecting habit.
Even if you don't read the article, check out DavidRumsey.com to see what he's up to.
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Neuroscience
Cool Technology & Maps
The June issue of Technology Review has a short article on David Rumsey's digital map archive. Rumsey's site is way cool, using the Luna Insight product (also used at Smith), and the article talks about both his software and his map collecting habit.
Even if you don't read the article, check out DavidRumsey.com to see what he's up to.
- Cognition In The Time Of Twitter
From The Times (UK) Speed of digital era may be harming our ability to think The age-old rhythms of life are under assault as the distinction between work and leisure is eroded by new technology. Is it damaging our very humanity? Eva Hoffman September...
- Design & "remediation" In Technology Review
Just got the new issue of Technology Review, which had some interesting design articles, plus an interesting description of "remediation." Quotes from the articles I liked: Q&A with Bill Moggridge, industrial designer for 40 years and author of Designing...
- Mri As Telescope
Great descriptive article about what an MRI is & what kinds of information can be gained from using high-end MRIs (fMRIs, DTIs, etc ...) in the Dec 2005 / Jan 2006 issue of Technology Review. MRI: A Window on the Brain by Paul Raeburn, 12/14/2005. They...
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From David Pogue's New York Times blog comes this: Technology / Pogues Posts: A Wacky Persistence of Vision Test New York Times, June 10, 2005 By DAVID POGUE This wild and wacky persistence-of-vision test is a new one on me. There is absolutely, positively...
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Google Maps are pretty cool -- great graphics, nice display. Just what you'd expect from Google! Except: doesn't work on Safari or Mac / IE browsers. They say Safari is coming soon. Note: it's very buggy, at least on Mac Firefox. Still:...