Filmed just a few days ago at Biola University in honor of this year’s Halloween, this specially prepared math lecture was presented by Professor Matthew Weathers to his class; judging by the reactions, the students were highly delighted. [Via Neatorama]
Developed by researchers at Microsoft, this new muscle-computer interface system can be used to control electronic devices when your hands are full or busy doing something else. [Via TechEblog]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] About a week ago, my mother (who is a nurse) asked me, “What can I tell my patients to make them understand why a live virus vaccine isn’t scary just because it’s alive?” I answered her question to the best of my knowledge, but it got me thinking […]
A group of researchers from Italy and Sweden has developed the world’s first artificial hand that allows its user to “feel” things when used. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his hand due to cancer. Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors. […]
For those of you who have always wondered about Antarctica’s real size, NASA has released this informative picture via Twitter comparing the size of the continent (5.4 million sq mi, or roughly 14.0 million sq km) in relation with the size of the United States of America, less Alaska and Hawaii, of course.
Remember the auto-tuned song featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking we posted last month? Well the song was so popular that its creator, John Boswell, decided to create another one, and this time, he included Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye, to sing along with Sagan. Check it out.
Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.
Do you know what is the difference between the principles of mass and weight? While the mass (kilograms) of an object is directly related to how much matter this object has, its weight (newtons) is associated to how strongly gravity pulls on it. So while the mass of something will remain the same whether it’s […]