May 2013
66 posts
TED: Andres Lozano: Parkinson's, depression and... →
from TEDTalks (video) by TEDTalks
Deep brain stimulation is becoming very precise. This technique allows surgeons to place electrodes in almost any area of the brain, and turn them up or down — like a radio dial or thermostat — to correct dysfunction. Andres Lozano offers a dramatic look at emerging techniques, in which a woman with Parkinson’s instantly stops shaking and...
(1116) Bosque flotante en un barco abandonado... →
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Lauren Davis
Sydney’s Homebush Bay is home to many a broken and forgotten ship, but at least one of those derelict boats still houses a bit of life. The SS Ayrfield, long decommissioned, has a mangrove forest growing from its corpse.
Originally launched as the SS Corrimal, the Ayrfield was built in the UK in 1911 and the Australian government used it during WWII to transport...
Maybe It's Time for a Haircut →
from Very Demotivational Posters That Demotivate Us
Eres más lento que el experimento de Parnell →
from Amazings by Naukas
En 1927, el profesor Thomas Parnell (5 julio 1881 – 1 septiembre 1948) intentó demostrar que existen sustancias que parecen sólidas pero en realidad son extremadamente viscosas. Para ello, utilizó un embudo especial y brea. A temperatura ambiente, este residuo de hidrocarburos tiene toda la apariencia de un sólido que puedes romper en pedazos con un martillo. Pero en...
13 Rue →
(950) StackOverflow - Ciclos en software de árbol... →
I am the developer of some family tree software (written in C++ and Qt). I had no problems until one of my customers mailed me a bug report. The problem is that he has two children with his own daughter, and, as a result, he can’t use my software because of errors.
—-
However this format contains some severe misconceptions about what a family tree really looks like.
It contains...
(1543) Dragon Ball Multiverse (Cómic alternativo) →
En nuestro universo, Goku ganó a todos los rivales. Ahora le proponen combatir en un torneo contra los enemigos más poderosos de todos los universos paralelos, aquellos que salieron victoriosos frente a él.
Mola.
E infinitamente mejor que Dragon Ball GT, que sí es oficial…
(5041) Casas falsas que esconden líneas de metro... →
(c) Matt Green
Every city has its secrets, it’s just a matter of finding them…
On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look. Despite its impeccable brickwork, number 58 Joralemon Street is not like the other houses. Behind its blacked out windows, no one is at home; no one has been...
And it occurred to me that these must be... →
from but does it float by but does it float
Fabergé Fractals by Tom Beddard, Rendered with the artist’s WebGL 3D fractal creator Title: Terence McKenna Folkert
Get Your Nom On →
from Daily Squee - Cute Baby Animals
Combination Vision Test →
from xkcd.com
Explanation
There are two numbers embedded in the big circle of numbers, in a similar way to a common color perception test. The numbers are four and two, forming the number 42, which is the famous “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”, according to the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
The number 4 is formed by digits 2, 3,...
(899) Las rutas senderistas más largas del planeta →
Lonely Planet
01 La gran travesía de las antípodas
TE ARAROA (NUEVA ZELANDA)
Vista al monte Ngauruhoe, en el complejo volcánico de Tongariro, en Nueva Zelanda. / Fraser Crichton
Durante más de una década, los neozelandeses (fundamentalmente voluntarios) han trabajado para unificar muchos de los recorridos que atraviesan la isla, creando así un gran sendero de norte a sur, a modo de...
Cube-lusion →
from Hacked IRL
I Didn't Realize the Movie Was So Old →
from Very Demotivational Posters That Demotivate Us
(1177) La imagen más detallada de Internet hasta... →
In a newly published research paper, this unnamed data junkie explains how he used some stupid simple hacking techniques to build a 420,000-node botnet that helped him draw the most detailed map of the Internet known to man. Not only does it show where people are logging in, it also shows changes in traffic patterns over time with an impressive amount of precision. This is all possible, of course,...
The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I... →
from but does it float by but does it float
Photography by Camille Seaman Title: Malcolm Muggeridge More clouds Atley
TED: Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the... →
by TEDTalks
There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That’s the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. With rapid-fire visuals, he shows how the funding process weakens the Republic in the most fundamental way, and issues a...
Got Your GRUMPY Right Here! →
from Cute Overload by Brinke
We got an email from Dustin T.: “I work for a huge public arts facility in Huntsville, Alabama. We organized a group art project to create works based on the Grumpy Cat meme. Thirty-three professional artists created their own takes on the work. The mediums span everything from painting, to rug-hooking, to stained glass, to chain mail.”
(Hovers...
Make Way, Pirate Ship Coming Through! →
from Hacked IRL
La culpa es de las noticias importantes, que no... →
from Las penas del Agente Smith by RinzeWind
Viñeta de Calvin & Hobbes, 1993.
Guys Quits His Job, Leaves an Epic 'Out of Office'... →
from FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments
(via Reddit)
QUACK QUACK →
from Faces in Places by Jody
Wonder if There's Lots of Caves? →
from Very Demotivational Posters That Demotivate Us
Os dije que existía
(1570) [Opinión] España es oficialmente... →
I’d not noticed this until someone drew my attention to it, but the latest IMF Fiscal Monitor, published last month, comes about as close to declaring Spain insolvent as you are ever likely to see in official analysis of this sort. Of course, it doesn’t actually say this outright. The IMF is far too diplomatic for such language. But that’s the plain meaning of its latest...
(3124) Arquitectura Escondida →
(32777) ¿Por qué la mantis marina es mi nuevo... →
Time-lapse Google Earth GIFs Show Startling Impact...
huffpostgreen:
MORE HERE.
A Rare View From the Top of Everest →
from FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments
New! It’s The Snake-Scrunchee!™ New! →
from Cute Overload by Brinke
Anne F.: “This is from my blog. This little python was sitting on my shoulder but inched his way up my neck and wrapped himself around the elastic band and just settled there. I didn’t want to move for the rest of the day (neither did he!!)”
Sick Burn →
from FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments
SOS: Save Our Sloths! →
from Cute Overload by Brinke
Cuteporter Becky C. fills us in: “I work at the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica and we desperately need help in order to continue our work rescuing sloths. We’ve recently launched the Save Our Sloths campaign to try and raise enough funds to return rescued baby sloths to the wild. There is lots more information on our campaign page!”
