source Photographs have recently surfaced on the web that attempts to demonstrate what WiFi actually looks like. The photographs were created by PhD student Luis Hernan. Hernan designed a specific system that scans for wireless networks, creating images where the different signal strengths can be seen using colored LED lights. The red colors indicate high … Continue reading Pervasive WiFi Waves Imagined
Month: March 2016
Ancient Trees Have Stories to Tell
http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/24/these-ancient-trees-have-stories-to-tell/? Author: Becky Harlan Over three trillion trees live on planet Earth, and yet we know so few of their stories. Of course all trees play an important role—purifying the air, hosting the feathered and the furry, teaching kids (and kids at heart) how to climb—but some have spent more time doing these things than … Continue reading Ancient Trees Have Stories to Tell
PRODUCING THE BEATLES MUSIC
http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/10-odd-john-lennon-requests-of-george-martin.html# By Dan Reilly The Beatles with George Martin (Photo Michael Ochs) Outside of his arrangement and recording skills, one of late producer George Martin's greatest talents was taking the Beatles' ambitious, often psychedelic concepts and making them into reality. It was particularly challenging when it came to the abstract ideas of John Lennon, whom … Continue reading PRODUCING THE BEATLES MUSIC
Flow Hives for Bees
https://vimeo.com/127851841 Raising backyard bees may help prevent colony collapse disorder—and you get delicious honey. But first-time beekeeping can be daunting. So Cedar and Stuart Anderson, an Australian father-son beekeeping team, designed the FLOW Hive, a wooden box that drips the sweet stuff from spigots into jars, letting you fret less about the mess … Continue reading Flow Hives for Bees
Study links bee decline to cell phones
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/30/bee.decline.mobile.phones/index.html By Sasha Herriman, CNN London, England (CNN) -- A new study has suggested that cell phone radiation may be contributing to declines in bee populations in some areas of the world. Bee populations dropped 17 percent in the UK last year, according to the British Bee Association, and nearly 30 percent in the United States … Continue reading Study links bee decline to cell phones
THE ENORMOUS POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS BRAIN
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160315-the-enormous-power-of-the-unconscious-brain?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits A lot of the things we do in everyday life don’t need to involve our conscious mind. In many cases, the more we use it, the less effective we become By Chris Baraniuk 16 March 2016 If you don’t think the act of stacking and shuffling a set of cups could boggle your … Continue reading THE ENORMOUS POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS BRAIN
LEGAL WEED HAS RACIAL PROBLEMS
http://www.buzzfeed.com/amandachicagolewis/americas-white-only-weed-boom?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg#.lbOopPJK4A Black Americans were disproportionately targeted in the “war on drugs.” Now state laws and steep regulatory costs have left them far more likely to be shut out of America’s profitable marijuana boom Legal Weed Has A Race Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCFFLWKkyNo Amanda Chicago Lewis BuzzFeed News Reporter posted on Mar. 16, 2016, at 8:01 … Continue reading LEGAL WEED HAS RACIAL PROBLEMS
HOW TO MAKE AN EGG GEODE
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/incredible-egg-geode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VezcQMpIp5c NOTE: This is for one egg and for one color of crystals. Duplicate it if you want to have other colors. 1. Grab an egg. All the yolk and the egg white need to come out of it first. Use a pushpin to carefully poke a hole in each end of the egg. 2. … Continue reading HOW TO MAKE AN EGG GEODE
DR. PIMPLE POPPER
People report a release of stress from watching these dermatology videos that include blackhead removal and pimple popping. See for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTJWAKBLyyI http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/03/sandra-lee-pimple-popping-dermatologist.html by Bobby Doherty Two years ago, Dr. Sandra Lee, a dermatologist in Southern California, opened an Instagram account. She viewed it as an experiment; the surface of the internet was riddled with unseen … Continue reading DR. PIMPLE POPPER
OUR STORY IN TWO MINUTES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqqD_Tsy4Q drivinman687 Subscribe4,409 Add to Share More 19,969,041 58,461 6,019 Published on May 27, 2012 My final project for a video production class "Cutaway Productions" Music: “Mind Heist” by Zack Hemsey
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