Monday, September 19, 2005

Visually provoked seizures a national health problem. The Epilepsy Foundation today issued new recommendations for families on how to limit the risk of seizures triggered by flashing images and certain patterns on television, videogames, computers and other video screens. The recommendations are based upon guidelines in the UK and Japan and are the first published in the US to be based on an expert review of research on photosensitivity. The consensus recommendations, which are published in full on the Epilepsy Foundation website, cover factors such as light intensity, flicker, contrast, duration and pattern, and the technical parameters within these factors that are most likely to provoke seizures in susceptible individuals. [Science Blog -] 9:31:58 PM      Google It!.

FilmLoop is "free software that gives you the power to create new loops or join existing ones. Loops are strings of images that move across your desktop." [Scripting News] similar to a new aggrigator except for images and as such it could be helpful for reviewing instructional materials -- BL 8:25:07 AM      Google It!.

Camera Phone As High-precision Scanner. [Slashdot] could be a big step for accessibility to have a cellphone that "sees" text documents 8:18:09 AM      Google It!.

'Better' DNA out of fossil bones. New technologies for extracting DNA from fossils may help us find out more about our ancient ancestors. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 8:05:23 AM      Google It!.