Jason Silva | WeatherTool - Help Welcome to the Weather Tool Help documentation. This is the on-line help file that accompanies the Weather Tool software. You can use the menu below or displayed on the left of this page to navigate. Introduction The Weather Tool allows you to visualise, analyse and edit hourly weather data. It recognises a wide range of international weather file formats as well as user-specified custom data import formats for ASCII files. Example screenshot of the Weather Tool v2.00. Add full psychrometric processing to its feature list and you have a unique mechanism for assessing the relative potential of different passive design systems. Main Features The key features of the Weather Tool are the way it allows you to visualise weather data, the flexibility it allows in the import, export and editing of ASCII data files and its many different analysis functions. Passive Design Analysis Comfort Percentages Solar Position A major part of any climate is the Sun. Sun-Path Diagrams Solar Radiation Analysis
The Battle for Your Mind: Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public By Dick Sutphen Authoritarian followers Mind Control Subliminals By Dick Sutphen Summary of Contents The Birth of Conversion The Three Brain Phases How Revivalist Preachers Work Voice Roll Technique Six Conversion Techniques 1. keeping agreements 2.physical and mental fatigue 3. increase the tension 4. Uncertainty. 5. Jargon 6. Summary of Contents The Birth of Conversion/Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in 1735. I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk I delivered at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although I've been interviewed about the subject on many local and regional radio and TV talk shows, large-scale mass communication appears to be blocked, since it could result in suspicion or investigation of the very media presenting it or the sponsors that support the media. Everything I will relate only exposes the surface of the problem. In talking about this subject, I am talking about my own business. Alright.
100 Diagrams That Changed the World Since the dawn of recorded history, we’ve been using visual depictions to map the Earth, order the heavens, make sense of time, dissect the human body, organize the natural world, perform music, and even concretize abstract concepts like consciousness and love. 100 Diagrams That Changed the World (public library) by investigative journalist and documentarian Scott Christianson chronicles the history of our evolving understanding of the world through humanity’s most groundbreaking sketches, illustrations, and drawings, ranging from cave paintings to The Rosetta Stone to Moses Harris’s color wheel to Tim Berners-Lee’s flowchart for a “mesh” information management system, the original blueprint for the world wide web. It appears that no great diagram is solely authored by its creator. Most of those described here were the culmination of centuries of accumulated knowledge. Most arose from collaboration (and oftentimes in competition) with others. Christianson offers a definition:
Chris Mooney: Inside The Republican Brain and Climate Denialism | Sea Change Radio April 17th, 2012 Posted by Alex Wise Podcast: Play in new window | Download If you’re listening to this show, chances are you believe that climate change is real, that it’s a problem, and that human actions have brought us to where we are today. Some Sea Change Radio listeners are Democrats, some are Republicans, and a large number may not identify with either party – but all are probably pretty concerned about responsible environmental stewardship, irrespective of their specific political party affiliation. If you found this post interesting, you might want to explore these topics also: alex wise, chris mooney, Climate Change, republicans, sea change radio
20 Great Infographics of 2012 2012 has certainly been an eventful year, with everything from elections, to olympics, to scientific breakthroughs, to major weather events. To help review some of the things that happened, here are 20 of the best static infographics from the year. 1. There were several space related events this year. NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on mars, and successfully began collecting data. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 6 Simple Rituals To Reach Your Potential Every Day It’s Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Two San Francisco entrepreneurs are pitching their ventures to potential investors today. They’d both agree that this is one of the most important days of their lives. This is the story of Jane and Joe... Jane was up until 4 a.m. putting the final touches on her deck. Joe, on the other hand, went to sleep last night at 11 p.m., as he does most nights of the week. Which entrepreneur would you bet on? And, which entrepreneur most closely resembles you? Jane and Joe are fictional characters but having been immersed in the world of startups in both New York and San Francisco, I see a lot of Janes. This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak with my friend Mike Del Ponte, who resembles the character of Joe. "Every day I need physical energy, mental clarity, and emotional balance to tackle everything that comes my way," Mike said. Here are the six simple rituals he uses to perform at his highest, which you too can begin implementing right away: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
7 tips for bootstrapping a (profitable) Internet company This post was written by Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO of Dyn, an Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) provider. Dyn has been a bootstrapped company and profitable from day one. We get a lot of questions on how we pulled this off, and while I would love to claim all the credit, there’s nothing really magical about our success. But when we incorporated in 2001, things weren’t pretty. We’ve grown and been profitable year over year. 1. Don’t be afraid to start small. 2. It’s easier than ever to get people to see projects and other ideas and to get public momentum behind them. 3. When you start out, you are constantly thinking about dollar one — the first customer that actually pays you for your service. 4. John Lynch, the popular governor of New Hampshire and former head of Knoll Furniture, said this line many times: If there is a single rule in business, it’s that revenue has to be greater than expenses. Sometimes, this means sacrificing comfort. 5. 6. 7. Image via yyellowbird/Flickr
Ellipses Collide in Mathematically-Inspired Installation at the University of Oregon Derived from geometries created between several floating ellipses, SubDivided makes a nod to the mathematics department it occupies. (Courtesy Brooks Dierdorff) SubDivided provides a unifying element in Fenton Hall’s three-story atrium, tying each level together visually. In December 2012, the University of Oregon completed a renovation of Fenton Hall (1904), which has been home to the mathematics department for the past 35 years. “We wanted to create something that would be visible on all three floors of the atrium to connect the levels and create flow in the space,” said Alkanoglu. Diagram showing the top, front, side, and back views of SubDivided. Fabricators MAC IndustriesArchitect Volkan AlkanogluLocation Eugene, ORDate of Completion December 2012Material .04-inch-thick pre-painted aluminumProcess Rhino, Grasshopper, CNC routing, riveting Alkanoglu transferred this subdivided version of SubDivided as .dxf files to local fabricator, MAC Industries.
Processing Processing is an open source language/ development tool for writing programs in other computers. Useful when you want those other computers to "talk" with an Arduino, for instance to display or save some data collected by the Arduino. Simple Examples Arduino comes with some basic examples for communicating with Processing (in Examples > Communication). Arduino Library for Processing (and Firmata) This library allows you to control an Arduino board from Processing without writing code for the Arduino. Download Library for Processing v2.0: processing2-arduino.zip (Updated 6 Nov. 2013) (properties file here: processing2-arduino.txt) Library for Processing v1.5: processing-arduino.zip (Updated 11 Nov. 2011) (properties file here: processing-arduino.txt) Note: if you run Linux, you need to change Arduino.jar into arduino.jar, because Linux is case sensitive and it does not work if you don't change this letter (Arduino.jar is in the folder "library" of this Processing Library). Instructions Example
Home - Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeeback What is Biofeedback? Biofeedback has evolved from a fascination in the 1960s and 70s to a mainstream methodology today for treating certain medical conditions and improving human performance. This evolution has been driven by years of scientific research demonstrating that the mind and body are connected, and that people can be taught to harness the power of this connection to change physical activity and improve health and function. Public interest in biofeedback is growing, and with it the need for a clear answer to the question, “what is biofeedback?” Biofeedback is a process that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance. Approved May 18, 2008 by: Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR) To learn more about biofeedback, go to the AAPB Consumer's page.
BL:ND | Design + Typography for moving images. Brainwave training boosts network for cognitive control and affects mind-wandering A breakthrough study conducted in Canada has found that training of the well-known brainwave in humans, the alpha rhythm, enhances a brain network responsible for cognitive-control. The training technique, termed neurofeedback, is being considered as a promising new method for restoring brain function in mental disorders. Using several neuroimaging methods, a team of researchers at the Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute have now uncovered that functional changes within a key brain network occur directly after a 30-minute session of noninvasive, neural-based training. Dysfunction of this cognitive-control network has previously been implicated in a range of brain disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. During neurofeedback, users learn to control their own brain activity with the help of a brain-computer interface. Senior author Dr. The study was directed by Lanius and Dr.