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Solar-Powered Street Sculpture Tests Human Perception : TreeHugger
An experimental installation called ‘The Beacon’ on London’s Old Street is hoping to offer answers on how human perception works. Designed by a neuroscientist at the University College of London, the six-metre tall installation features brightly patterned plexiglass lit by electricity from solar panels, some of which include solar paving stones embedded in a mix of resin and local recycled glass.
YouTube - Sam Harris interviewed on Are We Alone?
Dr.Seth Shostak co host of Are We Alone? interviews Sam Harris on the biology of belief...
The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment « Content Consumer
I was interested to see how far Linux had come since then in terms of being used easily by the mainstream. So, I tricked my grudging girlfriend Erin into sitting down at a brand new Ubuntu 8.04 installation and performing some basic tasks. It’s surprisi
Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them
In a study published Sunday in Nature Neuroscience, researchers using brain scanners could predict people's decisions seven seconds before the test subjects were even aware of making them.
YouTube - Frozen Grand Central
From http://www.ImprovEverywhere.com, over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Station in New York.
The New York Times > New York Region > 'Excuse Me. May I Have Your Seat?'
Their assignment: to board a crowded train and ask someone for a seat. Then do it again. And again.
"As a Bronxite, I knew, you don't do this," said Dr. Jacqueline Williams, now an assistant dean at Brooklyn College.
Internet Archive: Details: Monkeys, Rats and Me: Animal Testing
Beyond the shouting there is a moral question. Oxford University has given unprecedented access to the animal houses... Over the course of the film, Adam Wishart attempts to determine if these experiments are effective? And even if they are, are they ethi
Damn Interesting » The Artificial Prison of the Human Mind
The idea was to create a controlled environment in the Stanford halls to simulate a prison. There would be participants recruited to play both the prisoners and the guards, and the experiment would last for two weeks.
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