How is your sense of balance?
Have you heard of the “flamingo balance test?” The test was used in scientific research designed to determine the connection between balance and health. Doctors think..
Dyslexia has its advantages
Some famous names such as Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs and Sir Richard Branson have something in common. Are you surprised to hear that it’s dyslexia?
Thought to be a learning disability that affects one in five people, a recent study proves otherwise. Scientists claim….
The database debate
Oracle’s bold vision to build a national medical records database has put this challenging issue back in the conversation with its recent acquisition of Cerner. We think it’s worth a snapshot look at the selected opinions of various experts.
What about Superman?
Phone booths may seem like a 20th century invention. However, Paris introduced them in 1884 and a year later, New York City had installed 10,000 of them.
In May, NYC removed its last phone booth….
Now hear this…
Lately, our ears have perked up plenty hearing about promising new solutions for deafness. We just had to share what we think are three of the most exciting advancements.
This is for the birds!
There is more to bird chirping than you may realize. Officially called birdsong, these natural sounds are used in business and educational settings, and researchers rely on their clarity and consistency to study environmental disturbances.
Is that music to your ears?
Book Review: Humor, Seriously
Laughter is big business. In their book, Humor, Seriously, authors Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas have vividly written about “why humor is a secret weapon in business and in life.”
Something for your sweet tooth
Doughnuts anyone? And while you’re dunkin’ one in your morning coffee, you can contemplate how the hole came to be in the middle…because it wasn’t always that way.
The story of what might seem to be about a contemporary confection actually had ancient beginnings, but we’re just going to cut to the chase
Do you smell a good idea here?
Can you imagine a smell library that stores data collected with biochemical sensors, optics and machine learning? Can you envision an AI-powered digital nose that uses similar receptors to those in your nose to smell whatever you can smell?
Sounding a bit too futuristic?