by Leroy Hurt | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via the New York Times: …pain thresholds, [are] an indirect but generally accepted marker of endorphin production. If someone’s pain threshold rises, he or she is presumed to be awash in the natural analgesics. And in Dr. Dunbar’s experiments, pain thresholds did go...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Wired: Product failure is deceptively difficult to understand. It depends not just on how customers use a product but on the intrinsic properties of each part—what it’s made of and how those materials respond to wildly varying conditions. Estimating a product’s...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via MakeUseOf: The Web offers ample opportunity to disperse that knowledge to greater numbers of people, and YouTube has many great science channels. 10 Science YouTube Channels You Can’t Miss
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Mashable: The real news is the social nature of the robot. As these kinds of robots and others develop personalities, sales will increase correspondingly.
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Mashable: It may not seem impressive at first, but think in terms of the robot’s processors and sensors contributing to the many small decisions required to maintain balance. Now imagine that on a larger scale in cars, planes, ships, and other complex systems...
