Ocular dominance, sometimes called eye dominance, is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other. In normal binocular vision there is an effect of parallax, and therefore the dominant eye is the one that is primarily relied on for precise positional information. This may be especially important in sports which require aim, such as archery, darts or shooting sports…
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Everybody wants to take advantage of offers and great deals on airfare. However, sometimes those offers have some unexpected consequences and strings attached as we can see from this video…
Look out people of the Internet, there’s another social network on the horizon! But this new network isn’t designed to compete with Facebook, Twitter or MySpace; instead, it’s intended for the people who build these services.
Fowndr, pronounced founder, is a new private network that hopes to offer creators of technology start-ups a place to discuss new projects and share learning, resources and files with other like-minded technologists.
“It’s basically a safe place for entrepreneurs and founders to share ideas, projects and files,” said Stu Green, founder of Fowndr. “The service is designed for people who have been involved in setting up businesses in the past and love new enterprise.”
Continue reading… “Fowndr Offers Private Social Network for Start-Ups”
At last year’s Google I/O we were tantalizingly teased with the idea of music streaming to our mobile devices. Since then, there have been hints and leaks, but nothing official from Google on when or how this new service would be rolled out. Well, now we can add a big piece to that puzzle with the news that Google has acquired mobile entertainment company PushLife, which has been developing a music app of its own for the Android and BlackBerry platforms…
Continue reading… “Google Snags PushLife (for music on your Android phone?)”
Costumes are so last year. Now the latest way to show that you have a truly geeky head is to have a truly geeky haircut. Some of the haircuts are so cool that you might want to get one for yourself the next day. Some of them are so funny that you can’t help ROLF-ing. But whatever the case is, if you have any of these 17 crazy haircuts, you’ll definitely get people’s attention wherever you go.
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This is astoundingly adorable! The cat and the dolphins seem to genuinely enjoy each others’ company…
The next time you get an Indian talking from a call center on your customer service call, don’t get too upset. Instead, have pity as your counterpart may soon be talking from jail!
For a man serving a life sentence for murder, Pradeep Deburma has a slightly unlikely dream: to work in a call centre like hundreds of thousands of other young ambitious Indians. Even more improbably, he has every chance of realising it while still behind bars…
As trippy as mind-control still seems to us, we’ve already seen it implemented in everything from wheelchairs to pricey gaming (and car driving!) headsets. But the problem is that they measure brain activity outside the skull — you know, the thing we’ve evolved to shield the murky goings-on in our minds from prying EEG sensors.
Now, though, a team of Washington University researchers appears to have happened upon a more effective — albeit, invasive — approach…
Continue reading… “Test Subjects With Electrode Implants Use Mind Control To Move A Cursor”
Meanest major carrier – United Airlines
Last year was a good one for the airline industry, with U.S. airlines churning out the highest profits in more than a decade. With the exception of American Airlines, every major carrier turned in positive profits for the year.
In the 2011 Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report released on April 4, quality is up as well.
Futurist Thomas Frey: It wasn’t what I had planned on a 70 degree day last week when “springtime in the Rockies” was in full bloom. But I was on my way to the hospital, and over the next 24 hours I would learn much about a healthcare industry that is woefully unprepared for the changes that lie ahead.
This flow chart shows the amount of energy (in quads) that is produced by different energy sources and consumed by different sectors.
This flow chart of the estimated US energy use in 2009, assembled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), paints a pretty sobering picture of our energy situation. To begin with, it shows that more than half (58%) of the total energy produced in the US is wasted due to inefficiencies, such as waste heat from power plants, vehicles, and light bulbs. In other words, the US has an energy efficiency of 42%. And, despite the numerous reports of progress in solar, wind, and geothermal energy, those three energy sources combined provide just 1.2% of our total energy production. The vast majority of our energy still comes from petroleum (37%), natural gas (25%), and coal (21%).
Continue reading… “Over Half of Energy in the U.S. is Wasted”
Two thirds of universities will charge the highest possible tuition fee.
The Coalition’s policy on tuition fees risked descending into chaos after it emerged that two thirds of universities would charge the maximum £9,000 a year for degree courses. Ministers were accused of “losing control” of their flagship higher education reforms as growing numbers of vice-chancellors unveiled plans to almost triple fees in 2012.