“Using Your Thinker to move over ground”                    ” Letting other people rub your thinker over ground”
Some People USE there Heads…. Some People Shouldn’t ! CHECK OUT THESE WACKY PEOPLE (and there deep mental problems…

A whole new view.

The Ergopod 500 is a height adjustable workstation that is ideal for standing, seated or supine work positions.
Programmers, CAD workers, graphic designers or special needs individuals now have the ideal workstation for long hours at the computer.

 The attack of the alien blocks?
When people first see an image like this they may think it is some new extreme sport, or perhaps a new form of Tetras designed for grade schoolers. The real story, however, is after the jump. (Pics)
 

Who can’t use a few tricks up their sleeve when in a pinch? I’ve already used the dollar as a rule hint this week. Pretty awesome.
Look like a genius using these secrets for navigating everyday life

Lithium-ion cells that use polymer electrolytes can be affordably packaged in compact, flexible pouches  
A new incarnation of lithium-ion batteries based on solid polymers is in the works. Berkeley, CA-based startup Seeo, Inc. says its lithium-ion cells will be safer, longer-lasting, lighter, and cheaper than current batteries. Seeo’s batteries use thin films of polymer as the [...]

 Faster Eye Surgeries ?..
Using the natural glue that marine mussels use to stick to rocks, and a variation on the inkjet printer, a team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has devised a new way of making medical adhesives that could replace traditional sutures and result in less scarring, faster recovery times and [...]

New results from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a major advance in explaining how a special class of black holes may shut off the high-speed jets they produce. These results suggest that these black holes have a mechanism for regulating the rate at which they grow.

 
The Only Department where us Geeks Get Recognition!!!
A collaborative study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University has demonstrated a positive link between cognitive ability and cortical thickness in the brains of healthy 6 to 18 year olds.

New Understandings of old ways
For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals — in this case, fish.

Face recognition mechanisms in the brain are specialized to the eyes
Our brain extracts important information for face recognition principally from the eyes, and secondly from the mouth and nose, according to a new study from a researcher at the University of Barcelona. This result, published March 27th in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, was [...]

The car-sized asteroid that exploded above the Nubian Desert last October was small compared to the dinosaur-killing, civilization-ending objects that still orbit the sun. But that didn’t stop it from having a huge impact among scientists. This was the first instance of an asteroid spotted in space before falling to Earth.

James Bond in Thunderball
Four decades after James Bond escaped his Thunderball foes in a jetpack, a British airline pilot is planning a similar escapade with his own rocketbelt.

Miracle fruit
Have you tripped-out on a miracle fruit pill? A”trip” is when you allow a miracle fruit pill to dissolve on your tongue and then sit around and eat sour pickles, limes, or Hot Tamales candy. (Don’t try it… you’ll end up getting acid reflux anyway!)

When it comes to our tax systems, we are living in caveman times

In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, survivors stranded in a library are easily persuaded to burn the multi-volume IRS Tax Code to stay warm. In this fictional scenario, the question one might ask before securing a match: Why did we wait until [...]