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Can you eat the skin of a kiwi fruit?
"Kiwi fruit "skin" is high in phenolic compounds, such as flavanoids, which have antioxidant properties. Flavanoids, as in kiwi "skin", have potential anticancer, antiinflammatory and antiallergenic properties."
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Kiwi fruit "skin" is high in phenolic compounds, such as flavanoids, which have antioxidant properties. Flavanoids, as in kiwi "skin", have potential anticancer, antiinflammatory and antiallergenic properties.
ProtoBlogr.net Blog: USB finger, more details
"As many of you might have already heard from me or various places on the net after my motorcycle accident last year
I got myself a prosthetic USB finger . After last night when my friend Bergie blogged about this many have contacted me through email and asking if it is true or how can I work while my finger is in the USB or Is it attached straight to my bone, etc.
So I think it is best I'll try to explain some of these here now. "
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As many of you might have already heard from me or various places on the net after my motorcycle accident last year
I got myself a prosthetic USB finger .
After last night when my friend Bergie blogged about this many have contacted me through email and asking if it is true or how can I work while my finger is in the USB or Is it attached straight to my bone, etc.
So I think it is best I'll try to explain some of these here now.
Napping: the expert's guide | Life and style | The Guardian
A nap of 60 minutes improves alertness for up to 10 hours. Research on pilots shows that a 26-minute "Nasa" nap in flight (while the plane is manned by a copilot) enhanced performance by 34% and overall alertness by 54%. One Harvard study published last year showed that a 45-minute nap improves learning and memory. Napping reduces stress and lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke, diabetes, and excessive weight gain.
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A nap of 60 minutes improves alertness for up to 10 hours. Research on pilots shows that a 26-minute "Nasa" nap in flight (while the plane is manned by a copilot) enhanced performance by 34% and overall alertness by 54%. One Harvard study published last year showed that a 45-minute nap improves learning and memory. Napping reduces stress and lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke, diabetes, and excessive weight gain.
Facts on Farts
women fart just as much as men. It's just that most men take more pride in it than most women.
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women fart
just as much as men. It's just that most men take more pride in it than
most women.
The original Knee Defender - travel gadgets accessory - airplane legroom, DVT - travel accessories
Knee Defender™ helps you stop reclining airplane seatbacks so your knees won't have to.
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Knee Defender™ helps you stop reclining airplane seatbacks so your knees won't have to.
Srbin? Ne želimo vašu krv dati Hrvatima
pročitala sam Zakon o krvi i krvnim pripravcima - to što tvrdi ravnatelj - nije istina!
http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2006/1916.htm
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pročitala sam Zakon o krvi i krvnim pripravcima - to što tvrdi ravnatelj - nije istina!
http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2006/1916.htm
Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter
Specifically, the scientists concluded that:
* Pistorius’ ability to maintain speed over the course of longer sprints--his speed-duration relationship--is essentially identical to that of able-bodied runners, indicating that he fatigues in the same manner as able-bodied sprinters.
* Pistorius’ rates of metabolic energy expenditure do not differ from elite non-amputee runners. In particular, he has nearly the same running economy, or rate of oxygen consumption at submaximal speeds, and a similar maximal rate of oxygen consumption as elite non-amputee runners.
"Based on the data collected at Rice, the blades do not confer an enhanced ability to hold speed over a 400m race," Weyand said. "Nor does our research support the IAAF's claims of how the blades provide some sort of mechanical advantage for sprinting."
“The study commissioned by the IAAF claimed that Pistorius has a 25 percent energetic advantage at 400m race speeds. That claim is specious because anaerobic energy supply cannot be quantified,” Kram said.
In summary, the team of experts unanimously concluded that the IAAF allegations were not scientifically valid.
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Specifically, the scientists concluded that:
* Pistorius’ ability to maintain speed over the course of longer sprints--his speed-duration relationship--is essentially identical to that of able-bodied runners, indicating that he fatigues in the same manner as able-bodied sprinters.
* Pistorius’ rates of metabolic energy expenditure do not differ from elite non-amputee runners. In particular, he has nearly the same running economy, or rate of oxygen consumption at submaximal speeds, and a similar maximal rate of oxygen consumption as elite non-amputee runners.
"Based on the data collected at Rice, the blades do not confer an enhanced ability to hold speed over a 400m race," Weyand said. "Nor does our research support the IAAF's claims of how the blades provide some sort of mechanical advantage for sprinting."
“The study commissioned by the IAAF claimed that Pistorius has a 25 percent energetic advantage at 400m race speeds. That claim is specious because anaerobic energy supply cannot be quantified,” Kram said.
In summary, the team of experts unanimously concluded that the IAAF allegations were not scientifically valid.
