Neuroscience
BillingsGazette.com :: Some convinced insects could be used to detect bombs
Apparently DARPA is convinced bees can't find bombs, but Montana teams are convinced they can. I seem to recall the DARPA experiment failing - the bees just flew away, or something? I wonder why they're using lasers and not RF-tracking?
The article's more about pork-barrel politics than functionality, so who knows.
- Queen Bees Are The Consequence Not The Cause Of Sexist Work-places
Queen Bee is a term used in business psychology to refer to women in senior positions who boast about their own masculine attributes, whilst derogating their female subordinates and endorsing sexist stereotypes. According to articles in the...
- And The Darpa Deep Brain Stimulation Awards Go To...
...UCSF and MGH! Work on DARPA’s Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) program is set to begin with teams led by UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The SUBNETS program seeks to reduce the severity...
- Trumpet Improv With Exploding Bombs
Sometimes, Cognitive Neuroscience just doesn't seem very important. from KERBLOG... STARRY NIGHT (excerpt) 6.31 min a minimalistic improvisation by: mazen kerbaj / trumpet the israeli air force / bombs recorded by mazen kerbaj on the balcony...
- Insect Control Via Pupal Implants
Pentagon plans cyber-insect army So DARPA has requested proposals to implement a MEMS device into insects at the pupal stage which can then be used to direct the insects' behavior at an adult stage. The linked article is from the BBC and somewhat...
- Military Traumatic Brain Injury And Rehabilitation
An interesting feature article in tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: The Sergeant Lost Within By DANIEL BERGNER Published: May 25, 2008 "Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon...
Neuroscience
News from the bees-finding-bombs front
BillingsGazette.com :: Some convinced insects could be used to detect bombs
Apparently DARPA is convinced bees can't find bombs, but Montana teams are convinced they can. I seem to recall the DARPA experiment failing - the bees just flew away, or something? I wonder why they're using lasers and not RF-tracking?
The article's more about pork-barrel politics than functionality, so who knows.
- Queen Bees Are The Consequence Not The Cause Of Sexist Work-places
Queen Bee is a term used in business psychology to refer to women in senior positions who boast about their own masculine attributes, whilst derogating their female subordinates and endorsing sexist stereotypes. According to articles in the...
- And The Darpa Deep Brain Stimulation Awards Go To...
...UCSF and MGH! Work on DARPA’s Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) program is set to begin with teams led by UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The SUBNETS program seeks to reduce the severity...
- Trumpet Improv With Exploding Bombs
Sometimes, Cognitive Neuroscience just doesn't seem very important. from KERBLOG... STARRY NIGHT (excerpt) 6.31 min a minimalistic improvisation by: mazen kerbaj / trumpet the israeli air force / bombs recorded by mazen kerbaj on the balcony...
- Insect Control Via Pupal Implants
Pentagon plans cyber-insect army So DARPA has requested proposals to implement a MEMS device into insects at the pupal stage which can then be used to direct the insects' behavior at an adult stage. The linked article is from the BBC and somewhat...
- Military Traumatic Brain Injury And Rehabilitation
An interesting feature article in tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: The Sergeant Lost Within By DANIEL BERGNER Published: May 25, 2008 "Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon...