After all, if you are fat, is not your fault, is the bacteria living in your gut that makes your craving that 3,000 calories fat and juicy burger, or that sugar filled donut, this seems to be the perfect explanation for those who just say: fuck it, am hungry. This is what Athena Aktipis seems to be justifying in her research1 : that bacteria within in our gut– which outnumber our own cells about 100:1 – may very well be affecting both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want and thus making us fat. .
Different bacteria require different nutrients, some need sugar, others fat ( 90 % of the american diet ) “ Microbes have the capacity to manipulate behavior and mood through altering the neural signals in the vagus nerve, changing taste receptors, producing toxins to make us feel bad, and releasing chemical rewards to make us feel good “ Mrs Athena Aktipis, PhD, who is co-founder of the Center for Evolution and Cancer with the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF and currently in the Arizona State University Department of Psychology.
In mice, certain strains of bacteria increase anxious behavior. One clinical trial in humans found that drinking a probiotic containing Lactobacillus casei improved mood in those who were feeling the lowest2.
“Targeting the microbiome could open up possibilities for preventing a variety of disease from obesity and diabetes to cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. We are only beginning to scratch the surface of the importance of the microbiome for human health,” Aktipis said.
Ticks make you vegetarian.
Seems is bug week at jay’s ideas, there seems to be a connection between the bite of ticks and the suddenly development of red meat allergy, this is what A few years ago, Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, the director of the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s allergy division had in mind while conducted an informal experiment spending five hours hiking and bushwhacking in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near his home in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ticks carry the pathogens that cause several diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Southern tick-associated rash illness, which manifests in Lyme-like symptoms; and ehrlichiosis, a cluster of related bacterial illnesses but Dr Platts-Mills believed that they can create another problem: Meat Allergy and he did develop meat allergy after.
Human; behold my greatest power that is your worst nightmare: I can turn you in mother-fucking-vegetarian! hahahahahaha! ( evil laugh)
You can find his very interesting interview and findings right here3.
Batman and The Joker Love Story.
Amazing adaptation from Batman and Joker, made by Gerado Preciado and Daniel Bayliss. Check it out here.
The support for the use of Medicinal Marijuana is getting momentum by the everyday american, here in Miami the support is more than eighty percent.1
Colorado2 and Washington3 now allow its residents to use Marijuana for recreational purposes, getting the attention of the nation and the world for this social experiment.
In the second instalment of Dr Sanjay Gupta's4 : WEED 2 Cannabis Madness; deepens in the therapeutic use of Medicinal Marijuana, its social and legal implications and the ordeals that many families go through just to have access to the medication, that in many cases, is their last resort.
Sometimes life has to be taken on the serious side, not too much but certain matters cannot be too lax. Thus with some fucking urgency, it is time to talk matter for the younger ones, specially now that school just started. College or not college, that's the fucking dilemma.
And then somebody decided to create college and this made so many youngsters very upset
For some people college is just a dream: it exists in our head and is plausible, but to achieve this goal there is a lot of hard work to do. For others is not part their plan for life and don’t even bother to think about it. For a few privileged ones college will happen; is just a matter of time.
This issue has to be talk about: Just in Miami the average fee for attending college can be quite dramatic: Miami Dade College has an annual price tag of $3,145 and triplicates to $10,246 for out-of-state tuition. If you have some cash under your bed, why don’t you try University of Miami. Has a whopping cost of $25,393 annually. After receipt some grants or scholarships a four year degree is around $90,700. Is Harvard your thing ? $12,100 per year or $50,800 for a four year degree. one year in MIT has a price of $17,600 : four years 73,900. NY been the most expensive on this list, one year is $41,000 and a four year degree up to $172,200
Note: prices calculated in http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/collegecost/collegecost.html# the family average income used is $30,000 to $48,000 with scholarships and grants awarded to the student; higher the family income the college price tag goes up.
I see two perfect triangles here
Why you should go to College?
While preparing the info to for this post, I can say that the material was quite scarce - google reasons to go to college- and something that struck me was the fact that there are several websites claiming that college is a waste of time and money. Does not teach the necessary skills needed in real life. In other words: College does not merit the effort.
