Thursday, January 06, 2005

Learning Sciences and Brain Research. The site is still pretty new (I could not resist joining the 'Brain Club' despite the details not yet being available) and the forum only has thirty or so message in it, but this initiative, sponsored by the OECD, looks like it has potential. Or it might be one of those community sites that forever remains a hollow shell. No RSS; tsk. Via European Schoolnet. By Various Authors, January 6, 2005 4:48 p.m. [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 5:43:28 PM      Google It!.

Dog Epilepsy Gene Discovery Could Aid People-Study. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene that causes a rare but severe form of epilepsy in people is also found in highly bred dogs, which could lead to new ways to treat the condition, an international team of researchers said on Thursday. [Reuters: Science] 5:40:33 PM      Google It!.

With Cameras on the Corner, Your Ticket Is in the Mail. Sensors and cameras are used in many cities to catch drivers who run red lights. But several studies show the presence of cameras may cause more accidents, not fewer. By By JONATHAN MILLER. [NYT > Technology] 9:49:26 AM      Google It!.

Tags on Speed: 43 Things. Thanks to a tip from Alex I tuned into the now released version of 43 Things, which is addictive, intensive connected, and tagged inside out. I had peeked at the beta a few weeks back, but the released version is wild, social, and amazing. It is tags, tags, and tags on speed. The premise is that you build goals for yourself, 43 Things to do in your life, and it connects you to people who have the same goal, or who have accomplished it (these are things done, that the accomplished can rate as well as write a blog like entry to describe). You can add them as free form entry, by browsing other people's goals by category and saying, "this is my goal too", and by keyword searching. You can invite people to do the goal with you. Okay, mine are not earth shattering and was more or less just playing and I may be the only one for a while with this goal. They have certainly done their homework, taking cues from flickr and del.icio.us, and doing things like building in a function to publish to carious blog tools via their APIs, and providing RSS feeds. So yes, it might be a personal development tools, it might be a unique way to study social behavior, it might be a place to create a persona, well, time will tell what it will be. And wow, I have 32 more things to drum up..... [cogdogblog] 9:44:36 AM      Google It!.