7 Things You Can do Right Now to Protect Your Vision I spend all day on a computer. No, wait, that’s an understatement. I spend nearly every waking hour of every single day in front of a digital device. By 4:00 p.m. my eyes are dry, bloodshot, and begging for relief. When it’s really bad, I can actually hear myself blinking. The majority of us spend all of our work and free time in front of one form of digital device or another. How long do you spend in front of a screen? The eyes clean and moisten themselves each time you blink. Reduced blinking is most associated with Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS). headachesblurred visiondry eyesneck and shoulder paindouble visionlight sensitivity Sound like anyone you know? Light influences everything from our hormone secretion and heart rate, to our cognitive abilities. Well, most light passes through your cornea, lens, and macula: Cornea and Lens: responsible for absorbing much of the UV light that enters our eyes with the lens absorbing most shorter wavelength light. Blue Light Bad News Dim the lights
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How The Military Could Turn Your Mind Into The Next Battlefield Actually, the reason I think they won't happen is that most talk of nanotech and cybernetics and such is more science fiction than science fact. Moving forward into the future won't change the laws of physics, and thus won't change the practicality of any technology. Its like the article that ran about comparing 3D printers to Star Trek's replicators. Plus, that most of these weapons have no political utility. If we ever do create a world where the wildest dreams of cybertech and nano-tech fans came true, I think many of these "hacker" weapons would straddle that line just like tactical nukes do. One last thing to think about.
Recent Changes Map A Vision Of Deep Space Exploration That Will Give You Chills Kinja is in read-only mode. We are working to restore service. As one of the more significant scientists of the last hundred years, Carl Sagan deserves to at least have his name spelled correctly. :) But otherwise, great post. Flagged Second Light An "Impenetrable Barrier" Protects The Earth From Killer Electrons Kinja is in read-only mode. We are working to restore service. Expand and here I thought it was the trees... Flagged As much as I love the Doctor, this season writing was so full of bullshit... I didn't mind the tree thing all that much... its the forget everything 'reset' button they keep using that pisses me off.
Social capital Social capital. The notion of social capital is a useful way of entering into debates about civil society – and is central to the arguments of Robert Putnam and others who want to ‘reclaim public life’. It is also used by the World Bank with regard to economic and societal development and by management experts as a way of thinking about organizational development. We examine its nature, some of the issues surrounding its use, and its significance for educators. Contents: introduction · social capital for starters · types of social capital · the decline in social capital · some critiques of the bowling alone theses · the benefits of social capital · social capital in organizations · social capital and informal education · conclusion – some issues with social capital · further reading and references · links · acknowledgements · how to cite this article Social capital for starters For John Field (2003: 1-2) the central thesis of social capital theory is that ‘relationships matter’. Links
NASA’s 'Remastered' View of Europa Is The Best Yet Kinja is in read-only mode. We are working to restore service. And you know why they had to do this? Expand See, that broken high gain antenna? That probably wouldn't have happened if the robot didn't have to sit in a clean room for a couple of years and then get forced on a very round about path through the inner planets—none of which it was designed to do—to get to Jupiter. Had that high gain antenna unfolded properly we'd have had more, higher quality images and faster. So it goes. Flagged As Crowdfunding Grows, the Rewards Increase -- but So Do the Risks The campaign to front a movie based on the cult television show “Veronica Mars” through crowdfunding broke records for the fastest project ever to raise $1 million on Kickstarter. It was the website’s biggest film project so far, and it has the most backers of any project to date. What it probably didn’t do, Wharton experts say, is throw open the doors of crowdfunding to major motion pictures. But that’s OK: Crowdfunding is successfully helping entrepreneurs raise capital without the need for them to go Hollywood. What the “Veronica Mars” case does illustrate, however, is that Kickstarter and its crowdfunding brethren have proven their mettle as mainstream, reliable avenues of funding for both start-up businesses and established firms. Not only do crowdfunding websites provide a cheap, easy way for individuals to seek start-up funding, but would-be investors are also doing an excellent job of picking winners out of the crowd, according to Wharton management professor Ethan Mollick.
Why The Human Brain Isn't As Special As We Think It Is All I know is I somehow have 4 cats that let me pet them in exchange for feeding them, cleaning up their shit, and treating them like royalty. Sometimes they sit on me and purr. If that ain't a sign of super intelligence, I don't know what is. Fascinating article, btw. And since I mentioned my cats, I'm obligated by law to post a picture of them because internet. l-r Earl Grey, Samwise, Charlie Velcro Socks Flagged The New Internet World: A Global Perspective on Freedom of Expression, Privacy, Trust and Security Online by Soumitra Dutta, William Dutton, Ginette Law Soumitra Dutta INSEAD - Technology and Operations Management William H. Dutton University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute Ginette Law INSEADApril 14, 2011 The Gobal Information Technology Report 2010-2011 – World Economic Forum in collaboration with INSEAD, comScore, and the Oxford Internet Institute, April 2011 Abstract: Worldwide diffusion of the Internet is focusing debate around values and attitudes that are likely to vary across cultures, particularly around online freedom of expression, privacy, trust and security. Number of Pages in PDF File: 36 Keywords: Internet, Freedom, Privacy, Trust, Security, Public Opinion Accepted Paper Series Suggested Citation Dutta, Soumitra and Dutton, William H. and Law, Ginette, The New Internet World: A Global Perspective on Freedom of Expression, Privacy, Trust and Security Online (April 14, 2011).
Why Freezing to Death Makes You Want To Get Naked Some of the symptoms in Terminal Restlessness and Delirium is undressing and trying to get out of the bed. At this point in the dying process, they're too weak to leave the bed, but many of them tend to find comfort in odd sleeping poses if their pain/discomfort isn't managed well enough. If they had enough strength to leave the bed, who knows, maybe they'd wander to a spot and curl into it like Hypothermia victim. Also, when the brain starts to shut down, including the hypothalamus, we lose control of our body temperature, causing fever spikes that have no other real cause (infection and the like). Some can get as high as 103 degrees F. And maybe this is where our almost universal tradition of burial comes from. Flagged
Michele Tumminello | Università degli Studi di Palermo - Academia.edu Type to search for People, Research Interests and Universities Searching... Change Photo AboutPapers28 Add Contact Information Add Social Profiles(Facebook, Twitter, etc.) Message Michele Michele Tumminello Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche e Matematimatiche, Faculty Memberedit Complex Systems Science, Multivariate Data Analysis, Clusters & Networks, Data Analysis, and Data Mining<div>()</div> Papers Reorder Add Paper Statistically validated networks in bipartite complex systemsmore by Michele Tumminello Many complex systems present an intrinsic bipartite structure where elements of one set link to elements of the second set. Many complex systems present an intrinsic bipartite structure where elements of one set link to elements of the second set. Journal Name: PloS one Publication Date: Mar 31, 2011 Download (.pdf) View on dx.plos.org Share EditDeleteMove section Journal Name: arXiv preprint physics/0609036 Publication Date: Sep 5, 2006 Add File View on arxiv.org