Bone LaceStories in progress...books, science fiction, home, developing cultural issues, teaching.(Untitled)- February 9, 2005 I like this lady already... Is Mary Hodder brilliant or what She and her friends go for a hike in the Los Altos Hills while TiVO records the SuperBowl. When they return, skip over the football and watch the commercials. Read that twice. Scripting Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/08.html#a773 (Untitled)- February 9, 2005 Solar Cell Implant May Restore Some Sight for the Blind. Ophthalmologists at Rush University Medical Center implanted Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) microchips in the eyes of five patients to treat vision loss caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The implant is a silicon microchip 2mm in diameter and one-thousandth of an inch thick, less than the thickness of a human hair. Four patients had surgery Tuesday, January 25. The fifth patient is scheduled for a later date.Science Blog - Science...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/08.html#a772 (Untitled)- February 9, 2005 Well put, and high time someone figured this out... Economics of Sharing. Economics of Sharing: "Economists have not always found it easy to explain why self-interested people would freely share scarce, privately owned resources. Their understanding, though, is much clearer than it was 20 or 30 years ago: co-operation, especially when repeated, can breed reciprocity and trust, to the benefit of all. In the context of open source, much has been written about why people would share technical...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/08.html#a771 (Untitled)- February 9, 2005 What Exactly Is Under the Sea. Even with today's advanced mapping technologies, old and sometimes secret data can lead to deadly surprises on the ocean floor. By Rowan Hooper. Wired Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/08.html#a770 (Untitled)- February 2, 2005 Irradiated For Longevity. ScienceDaily reports on experiments suggesting that low levels of radiation exposure increase longevity - in small mammals at least. This isn't of immediate practical value, but it adds to the body of knowledge surrounding hormesis, or the "phenomenon in which low doses of an otherwise harmful agent can result in stimulatory or beneficial effects." This study does suggest an underlying biochemical mechanism: "a moderate increase in glucocorticoid levels, associated...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/01.html#a769 (Untitled)- February 2, 2005 Ooh, toys... New baby at our house is a trebuchet, says crazed marsupial. We're oohing and ahhing over a new arrival these days--a trebuchet built by eccentric genius Kaden. This was a suprise--and rather late--Christmas gift I ordered for Frank, after reading about Kaden's toys in BoingBoing. I loved it that this particular hanging counterweight trebuchet was "based on the familiar Monty-Python "dead-cow-over-the-castle-wall" catapult." Kaden invites special requests--for Frank, of course,..http://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/01.html#a768 (Untitled)- February 2, 2005 Under One Roof, Aging Together Yet Alone. In the past decade, the number of elderly Americans in assisted living has tripled, to nearly one million. By By JANE GROSS. NYT > Healthhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0110175/2005/02/01.html#a767 |