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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Making the lame walk
Via Instapundit: With Spinal Implant, Paralyzed Rats Can Walk Again | MIT Technology Review.Key statement: "...the first closed-loop control system that can really adjust leg movements in real time, despite paralysis."
Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller
Found on Drudge: Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller: Grey matter shrinks if we do too much | Daily Mail Online. On the flip side, this: "training – such as learning to juggle or taxi drivers learning the map of London – can increase grey-matter...
Burger King Has The Slowest Drive-Thrus – Business Insider
Via Business Insider: Wendy's came in first — by far — at 129.75 seconds. It's the only chain that managed to improve its time from 2011. Here's the breakdown of the six "mainstays" plus one regional chain, Bojangles, from QSR Magazine: 2012 QSR Drive-Thru Study...
Burger King Has The Slowest Drive-Thrus – Business Insider
Via Business Insider: Wendy's came in first — by far — at 129.75 seconds. It's the only chain that managed to improve its time from 2011. Here's the breakdown of the six "mainstays" plus one regional chain, Bojangles, from QSR Magazine: 2012 QSR Drive-Thru Study...
Robots Inspired By Animals
Via Business Insider, researchers model some robots after animals to function in specific environments and situations (lots of interesting photos in the linked article). Robots Inspired By Animals - Business Insider
Robots Inspired By Animals
Via Business Insider, researchers model some robots after animals to function in specific environments and situations (lots of interesting photos in the linked article). Robots Inspired By Animals - Business Insider
Quality Of Jobs Being Created
Via Instapundit: It was also suggested that there was an ongoing process of polarization in the labor market, with the share of job opportunities in middle-skill occupations continuing to decline while the shares of low and high skill occupations increased....
Quality Of Jobs Being Created
Via Instapundit: It was also suggested that there was an ongoing process of polarization in the labor market, with the share of job opportunities in middle-skill occupations continuing to decline while the shares of low and high skill occupations increased....