There are many websites about self made millionaires and billionaires that succeeded without the need of a college degree. Which is awesome due the fact these people bust their balls and/or vagina to reach their goal; their achievements should be a celebration of the human spirit. A triumph of ingenuity to overcome every single obstacle that life and society throws at you.
The names on these lists have Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, all of them all are college dropouts. These people are icons of the american dream and a hopeful role model for those that weren’t able to go to school or did not want to.
He is the owner of Mexico, of like he calls it: his backyard.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
With an average of student debt in government loan range from $26,000 to $35, 200 this might be the time to have a reality check to see if college is good for you
Money is not everything, but helps a lot to help ease our worries. There is a magic number that has a relation between happiness and your salary and is $75,000 ( From money matter but less that people think)
At the end, what really matters is: be happy.
Let’s be honest, there are perfect reasons for you not to going to college: you don’t like school, no financial aid available for you - only if you exhausted every possible option- or maybe the matter of subject that you wanna study is non- existent ( Psychology of Pokemon or Ph.D in Porn).
In order for you to enjoy college you have to pursuit your passion, use that energy and knowledge to apply it in your home and community. College is a fantastic stage in life: the human interaction, a group of people that moves towards a same goal, the different points of view, the knowledge, and why not ? there are gonna be plenty of parties and drug experimentation. Memories that you will share with people that have the same interests as you do.
When college is a most: Doctors, lawyers and crazy scientists. If you wanna be part of this group there is no going back, you need to go to college.
At the end is up to you, college won’t make you smart or successful just because you assist its classrooms or you go to the most expensive university. The quality of the final product is directly related with the quality of the raw material and the hands that forge it. You have to think carefully about if college is good for you.
In our final hours, what will we regret is not what we did. What we are gonna remorse are the things we did not even try.
“if you think that College education is expensive compare it to the price of ignorance”.
Marijuana is a very misunderstood plant. Dr Sanjay Gupta documentary: Weed goes straight to the point and demystifies - as 45 minutes can- the medical marijuana use. Focusing in the case of Charlotte Figi and the Stanley Brothers.
Marijuana is a misunderstood plant. Demonized for long ago without any scientific basis thus hinder its true potential as a natural medication with very few negative side effects. Marijuana is a natural remedy and should be available to everyone's reach. The active chemical compound (THC) is defined as Schedule I Substancewith no medical benefit, severely restricting its access to the public, but study after study this has being probed wrong. Weed has medicinal value.
Check this video from CNN, Dr Sanjay Gupta discuss the use of medicinal marijuana in his upcoming documentary: Weed. Due to be air on CNN this Sunday august 11, 2013.
The Incredible case of Alex Echols.
Eleven-year-old Alex Echols is severely autistic kid, and his doctor said Alex's self-destructive behavior is brought on by Tuberous Sclerosis, a rare, genetic disorder that affects about 50,000 people in the U.S. The disorder causes unregulated growth of non-malignant tissue in organs. In Alex's case, his neurologist said growths in Alex's brain have led to seizures and autism.
Meet Greeg Cooper, a Multiple Sclerosis and Ataxia sufferer which has found that Medicinal Marijuana works for him.
Ten benefits of Medicinal Marijuana.
What is killing us?
In the united states, there are 178 substances that have been declared illegal. They are supposed to be so dangerous that they are forbidden even for medical research. Many of these have never cause death or physically damage. Every year, just in the U.S.A tobacco kills 430, 000 people, alcohol 200, 000. in 1999 140, 000 died from side effects or reactions to prescription drugs. Legal drugs use result in the 15 percent of all hospital admission, a cost of $136 BILLIONS ( with a big B) in medical cost ( with much of taxpayers ended up paying). Marijuana, so far has zero deaths related.
