Anytime you exercise using used stationary bikes, your brain releases chemicals known as endorphins that produce a feeling of euphoria, which is known as “runners high”, which is also very easy to become chemically addicted to. Without this rush, you’ll feel irritable and out of it until you exercise again. Show More Summary
CRASH! A deafening roar and the cinema screen explodes with light. The scene is certainly startling, but is this movie stirring up the right emotional reactions deep down? Rather than ask your opinion, it’s now possible to cut out the middleman and go straight to your brain for the verdict. (more…)
Another significant departure from Yahoo: Steve Schultz, who was GM of its important and powerful Yahoo! Finance unit, has left the company to become COO of Pageonce, an online personal finance "assistant." Schultz is one of a string of leaders at Yahoo who have departed in recent months.
Another significant departure from Yahoo: Steve Schultz, who was GM of its important and powerful Yahoo! Finance unit, has left the company to become COO of Pageonce, an online personal finance "assistant." Schultz is one of a string of leaders at Yahoo who have departed in recent months.
Those unable to speak may one day be able to have their words read directly out of their brains. Researchers at the University of Utah have used electrodes on the brain’s surface to determine which words a patient was saying. As described in the recent publication in the Journal of Neural Engineering, scientists attached two [...]
The search engine now knows what you're looking for before you finish telling it.
From Tommy Wirokla's strange and creative brain that brought you "Kill Buljo" and "Dead Snow" comes a new take on the popular "Hansel and Gretel" tale. Instead of them getting all plumped up to be cooked by the evil witch, it's time to take matters into their own hands fifteen years later in "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters". Show More Summary
Today, Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin said that they want to be your third brain lobe. Yesterday, Eric Schmidt said Google knows where you are, what you like and will suggest what you should do next. And that wasn’t all. (more…)
Google unveiled a new way to display its search results this morning, called Instant Search. Instant brings search results to your browser, as you type. Letter by letter - it's amazing. The feature will be rolled out to all users over the coming hours and days but is available to be tested here.
It's fast. Show More Summary
BBC News Online's Health division decided this week to cover an obscure article in an obscure academic journal which covers the important subject of the Arabic versus Hebrew language.
Namco Bandai is hoping to sharpen your mind with Kinect, while also bringing an old pal to Microsoft's console using the motion control device.
In advance of next week's Tokyo Game Show, Namco Bandai has revealed a new brain training game for Kinect for Xbox 360. Show More Summary
TNT [We Know Drama] and TBS [Very Funny] have announced their orders for four pilots: Perception, Untitled Allan Loeb Project and Dallas from TNT; Brain Trust from TNS. Perception, Untitled Allan Loeb Project and Brain Trust are being described as procedurals, while Dallas updates the soap opera travails of the Ewing family to the 21st [...]
US scientists have moved a step closer to developing a mind-reading machine: they wired a man's brain up to a computerized device that helped them to determine at a rate significantly better than chance, which brain signals represented which word he had read from a list. Show More Summary
For those that don’t know, my significant other Mom Brain is a teacher. She works with children that have special needs. She’s also open to all sorts of teaching methods, including the standard approach and some new avenues. Right now, her classroom has a Wii in it, and they’re getting some great [...]
Sergey Brin wants Google to become the "third half of your brain."
That's what he said at today's big search event, where Google released Google Instant, its fast, streaming search results.
We're not exactly certain what Brin meant,Show More Summary
Those fighting conditions like dystonia, Parkinson’s Disease, and chronic pain have a way of alleviating their symptoms – direct electric shocks to their brain. Since 1997, deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants have slowly been gaining US FDA approval for use in patients (2002 for Parkinson’s, 2003 for dystonia). These ‘brain-pacers’ are surgically implanted in the [...]
If you wish your search engine was more like a brain implant, then you'll love the new Google: It displays results instantly, predicts what you're looking for, and is extremely fast. It's also a big gamble. More »
Science News: The study, led in Australia by the Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute (MODI) at Monash University, found a high-fat diet causes brain cells to become insulated from the body preventing vital signals, which tell the body...Show More Summary
Forget the smart meter. The new race in smart grid is to make the brain the field. Echelon today announced the Echelon Control System (ECoS), a software platform, along with Edge Control Node 7000 series, hardware boxes animated by the control system. Show More Summary
An international study has discovered the reason why some people who eat a high-fat diet remain slim, yet others pile on the weight. The study found that a high-fat diet causes brain cells to become insulated from the body preventing vital signals, which tell the body to stop eating and to burn energy, from reaching the brain efficiently.