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Slime molds are designing airplane, subway structures that are alive

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Globules of living slime molds are implemented to redesign Airbus's newest partitions for airplanes with an organic intelligence more efficient than...

Science

Scientists genetically engineer a cell that can shoot frickin’ laser beams

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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US scientists who were just "really curious" have genetically engineered the world’s first organism that can shoot laser beams.

Business

Creative crowdsourcing affiliate programme launched by the blur Group

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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The blur Group, the company whose professional creative crowdsourcing programme has caused a stir in the British and international designer and corporate communities has announced the launch of their affiliate programme.

Business

blur Group, tracking crowdsourced projects in realtime

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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blur group, the world's leading crowdsourcing organisation, has launched the first realtime web-app to track crowdsourced creative projects.

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Learning a new skill can be hard, especially if it is not something we are naturally good at. However, there is research that can help us understand what parts of the brain need to be activated in order to learn, and what we need to do to activate them.

On this podcast, you will learn the difference between soft skills and hard skills, why they are important, and how you can sharpen your skills. Joining us on the show is Todd Maddox, an expert in the area of neuroscience, with more than 200 peer-reviewed research reports, and more than 12,000 citations under his belt. He is also the founder and CEO of Cognitive Design & Statistical Consulting and has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

And for our Neuron to something piece, we have results of a new survey which advocates that the public wouldn’t trust companies to scan social media posts for signs of depression.