Japan is, by all means, a very interesting place. The culture, its art and the people makes this whole island truly unique. The motherland of Dragon Ball and Pokemon, has tons of crazy things to offer. Like Bart Simpson once said: "your sparkling, whale-free seas" and crowned by the majestic view of Godzilla. there are here a few things of why Japan is such different from the western eye. Enjoy
5. Fast Food.
Craving for a massive Burger King NY Pizza Burger ? Which is beef patty topped with pepperoni, mozzarella and marinara sauce. Stacked on a 9-1/2-inch sesame seed bun.
Mama Mia ! or like Japanese say マンマミーア!
or maybe a surf and turf sandwich which is a Wendy’s Burger with a beef patty topped with lobster, lettuce, tomato, and onion. It is a"premium" Wendy's creation. This burgers are sold for about $16.
Mr Krab? noooooooo !
Wanna get fancier? try the Foie Gras Burger
Chopped and fried duck liver. What can else you can ask for ?
had a hard day at job? need a drink? what about a Wasabi Beer ?
I truly wonder how this would taste.
Octopus Ice Cream anyone ?
What ?
Canned Bread?
Not a bad idea, just put the whole thing in the oven and that's it.
Jelly Drinks with Pig’s Placenta?
I wonder if it taste like bacon?
Wasp Crackers?
I am not concerned about the wasp, but the finger nails of this person are not clean.
Wanna get something a little bit more traditional?
Why don’t you try a bento box, shaped like an PS controller!
Sorry Xbox Fans, deliciousness is not for you.
Down for something sweet ?: try a Green tea Kit Kat
Pear Kit Kat?
4. How the japanese park their car.
Japan has serious problems with traffic, it can be so jammed that a single ride from Tokyo International Airport to a 20 miles destination, takes so long that can cost up to 400dlls. No-fucking-kidding (無クソ - 冗談!) . So in a way the alleviate this situation, Japanese Engineers create a fantastic way to park the cars, and leave the streets unclogged for the cars go freely.
3. Bicycle parking.
Since is quite problematic driving cars in Tokyo, the japanese people changed their stir wheel to bicycles, but now thousands of bicycles need a parking spot. How it was solved? in a total badass way.
2. Hentai.
Japanese people may seem a little bit bizarre regarding sex - their national average is of 2.79 sexual intercourse per month- so; in order for them not lose their shit and brains altogether they use a lot of imagination and porn; not the porn that we mere mortals are used to know. Japanese standard includes: Witches, dragons, demons, end of the world and then: boom !! sexual scene. The fantasy that rivals your imagination. Either on printed or video formats.
There are several examples that you can browse yourself.
1. Used Underwear Vending Machine.
This one is a little hard to confirm; a sorta of twisted urban legend, or just came out from a hyper mind with lots of imagination and spare time. Goes like this: During the 60’s and 80’s there was a boom on vending machines all thru Japan, nowdays you can find so many products in them: canned bread, eggs, beer, noodles, hot dogs, fries and pizza. Yes, there is a hot dog vending machine.
Crispy?
then naturally came clothing vending machines, but in Akihabara , which is Tokyo's anime, manga and electronics heaven, there are asome of these that sell in a vacuum sealed bags: used underwear from high school girls. How do you know that you are buying the soiled underwear of a gorgeous woman and not from a fat, hairy dude that will do anything to get the money that desperately needs ? There is a picture inside the bag that shows the lady in uniform.
The reason of a vacuum sealed bag? well, it seals the “aroma” of the panty bearer.
There is a video that you can check, is from the late Attack of the Show from g4tv.com. I can’t say is accurate but way too weird for not mention it in this post.
Fact: If you get turn on with the smells of soiled underwear, dirty socks or used clothes, you have mysophilia. Fucking pervert.
It was a hot summer night and all the right elements were in place to engage in a philosophical chat: alcohol, friends, ideas floating in the sea breeze and the echo of people's thoughts It is the unapologetic reason of just talking. The fresh wind mitigated the unusual heat. I heard people talking about global warming and how the seasons are getting extreme; then somebody said that there is not such thing as global warming because this term was created by the government for carbon taxation. I put closed attention on those words.
Later heard something about chemtrails: a black-op to “control our mind”. Then that human clones exist and there was an U.F.O crash in Roswell, New Mexico. Finally, the biggest transgressor of that night: vaccines create autism. I snatched some beers and left the group, too much mental diarrhea around me.