AlphaGrip Handheld computer
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The AlphaGrip Handheld Computer (AlphaGrip HC) has full-size rocker keys on the back which, along with the thumb keys on the front, enable high speed, 10-finger touch-typing and gaming at rates of 250-350 key presses or 50-70 words per minute. In addition, the thumb-controlled trackball provides the same functionality as a desktop mouse. With an AlphaGrip HC a user could quickly and comfortably create text messages, emails, and documents, write code, take notes, enter data, and do graphic design, or play sophisticated PC games, from any location in any position; while standing, walking, sitting, riding, or reclining. You can learn to touch type on an AlphaGrip in about a third the time it takes to learn on a keyboard, and you will increase your productivity, relative to using a thumb keyboard, by more than 200 percent.
Vibram FiveFingers:
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Remember going barefoot as a child?
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Now you can experience that same physical and visceral sensation in Vibram FiveFingers—the only footwear to offer the exhilarating joy of going barefoot with the protection and sure-footed grip of a Vibram® sole.
'Weight-ism' Is Bigger Than Racism
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Weight discrimination "occurs in employment settings and daily interpersonal relationships virtually as often as race discrimination, and in some cases even more frequently than age or gender discrimination," the researchers report in the current issue of the International Journal of Obesity.
Matt Gilbert
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With this experimental speech synth controller, I started by providing control over inflection instead of starting with discrete language. I was curious about the different expressive possibilities that would come out of this, and I also wanted to make an electronic instrument that would make for an interesting live performance.
MX W1 wireless Headphones - MP3 Player, DVD Player, CD Player, Apple iPods, Multimedia
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The MX W1 is Sennheiser’s first portable and completely wireless stereo earphone system. Featuring two separate (left/right) earphones, transmitter and carrying case with integrated charger, the MX W1 offers an uncompressed digital wireless connection and delivers excellent high-fidelity stereo sound, letting you enjoy your favourite music without the hassles of cords.
The transmitter offers the possibility to transmit up to two pairs of MX W1, enabling two people to listen to the same audio player at the same time. The system’s carrying case doubles as a charging station for quick-charging the earphones up to three times while ‘on the move’ — even without access to a power supply system.
Motion Impulse Interface for Digital Instruments
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the wiimote leds indicate midi cc position, no need to see the gui for performance.
Compressed Mints and Chewing Gum Containing Magnolia Bark Extract Are Effective against Bacteria Responsible for Oral Malodor
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Flavors and natural botanic extracts are often used in chewing gum and compressed mints for breath freshening and relief of oral malodor. The oral malodor is a result of bacterial putrification of proteinaceous materials from food or saliva. In this study, magnolia bark extract (MBE) and its two main components, magnolol and honokiol, were evaluated by the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) test. The inhibitory effect of MBE mint was further evaluated by a kill-time assay study. In addition, an in vivo study was performed on nine healthy volunteers postlunch. Saliva samples were taken before and after subjects consumed mints and gum, with and without MBE. Listerine mouthwash was included as a positive control. The testing results indicated that MBE and its two main constituents demonstrated a strong germ-kill effect against bacteria responsible for halitosis and also Streptococcus mutans, bacteria involved in dental caries formation. The MIC of magnolol, honokiol, and MBE on Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and S. mutans ranged from 8 to 31 µg/mL. Kill-time assay results indicated that mints containing 0.2% MBE reduced more than 99.9% of three oral bacteria within 5 min of treatment. The in vivo study demonstrated that MBE containing mints reduced total salivary bacteria by 61.6% at 30 min and 33.8% at 60 min postconsumption. In comparison, the flavorless mint reduced total salivary bacteria by 3.6% at 30 min and increased total bacteria by 47.9% at 60 min. The MBE containing chewing gum reduced total salivary bacteria by 43.0% at 40 min, while placebo gum reduced total salivary bacteria by 18.0%. In conclusion, MBE demonstrated a significant antibacterial activity against organisms responsible for oral malodor and can be incorporated in compressed mints and chewing gum for improved breath-freshening benefits.
Running from Camera
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The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can.
INITION | SR Research Eyelink II
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The EyeLink II is a head mounted binocular
eye tracking device with dual image processing modes of pupil only, 500 Hz sampling,
or pupil-CR, 250 hz sampling. The head mounted design makes this high end system
extremely versatile with integrated head movement compensation and an optional
scene camera option.
odbol - art in all directions
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DrumPants are a set of pants that enable the wearer to produce drum sounds by hitting various parts of the pants with his hands. The wearer thusly becomes a cyborg musician, his body assuming the roles of both player and instrument, allowing for spontaneous electric hambone solos or even collaborations with other musicians in a band setting.
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