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• Weekend Doings!

  
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  Just a bit of this and that. I’ll get around to writing about the trip eventually. I had some different meals lately, and enjoyed them very much. I finally remembered to pick up a package of spinach and have been enjoying it in various forms, both in my smoothies, and also cooked. Here it is in a breakfast scramble ...
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• Even Without Stress, PTSD Effects Persist in Brain Regions

  
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  Emerging research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) finds that specific areas of the brain may show effects of trauma even in non-stressful situations. Prior imaging studies of people with PTSD have shown that these brain regions can over- or underreact in response to stressful tasks, such as recalling a ...
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• Panorama House by Moon Hoon, Seoul

  
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• Metro Station in Riyadh by Zaha Hadid

  
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  Renowned architect Zaha Hadid has won a competition to design the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital. The 20,434 sq. m. King Abdullah Financial Disctrict Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the network for Line 1, as well as the terminus of Line ...
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• Home Office Ideas

  
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  Home working has reached a level where it has once again become a major part of the economy. It is especially big in Europe. For example, approximately 4 million residents in the UK work from home necessitating the need to optimise their office spaces in order to improve efficiency, while maximizing comfort and ...
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• Researchers Pinpoint Brain Area Involved in Emotional Self-Control

  
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  Different areas of the brain are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to suppress an emotion, according a new study. Researchers from the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University scanned the brains of healthy participants and ...
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• Botanicus Interacticus turns living plants into highly responsive interfaces

  
  Ponoko - Blog — Authority: 474
  A new approach to digital interaction through . . . plants? Using a single wire placed in the soil, Botanicus Interacticus transforms a living plant into a sophisticated interface. Unlike earlier methods that only identify contact, Botanicus Interacticus uses Touché sensing technology to allow for a range of ...
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• Construction Lamps

  
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  Here are some lamps that should be interesting, particularly for the folks who are in the construction business. While you don’t necessarily need a hardhat to use them, the Construction Lamps was made with the combination of tools and bolts. The lamp was designed by Joost van Bleijswijk, something which originated ...
  2 weeks ago

• A multi-functional tablet built for backcountry survival

  
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  Smartphones, tablets and laptops are great when youre sitting on the couch or running around the city, but they arent as great in the wilderness where cellular service disappears and bright sunlight renders LCD screens near-illegible. The Earl is a tablet designed to skirt around those shortcomings and keep you ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ebook: Functional Test on I2C and SPI System Monitors with JTAG

  
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  ASSET InterTech published an ebook about JTAG. The article describes how the structural test methodology based on the IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan standard can apply functional tests to I2C and SPI system monitors during prototype board bring-up and later during production of the circuit board. The title of the technical ...
  2 weeks ago

• Real-time Brain Feedback May Help Overcome Anxiety, OCD

  
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  People provided with a real-time readout of their brain activity can learn to control that activity and decrease their anxiety, according to a new study. For the study, researchers at Yale University used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to display the activity of the orbitofrontal cortex, a brain region ...
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• Life Tips of The Week #1

  
  IPPINKA — Authority: 129
  Live a simple and elegant lifestyle by being creative and functional with the things you use. Here are some tips we have for you this week. #1-A: Cut a portion of an used milk jug to make a beach shovel or dustpan #1-B: Mount a tension rod inside your cabinet and organize your spray bottles #1-C: ...
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• Printing with wood…in 3D!

  
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  It is perhaps surprising that it is only recently that 3D printing has become a reality – after all, the technology that is used to create the printers has been around for a fair amount of time.  It is however, only recently that people have realised the advantages of being able to create 3 dimensional, functional ...
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• Podular Organization and Edge Businesses

  
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  My last post, Institutional Innovation and Podular Design, noted a number of insights from the Aspen Institutes report, Institutional Innovation: Oxymoron or Imperative?. One insight which I did not discuss is relevant to understanding the changing way teams work together in organizations and, by implication, in a ...
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• Laser cut wooden record

  
  Ponoko - Blog — Authority: 474
  Digital music goes analog once again We’ve encountered Amanda Ghassaei and her digitally fabricated records before, when she 3D printed some rockin’ tracks that were playable on a standard turntable. This time around, she has turned her talents towards exploring the potential of laser cutting to get her ...
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• Study Finds Brain System for Emotional Self-Control

  
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  Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University. In this study, published in  Brain Structure and Function (citation below), the ...
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• Potential Progress On Dealing With Software Patents

  
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  I woke up this morning to a great article by Nick Grossman at Union Square Ventures on  The Patent Quality Improvement Act .  Nick does a great job of describing the software patent problem, suggesting several solutions, and explaining how the Patent Quality Improvement Act helps the increasingly dismal situation ...
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• Tower Inflatable Paddle Boards

  
  IPPINKA — Authority: 129
  SUP or Stand Up Paddle surfing is now gaining popularity as the best surfing past-time activity. Tower makes inflatable SUP boards that are virtually indestructible. It can be set down almost anywhere: on gravel, in a parking lot, or even on cement stairs. They have driven a SUV over the inflatable paddle, and ...
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• Functional Strength Training: Key to Generating Power and Speed

  
  Pursuit Athletic Performance Blog — Authority: 122
  This is the final post of a four-part series on functional strength training. Click below to see other posts in the series. Is Functional Strength Training A Fad? A Gimmick? Stop Leaking Speed! You Need To Be Stable To Perform Your Best I f parts one , two , and three of our series on functional ...
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• Stop Leaking Speed! You Need Functional Strength Training

  
  Pursuit Athletic Performance Blog — Authority: 122
  Four-part series on the importance of Functional Strength Training: Is Functional Strength Training A Fad? A Gimmick? Functional Strength Training: You Need To Be Stable To Perform Your Best Functional Strength Training: Key to Generating Power and Speed Stop Leaking Speed! “My easy run pace is a minute ...
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