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Gene Therapy for Hearing Losswired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Aug 28, 2008 For everyone who's blown out their ears with loud music, a bit of good news: gene therapy might rejuvenate your hearing. By adding a gene to embryonic mice, researchers led by Oregon Health and Science University … Also tagged: gene therapy |
hp.com » Mostly Color - Aug 28, 2008
In last week's post on fan color appearance , I wrote that in low light conditions today's top cameras do not reproduce faithfully color appearance because they remain photopic, in opposition to the human visual system …
Also tagged: imaging, color reproduction, color science
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First 'Burn After Reading' Reviews Suggest It's Either Brilliant Or Crap [Perception]defamer.com » Defamer - Aug 27, 2008 With the exciting news that Brad Pitt has won his second best actor chalice today at the Venice Film Festival—for what the judging committee deemed his "indomitable spirit both on and off the screen, his effortless … Also tagged: george clooney, brad pitt, tilda swinton, coen brothers, burn after reading |
hp.com » Mostly Color - Aug 23, 2008
One of the key accessories for 盆踊り (bon odori) is the flat fan or 団扇 ( uchiwa ). The best ones are made by creating a bone skeleton with bamboo from 四国 (Shikoku), on which 和紙 (washi, Japanese paper) is glued. At this …
Also tagged: imaging, color reproduction, color science
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Westerners focus on the eyes, East Asians on the nose [Not Exactly Rocket Science]scienceblogs.com » ScienceBlogs Channel : Brain & Behavior - Aug 19, 2008 When you look at someone's face, what part do you concentrate on? Common wisdom has it that the eyes are the focal point of the face and they are the features that draw attention first. But according to a new study … |
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Top Ten Online Psychology Experimentspsychcentral.com » World of Psychology - Aug 18, 2008 Hundreds of online psychology experiments are going on at any given time, many cool and amusing to take part in. They’re great for researchers due to the ease and low cost of finding subjects, and because of that, more … Also tagged: general, social, research, online, philosophy, study, experiment, brain and behavior, cognitive, meme, psychology, studies, experimental, best of the web, mental health and wellness, memory and perception |
msdn.com » Reed Me - Aug 5, 2008
Wow. We all need to look UP once in a while, people. "Anyone who went outside that night and looked towards the constellation of Puppis would have seen it," Saxton says. The Exploding Star That Everyone Missed …
Also tagged: astronomy, weird, geek humor
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Scientist Builds Visual Circuits to Harness Your Brain's GPUwired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Jul 25, 2008 A cognitive scientist wants to employ M.C. Escher's bag of optical tricks to get your eyes to solve logic problems. More specifically, he suggests that human beings can use their brain's visual processing abilities to … Also tagged: cognition |
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Jul 23, 2008
Magic tricks may look simple, but they exploit cognitive patterns that scientists are only beginning to understand. Now some psychologists are considering how they can use magic to advance our understanding of the …
hp.com » Mostly Color - Jul 15, 2008
Science Magazine of 25 January 2008 had a paper with a very daring title: 100% Accuracy in Automatic Face Recognition . Can that be true? ...(read more)
Also tagged: imaging