June 2009
117 posts
THINERGY →
0.17mm thick long-life 0.1mAh - 2.5 mAh batteries.
Uncovering how cells cover gaps: Actin cable doesn’t act as a drawstring, but rather as a ratchet. With eve.. http://tinyurl.com/npuyv8
Uncovering how cells cover gaps →
Actin cable doesn’t act as a drawstring, but rather as a ratchet. With every force pulse of the amnioserosa cells, the actin cable contracts and stops the epithelial cells from moving back away from…
100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top... →
Can’t sleep. :( Bacteria are having a field day in my gut.
Can’t seem to enjoy anything lately. :( *bashes head against desk*
Please be plugging the damn thing in properly before aggravating me with undue blame. #vent
“[NG2-glia] can mature into either oligodendrocytes or neurons.”
“[Dividing glial] cells are capable of maintaining their full function even while dividing.”
Nerve Cells and Glial Cells: Redefining the Foundation of Intelligence: Traditionally, there were four types of .. http://tinyurl.com/ly9c2d
Model twice, program once. Brother’s custom badges for his rally car /only/ took 8 hours to cut on the wire EDM.
Nerve Cells and Glial Cells: Redefining the... →
Traditionally, there were four types of glia in the CNS: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells, and radial glia. Of these, the one type that’s most important to the developing revolution in…
You can never own enough tweezers. Curse you tweezer thief.
“NG2-glia appear to have several functions, but one of the most exciting is that they seem to be able to fire action potentials”
Google I/O - Native Client: Using Native Code to... →
Matasano Chargen » Blog Archive » The Security... →
For one thing, X86 instructions come in various shapes and sizes. The shortest X86 instructions (such as “INCR EAX”, or “add 1 to the EAX register”) are one byte long. Because X86 instructions can…
define:listless - lacking zest or vivacity; “he was listless and bored”
Melbourne gets new train set. *toot toot*
“Is social computing just increasing our anxiety?” http://tr.im/pErd
Lenovo U350 Compared to T400s Photos →
Requests to the Right Ear Are More Successful Than to the Left: You’re in a loud and sweaty Italian dance club w.. http://tinyurl.com/nrps2t
Requests to the Right Ear Are More Successful Than... →
You’re in a loud and sweaty Italian dance club when a woman approaches you. To be heard over the techno, she leans in close and yells into your ear, “Hai una sigaretta?” If she spoke into your right…
RedBull Racing Workshop tour video. http://is.gd/1brLf
Stir crazy does not make for a good mix.
Who else has a craving for Fettucine Carbonara this morning?
Where’s the Apps Store on the wired Internet? |... →
#todo Open source only App Store for open source platform developer incentive.
Anxiety’s hidden cost: anxious individuals often perform at a comparable level to non-anxious ones but do so at .. http://tinyurl.com/lr37t3
Anxiety's hidden cost →
anxious individuals often perform at a comparable level to non-anxious ones but do so at a greater cost in terms of effort or long term stress.
Aimless and recursing bad habits. “stress reduced subjects’ explicit knowledge of the action–outcome contingencies” http://is.gd/19HZU
Frack. :(
The Learning Pattern of Physicists http://is.gd/19E8C [Michael’s method is the fourth example of the same to have crossed my path recently.]
Summer of Science http://summerofscience.wordpress.com/
Woke in a sweat. Fucking anxiety blues are by far the worst way to start the day. Fuck, fuck fuck.
DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts: In a previous report (http://bit.ly/IUeJv http://tinyurl.com/nhulbk
DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts →
In a previous report (http://www.bcm.edu/news/item.cfm?newsID=1038) , Lupski and colleagues described how the process that copies DNA during cell division stalls when there is a problem with the…
Which is the best of these wigs? Wild, wind-swept Alex caught my eye. http://bit.ly/PNWRB
RT @slashdot: Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? http://tinyurl.com/lll67e [geekgirl dating pacts 2 meet guys; i got a kiss reply today]
Off to shave my head and install a Braincap wig(brain-computer interface) after finishing 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke.
Videos - All | World Science Festival http://tinyurl.com/lv9dks
Videos - All | World Science Festival →
Modeling Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: A Review: This paper reviews the major developments of modeling technique.. http://tinyurl.com/ls29n7
Modeling Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: A Review →
This paper reviews the major developments of modeling techniques applied to nonlinear dynamics and chaos. Model representations, parameter estimation techniques, data requirements, and model…
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UC Davis researchers visualize formation of a new synapse: “Axons of one neuron grow toward the dendrites o.. http://tinyurl.com/m2l9vl
UC Davis researchers visualize formation of a new... →
“Axons of one neuron grow toward the dendrites of neighboring neurons. As they do so, finger-like structures called filopodia extend and retract rapidly from the tip of the axons and eventually make…
Sasers: Sound-based Lasers Invented | LiveScience: The saser mimics this technology, but using sound, to produce.. http://tinyurl.com/kqsrfm
Sasers: Sound-based Lasers Invented | LiveScience →
The saser mimics this technology, but using sound, to produce a sonic beam of phonons. The beam travels, not through an optical cavity like a laser, but through a tiny man-made structure called a…
Cells are like robust computational systems, Carnegie Mellon-led team reports: They found that removing the mast.. http://tinyurl.com/lw79fm