How’s this for a mental image ? In an effort to make our synapses sexier to the general public, one enterprising neuroscience aficionado and Ph.D.-to-be cooked up a book of pretty pictures of the human brain as rendered from past to present. Related Entries November 24, 2010 More News, Less Turkey November 17, 2010 Jet Lag Makes You Dumb (If You’re a Hamster)
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Photo: meddygarnet / CC It’s the source of energy that drives virtually all systems on Earth , making life itself possible on what would otherwise be a cold, inhospitable rock in the vastness of space — the Sun. And, after what would appear to be a clerical oversight by the whole of humani… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A 19-year-old Somali-American man has pleaded not guilty to an alleged plot to blow up a car bomb at an Oregon Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland. Mohamed Osman Mohamud entered the plea Monday in federal court in Portland. (Nov. 29)
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Light exercises such as walking and bowling and avoidance of knee-bending activities such as climbing and squatting may protect against osteoarthritis of the knee in at-risk people, researchers report.
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TCU is moving from the Mountain West to the Big East Conference, where the Horned Frogs would be BCS busters no more. TCU’s board of trustees unanimously approved an invitation Monday to join the Big East in football and all other sports. (Nov. 29)
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Kiburi, a 10-day-old cheetah cub, opened his eyes Monday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Animal Care Center. He weighs 1.4 pounds and his name, Kiburi, means proud in Swahili. He sleeps between 20 and 22 hours a day. (Nov. 29)
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Oscar organizers have selected James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host the 2011 Academy Awards. (Nov. 29)
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Former deputy defense minister not surprised by American appreciation for him revealed in secret documents, but concerned over US level of confidentiality
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There’s nothing like a little bounty to light a fire under a group of open source fanatics, is there? We saw this principle applied recently when Adafruit offered up cold, hard cash for an Open Source Kinect driver , and now one enterprising reader over at robotbox.net has gone and hacked the LIDAR unit on a Neato XV-11 robot vacuum — and won $401 for the effort. What’s this mean to you? Well, the gentleman (who goes by the nom de hack Hash79) can now read data sent from the optical ranging hardware on the vacuum to a PC. There has been a pretty enthusiastic group of hackers surrounding the device for a while now and now with a little hard work (and a $399 autonomous robot vacuum) you too can have a 360 degree scanning LIDAR with one degree accuracy and a 10Hz refresh rate. Pretty sweet, right? Video after the break. Continue reading Neato XV-11 robot vacuum gets its very own open source LIDAR hack Neato XV-11 robot vacuum gets its very own open source LIDAR hack originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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