I ended up completely hammered, playing God of War. It was a good day after all.
Stop saying bullshit you mother fucker, if not am gonna fucking snap your neck.
The next morning after pissed and sweated out the ethylic elixir, I was a little baffled. My alcoholic friends are smart -very smart- Do they really believe on those things? so I decided to do some research and try to find out the origin of my friends conspiracies theories -bullshit ideas- around the net.
So for you guys, this tiny work. Enjoy it!
Humans clones are walking among us.
This idea has been around for long time, made popular due the 90’s TV show: The X-files and the clonation of the sheep Dolly but it is VERY HARD TO CLONE any mammal - took at least 277 different trials to clone Dolly - and there are several philosophical and practical questions that need to be address.
Dr. Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at the biotech company Advanced Cell Technology, which works on cell therapies for human diseases, and has cloned animals says:
"The extremely high rate of death, and the risk of developmental abnormalities from cloning makes human cloning unethical" and follows "It's like sending your baby up in a rocket knowing there's a 50-50 chance it's going to blow up. It's grossly unethical"
Exploding babies are never a good idea, at all.
On the other hand, there is a very interesting scenario worthy to read: A war in Krypton to give full rights to clones and stopped being used as organ banks.
Chemtrails
Conspiracy theorists say that those clouds that look like a cocaine lines control your mind.
This is one of my favorites. While I was stalking people on their facebook pages a few wannabe hipsters put a fantastic picture of Miami’s blue sky, that deep color crowned by silver clouds; a majestic view. What grabbed my attention were the comments on it: “ So sad, chemtrails” and more people saying that yeah, indeed, there are chemtrails and we are fucked.
Chemtrails are believed to be a government effort to subdue the will of its people. The evil empire sends its aircrafts to release chemical compounds in the air that modify our behaviour making us docile and accept the law with no second thought, but for a very strange reason those facebook friends are immune to this effect.
Which is almost a plot for a X-men movie: controlling the weather for bellicose reasons.
Weather controller witch by day, amazing stripper by night.
Many government agencies around the world have received petitions from their citizens to know if these chemtrails are a real threat or just the excess of spare time mixed with too much imagination.
So far, science has found no proof that there are chemical compounds been released into the air that controls people’s minds but the classic chemtrail white cloud rail are known as contrails: "streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes."
Roswell
Very popular conspiracy theory, just google roswell+incident and you will have more than 2.17 million results. Goes like this: In July 7, 1947 an aircraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. The next day the local newspaper, The Roswell Daily Record, published in its first page that a flying saucer collided in the dessert and its dead crew was captured by the Air Force. People lose their shit, we are not alone in the universe and aliens are crappy drivers too.
There are several books, websites and films that are related with the Roswell incident. Not long ago video footage of an alien autopsy was circulating the net; later was revealed this was a reconstruction from a previous film now lost. After more than 50 years of the Roswell legend the true came out, the recovered debris was part of the Mogul Project: Use of weather balloons with attached microphones released to the stratosphere that allowed the detection of sound waves created by nuclear tests.
Global Warming Deniers.
Is a Myth, is a myth!
There are many scientific research that relates the climate change with the use of fossil lard a.k.a fuel; as well deforestation that creates the Greenhouse Effect and holes in the ozone layer. In other words humans are just fucking up this planet. The conclusion of these studies are clear: if we don’t tide shit up, is gonna get hotter.
Oceans are boiling, glaciers are melting, penguins are becoming the new rotisserie chicken and polar bears are sweating. The global warming effect is making stronger storms and arid areas getting bigger. If we don't do something oceans will flood because of the ice cap melting
Several countries are creating new laws to mitigate this serious problems, which by the way affects everyone in this planet. Nonetheless, here in the U.S.A things are different, the lawmakers don’t mess around with mere mortals. They go straight to the source, they go to God. As this very eloquent and well informed congressman John Shimkus said while debating the idea for a very need legislation for carbon emissions:
“I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God,” “And I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood.” “The Earth will end only when God declares it’s time to be over. Man will not destroy this Earth. This Earth will not be destroyed by a Flood. I do believe that God’s word is infallible, unchanging, perfect.”
