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5 Intriguing Things

September 12, 2014

1. This biting talk on ed-tech is really something. On monsters and machines and labor and teaching. "Quite recently I literally etched this into my skin...

5 Intriguing Things

September 12, 2014

1. 24-year-old woman goes to doctor complaining of dizziness and nausea, discovers she has no cerebellum. "Doctors did a CAT scan and immediately identified...

5 Intriguing Things

September 10, 2014

1. Berg is closing. They have long been an inspiration. You should go gaze upon their work. "We’ve not reached a sustainable business in connected products....

5 Intriguing Things

September 9, 2014

1. Steve Jobs introducing the first iPhone. "This is a day I've been looking forward to for two-and-a-half years. Every once in a while, a revolutionary...

5 Intriguing Things

September 8, 2014

1. "Deep linking" is a subterranean change happening in the way mobile apps work—and it's a big deal. "Mobile app developers are humans driven by business...

5 Intriguing Things

September 5, 2014

1. What caffeine does for plants. "Caffeine evolved long before sleep-deprived humans became addicted to it, probably to defend the coffee plant against...

5 Intriguing Things

September 4, 2014

1. Close reading spam at The Paris Review. "That swerve at 'Peter dislikes his daughter'—whoa! Dissertations have been written about less. And to see a...

5 Intriguing Things

September 3, 2014

1. Daimler wants to make sure it is in the car services business, too. "Moovel GmbH, a unit of the Stuttgart, Germany-based maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, said...

5 Intriguing Things

September 2, 2014

1. Blue light, the enemy. "An eye doctor says he’s recently seen a few 35-year-old patients whose lenses, which are typically clear all the way up until...

5 Intriguing Things

August 29, 2014

1. Drone federalism: a legal proposal. "Civilian drones are scheduled to be permitted in the national airspace as early as 2015. Many think Congress should...

5 Intriguing Things

August 28, 2014

1. Brain-to-brain communication. "The recent development of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) has provided an important element for the creation of brain-to-...

5 Intriguing Things

August 26, 2014

1. Growing new eyes. "The Laboratory for Organogenesis and Neurogenesis is growing tissues and organs using an altogether different approach, which doesn’t...

5 Intriguing Things

August 25, 2014

1. What happens when you average many, many photos of the same place. "An iconic landmark such as the Statue of Liberty fractures into a dozen possible...

5 Intriguing Things

August 22, 2014

1. The theory and science of cryopreservation are one crazy thing, but the actual process of putting one's dead body on ice is another. "First, the standby...

5 Intriguing Things

August 21, 2014

1. If the most effective treatment for age-related degenerative diseases is young blood, the future is going to be even weirder than we thought. "Now, the...

5 Intriguing Things

August 20, 2014

1. This is the kind of sensible digital afterlife legislation I expect out of Delaware. "Delaware has become the first state in the US to enact a law that...

5 Intriguing Things

August 19, 2014

Two quick things: 1) If you were having the tiny-text problem reading this email on your mobile device, it should be fixed. All gratitude should go to...

5 Intriguing Things

August 18, 2014

1. Somewhere, there is a box with a headphone jack waiting for you. "Bonner created the unique circuit technology for the battery powered music boxes....

5 Intriguing Things

August 15, 2014

1. The guy who built Bitcoin. "That person is Gavin Andresen, a mild-mannered 48-year-old picked by the real Satoshi Nakamoto, whoever he or she is, as his...

5 Intriguing Things

August 14, 2014

1. The satellite imagery available to you is about to get better, thanks to this new satellite, the Worldview-3. "With 31 centimeter (12 inch) resolution, it...