Category: 21st century

Scott Summit: Beautiful artificial limbs | Video on TED.com

17 Oct 2012

Only 3 years between Aimee’s Mulleins call to creative thinking about prosthetics as helping build super humans. and this design of prosthetic…. The designer has become a curator of human experiences…… What a wonderful example of how quickly a new media transform itself into an emerging media…..And of the switch from pathologic thinking of difference … More Scott Summit: Beautiful artificial limbs | Video on TED.com

Peak planet: Are we starting to consume less? – environment – 20 June 2012 – New Scientist

2 Oct 2012

Some say humanity’s ever-rising environmental impact is about to go into reverse. Fact or just fantasy? HUMANITY is doomed. Or it was in 1798, when English scholar Robert Malthus published his influential An Essay on the Principle of Population. Malthus predicted that unchecked growth in human numbers would condemn our species to a “perpetual struggle … More Peak planet: Are we starting to consume less? – environment – 20 June 2012 – New Scientist

Big Brother is watching Facebook and Twitter – tech – 21 June 2012 – New Scientist

2 Oct 2012

The US government wants to monitor activity on social networks to get hints of political unrest SATIRICAL newspaper The Onion recently described Facebook as a project of the Central Intelligence Agency. “After years of secretly monitoring the public, we were astounded,” a fictional agency deputy director told Congress. He was happy that Facebook users voluntarily … More Big Brother is watching Facebook and Twitter – tech – 21 June 2012 – New Scientist

Antidepressants in water trigger autism genes in fish – 13 June 2012 – New Scientist

2 Oct 2012

THE low levels of antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs found in water supplies can trigger the expression of genes in fish that in humans are associated with autism. The levels of these drugs in drinking water are very low, but in theory a small dose could have an effect, says Michael Thomas of Idaho State … More Antidepressants in water trigger autism genes in fish – 13 June 2012 – New Scientist

Fingertip tingle enhances a surgeon’s sense of touch – tech – 10 August 2012 – New Scientist

1 Oct 2012

OUR fingers are precision instruments, but there are plenty of things they are not sensitive enough to detect. Now we can augment their talents – using wearable electronic fingertips that provide tingling feedback about whatever we touch. John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and colleagues have designed a flexible circuit that can … More Fingertip tingle enhances a surgeon’s sense of touch – tech – 10 August 2012 – New Scientist

Redesigning Professional Learning Communities at a Network Level: A Few Moments with Christian Greer

1 Oct 2012

Reblogged: Redesigning Professional Learning Communities at a Network Level: A Few Moments with Christian Greer. Redesigning Professional Learning Communities at a Network Level: A Few Moments with Christian Greer Posted on October 1, 2012 by ldecoursy This is re-posted from The Digital Media & Learning Research Hub. Christian Greer serves as program director for the Hive … More Redesigning Professional Learning Communities at a Network Level: A Few Moments with Christian Greer

5 Ways the World Will Change Radically This Century | LifesLittleMysteries.com

26 Sep 2012

Excerpt from: 5 Ways the World Will Change Radically This Century | LifesLittleMysteries.com. Intro In terms of evolution, the species Homo sapiens is extremely successful. The populations of other species positioned at a similar level on the food chain tend to max out at about 20 million. We, by contrast, took just 120,000 years to … More 5 Ways the World Will Change Radically This Century | LifesLittleMysteries.com