Am a fucking loser, I knew it the whole time .
Awesome words from + 2000 years ago to tackle a modern day problem. Did I mention that global warming is real ? and this guy is in charge to make our laws?
Vaccines are manufactured by the Umbrella Corporation !
Andrew Wakefield is an english asshole which for some unknown reason got into the very respectful medical profession. In 1998 he published a research which correlated the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) with autism, even the prestigious medical journal The lancet published his findings and because of that now some people believe the vaccines are the Gates of Hell. Some afraid parents did not take their kids to vaccinations. Leaving them unprotected and exposed to the disease.
This is a fucking idiot.
Wakefield’s research was found to be at least erroneous, going from fraudulent to even malicious ( he was going to sue the MMR Vaccines companies). Dr Horrendous cannot longer be a medical practitioner in his homeland, back here in america the damage is done, measles returned and as well in the Uk .
In 2011 the republican primary debate, the contender Michele Bachmann, invigorated the idea of possible vaccine side effects saying that she met a “distraught mother” of a child that developed mental retardation after been inoculated with the HPV vaccine.
There is not evidence that relates vaccines and mental retardation. Nada, zero. Worth to mention, that her husband has a clinic that claims can cure gayness.
Scary fact: she might have a chance to become the presidential candidate for the 2016 Election.
Girl can only walk backwards after getting a flu shot.
Desiree Jennings is a gorgeous virginia resident that after having a flu vaccine shot in 2009 she developed severe side effects: walking erratically, passing out while eating and slurred speech that left her in a terrible state. Her doctors diagnostic: Dystonia, which is a neurological and muscular disorder. She was only able to run and walk backwards normally, and when no cameras were around: she just walked perfectly.
and then:
Why do people believe in these bullshit?
The good professor Stephan Lewandowsky at the University of Western Australia, might be able to give us an answer thanks to his research about the psychology of Conspiracy Theory behind climate change.
salon.com: why do people believe conspiracy theories?
Professor Lewandowsky: There are number of factors, but probably one of the most important ones in this instance is that, paradoxically, it gives people a sense of control. People hate randomness, they dread the sort of random occurrences that can destroy their lives, so as a mechanism against that dread, it turns out that it’s much easier to believe in a conspiracy. Then you have someone to blame, it’s not just randomness.
So in other words: this crazy talk gives you hope to keep on going one more day. Faith that you have some sort of control in this hectic world, but when these "truths" are not based in facts and the falsehood can carry very negative effects in others people's lives. Like a mantra beggin to be recited so many times to become reality. This is why individuals professing conspiracies theories can be as dangerous as religious zealots: they go against reason and no proof to base their beliefs.
Just remember, faith does not equal bullshit but is a very thin line.
There are conspiracies theories that are scary because they are totally true. Check them out in this amazing article by craked.com
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Imagine yourself walking around in a Miami sunny day, is almost noon and its bright as can be. There are lots of vehicles passing by on their way to the beach. Suddenly you see a person in a pedestrian walk; a dude on his knees. You can only see his back and a little bit of his ass. He is naked, but what really catches your attention is that there is blood all around him, that bright, thick colorful red fluid. You try to speak to him, to get his attention. Maybe he is injured, was there an accident? No answer from this person, then you see a second body, motionless; the naked dude is almost on top of him.
Something is terribly wrong. You call 911 and help is on the way.
Then, in front of your eyes, you can see the guy getting closer to the face of the person in the floor. Opening his mouth, showing the white teeth, taking a bite of the face, and chewing it.
Welcome to Miami baby.
The first season of The Walking Dead was a documentary.
Most likely all of you know about the infamous Zombie attack that happened in Miami’s 2012 memorial Weekend, where Rudy Eugene accused Ronald Poppo for stealing his bible and then knocking the shit out of him, while unconscious on the hot pavement, Eugene did like any of those bible freaks do when you mess around with their God: get naked and start to degust the infidel tasty face. Then police came, saw a black dude going totally bananas and shot him in the back.
