University of Minnesota researchers Thursday announced they reversed memory loss for the first time in mice with significant brain degeneration.

Chris Anderson:
When I praised Robert X. Cringely as a longtailer a few months ago, I didn’t know the half of it. This week he and PBS launched NerdTV, “a whole new kind of TV for niche audiences”, which will launch on the web on Sept 6th.

Sharp has released that they will soon release products that will “allow viewers sitting to the right and left of a screen to watch different channels.”

Remember the electric car? General Motors invested more than $1 billion in the Earth-friendly EV1 but managed to lease only 800 before shutting down the entire program – because, in part, people had too few places to plug in the cars.

Time Magazine: How do we come up with our 50 best? Short answer: we take your suggestions, probe friends and colleagues about their favorite online haunts and then surf like mad.

Oakley’s Thump MP3 sunglasses, now available in 256MB and 512MB versions, ably serve the dual purpose of keeping sun out of your eyes while putting music into your ears. Check out this photo.

Bill von Hippel used a survey to test people on their “inhibitory ability” — how well they managed to suppress irrelevant or inappropriate thoughts.

Qatar has staged the world’s first ever camel race with robot jockeys.
Great photos.

Robert X. Cringely:
The first time any reader asked me if I was planning to become a podcaster was October 29, 2004. That reader was specifically interested in video blogging, which he claimed would replace broadcast television, but he referred to it as “podcasting,” so that still counts. Here is my reply: