If one thing has set humans apart from animals, it has been our appreciation for—and ability to make—music. Music, at least for most of us, is distinguished from noise by certain characteristics. For one, it consists primarily of tones, as opposed to noise. Noises are sounds identified not by characteristics so much as their source—the …
…as Fujitsu debuts bendable colour e-paper.
A musical code hidden in Scotland’s 15th-century Rosslyn Chapel has been decoded. Alas, the piece is “not particularly impressive” because William Sinclair, who designed the chapel, “was an architect, not a musician,” says composer Stuart Mitchell, who deciphered the code. It’s not the Holy Grail (which The Da Vinci Code apparently speculates might be hidden …
Every once in a while I run across a science press release I don’t understand at all. This is one of those times. I note that “This press release is also available in Spanish.” I suspect I’d understand that one just as well…and I don’t speak Spanish, beyond what one picks up from watching Dora …
The new Cadillac DTS will have a new windshield-wash system that shoots 176-degree (Fahrenheit, natch) washer fluid across the windshield, clearing snow, ice, bugs and what-have-you. I’m a big Volvo fan, myself, so…Volvo? The ball’s in your court. I expect to be buying a new car any decade now… (Via Gizmodo.)
And science fiction again turns into science fact. From Nature: “Computer scientists have created a hat that can read your thoughts. It allows you to stroll down a virtual street. All you have to do is think about walking.” (Via Responsible Nanotechnology.)
I wish I’d thought of this: Yesterday, All those backups seemed a waste of play. Now my chapters have all gone away. Oh I believe in yesterday. I…pushed…something wrong What it was I could not say. Now my thesis is gone and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay. Suddenly, There’s not half the files there used to …
“Gentlemen and ladies, start your fire-breathing engines.”
When I was a kid, my dad had an ulcer. At the time, everyone knew ulcers were caused by excess stomach acid and brought on by stress. We still talk about them sometimes as if we think that’s what causes them. But guess what? They’re not. They’re caused by bacteria, H. pylori, to be precise, …
When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in you room will still be visible, just slightly bluish. …and 39 other things that only happen in movies. (Via By The Way.)
Not quite, but it’s the next bext thing. Either that, or it has the makings of the ultimate reality show.