You know, memorial weekend.
Floridians were absolutely psyched by the idea of a zombie armageddon coming to our door but before we even had a chance to place an order on Amazon or Ebay for gunshots and those amazing chainsaws that throw flash grenades the police confirmed that this was an isolated incident: no flesh eaters were crawling Miami’s streets. Looks like the guys involved in the incident were homeless. Nobody care after the H word.
Welcome to Miami Baby.
More than a year went thru, and no more sign of Zombies, just more and more homeless but reading the other day, I found out that there are creatures in real life that are 100 per cent zombies, they are bugs tho but at least they are no bums.
Just kidding, I like bums, just please don’t eat my face if I don’t give you 25 cents. Please.
Zombie Spiders.
The salt marsh-dwelling wolf spider Arctosa fulvolineata can revive itself from comas after up to 40 hours of drowning.
You totally are a researcher at the University of Rennes in France and one day you have the great idea to do an investigation about quote:“to determine whether spiders in flood-prone marshes had evolved to survive longer underwater than forest-dwelling spiders can”unquote.
Then you collect the spiders and use this amazing scientific method: drowning them. You know, what people of science do. Three different species of spiders were used for this study- only females- some of these subjects took up to 36 hours to drown.
The lifeless eight legs were put to dry to later weight them; suddenly their hairy limbs start moving, and the researches totally shit their pants because surely the spiders came from the grave to inflict pain, agony and terror into their captors heart.
Why didn't I bring underwear today ?
After coming from home with a fresh underwear, the guys in white coats noticed that the spiders were not vicious killing zombie machines as they thought.
"This is the first time we know of arthropods returning to life from comas after submersion," said lead researcher Julien Pétillon, an arachnologist now at Ghent University in Belgium.
The spiders instead of being released to nature, just as a way to say “ sorry because I killed you once” they were cut wide open to know how they came back to life.
No, is not the name of a female character in a James Bond movie, but pretty sure is way deadlier. This wasp has an amazing Emerald color and has a very unique way of reproduction; a la Alien.
The pregnant Jewel Wasp is upset: she is prego and the male Jewel Wasp is none to be found - happens everywhere- so she is fucking mad because there is no help, no child support, nothing. She does like any respectable wasp would do: fight with a roach, inject it some her neurotoxin, make it a zombie, implant the baby inside its thorax and see how the nanny roach becomes a larvae incubator then the baby from hell hatches, freeing itself while eating the insides. Hey don’t worry, the venom makes the cockroach feel no pain.
No respect when you get killed by Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, the fungus dick grows from your dead skull
The Last of Us is an amazing video-game that tells the history of Joel and Tess, the survivors on a post-apocalyptic America after the outbreak of Corcydopes: a fungus that creates a mindless zombie-like human beings that are just moved by the basic needs of feed; whatever is the meat source: in other words into a McDonald’s customer.
A number one with extra brains and fries, please.
The creators of the game had the idea while watching a documentary of the bbc which talks about the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a fungus that turns ants into zombie mode. The mechanism is quite remarkable: when the spores infect the host this create a behaviour change. First the ant has convulsions and falls to the ground, so cannot find its way to the canopy. Afterwards the ant starts to climbing leaves that are 10 inches from the ground within that space there must be temperature between 68 and 86 F and a humidity index of 94 to 95 %. Just before dying the ant faces east and bites the leaf's main vein and gets into a “locked” position.
Now that is dead, the fungus takes over the body and from the victim’s skull, a hyphae - the fungu’s dick- comes out and jerks off around, releasing its spores.
Nasty, disgusting, scary and quite interesting.
And by the way, there are some biotechnical research about the possible uses of this fungus.
by the Umbrella Corporation.
Just kidding about the Umbrella Corp but the research is for real. Check it out here.
Have a great Weekend.
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TED is a set of international conferences regarding of Technology, Entertaiment and Design. -T.E.D- owned by the non-profit organization Sapling Foundation, its main goal is to propagate " ideas worth spreading" these conferences are now well know, nobel laureates and many experts in their respective fields have been speakers of the event, from Bill Clinton to Isabel Allende, giving their knowledge and helping the share of ideas.
Showing two of the conferences, one from Cesar Harada and other from Isabel Allende, each of them enticing and promising.
Cesar Harada. ( From TED.COM)
Cesar Harada. Believes that ocean currents, the wind and other naturally occuring phenomenon can provide unique inspiration and novel solutions to mankind’s worst disasters, like oil spills and radioactive leaks. A French-Japanese inventor and TED senior, he is the creator of PROTEI -a revolutionary sailing technology -- featuring a front rudder, flexible hull and open-soure hardware -- that allows for efficient clean up of both oil and plastics from the sea. Currently based in London, Harada recently traveled to Japan and is designing Protei to measure radioactivity along the country's coast.
The general coordinator of the future International Ocean Station, Harada teaches at Goldsmiths University London. A former project leader at MIT, he graduated form the Royal College of Arts Design Interactions in London and worked at the Southampton University Hydrodynamics laboratory on wave energy. Harada has also studied animation, and his films and installations have been seen at festivals and events across the world, from the United States to Japan.
A fantastic talk, please enjoy it.
Isabel Allende. ( from TED.com)
As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s -- an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism; her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word. Her novels include The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna, and her latest,Ines of My Soul and La Suma de los Dias (The Sum of Our Days). And don't forget her adventure trilogy for young readers -- City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies.
As a memoirist, she has written about her vision of her lost Chile, in My Invented Country,and movingly tells the story of her life to her own daughter, inPaula. Her book Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Sensesmemorably linked two sections of the bookstore that don't see much crossover: Erotica and Cookbooks. Just as vital is her community work: The Isabel Allende Foundation works with nonprofits in the SF Bay Area and Chile to empower and protect women and girls -- understanding that empowering women is the only true route to social and economic justice.
"Allende can spin a funny, sensual yarn, but she can also use her narrative skills to remind us that parallel to our placid and comfortable existence is another, invisible universe, one where poverty, misery and torture are all too real."
Patricia Hart, The Nation
These are amazing talks, which I hope, it can kindle your mind.
Since Apple solidify the idea of a touch screen device, now this interface has become the standard, even the gold rule, of all electronic gadgets, but even this very natural way of interacting -there is not need of keyboard or mouse, just your finger- has a limitation, with a high price tag, we are talking about the hardware: all the user interaction is limited in the screen size, as well the resolution, and remember that the most expensive part of any touch screen device is the display. - the Ipad 2 manufacture price is around $327, basic wifi model, the price of the screen is $127, is more than a third of the total cost-.
There are two options for us, great ideas that hopefully will become real pretty soon, the first one is Microsfot's OMNITOUCH, a projector device that allows the user interface in any surface possible and Sixth Sense, another gadget that allows the dynamic interaction with his/her environment. This devices are a great way to have feedback of our surrounding in real time ( ala Snake Eye of Metal Gear Solid) imagine that you are getting out from work, the beginning of the weekend, as soon the devices " See " or "sense" your car, it will display the best route available, to avoid the traffic jam. Or maybe if you are buying the groceries, the devices project the price of any type of product giving you the best one. Maybe you are in a diet and counts the calories of the meals you already ate, imagine doctors; they will be able to give you a scan your body throughout these gadgets to notice any type of fever - thermal sensors- heart rhythm, now the need to be at the doctors office will be only if more evaluation is need it. Cheaper, faster. Fantastic.
Microsoft Omnitouch prototype. Imagine instead of having the "over-the-shoulder-camera" you can put a tiny camera and a tiny projector on glasses.
A personal tutor for math and science, languages will be easier to learn. A true personal assistant, in your face apple!
The Sixth Sense, amazing idea, waiting to become a reality.
All these with a very easy interface, a truly easy way to interact with the world. I am just anxiously waiting for that day to be here.
No virtual Reality my friends, Augmented Reality. It is indeed a long journey, but the first steps are here, and believe what I say, this is gonna be a hell of a marathon.
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