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Unfug It Up: Sarah Jessica Parker
Published February 9, 2010, 11:23 am, Go Fug Yourself
I feel like this could have really cute:But then...that tulle happened. She looks like the secret love child of a prom dress and some discarded widow's weeds from one of those movies TCM airs at like 4am where people say...
Obituary: Albert Crewe
Published February 9, 2010, 9:53 am, Guardian Unlimited
Physicist who took the first pictures of individual atoms Albert Crewe, who has died aged 82, was one of the world's most influential physicists, whose work included the development of a revolutionary electron microscope that could take photographs and later moving footage of individual atoms. This led to significant advances in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries ...
How Subtle Head Motions, Quiet Sounds Are Reported To The Brain
Published February 9, 2010, 9:10 am, redOrbit
The phrase "perk up your ears" made more sense last year after scientists discovered how the quietest sounds are amplified in the cochlea before being transmitted to the brain.When a sound is barely audible, extremely sensitive inner-ear "hair cells"—which are neurons equipped with tiny, sensory hairs on their surface—pump up the sound by their very motion and mechanically amplify it.
Built-in amps: How subtle head motions, quiet sounds are reported to the brain
Published February 9, 2010, 8:12 am, PhysOrg
Subtle head motions are amplified by inner-ear hair cells before the signal is reported to the brain, report Marine Biological Laboratory scientists and colleagues. In both the auditory and the vestibular systems, hair cell response is nonlinear: the lower the strength of the stimulus, the more the hair cell amplifies the signal.
Fusion Splicer features reversible monitor.
Published February 9, 2010, 5:53 am, ThomasNet
Designed for dispersion-shifted fiber, non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber, and erbium-doped fiber, Model 730 offers splicing time of 8 sec and tube heating time of 40 sec. Unit provides auto-check of fiber end-face, auto-calculation of splicing loss, and simultaneous X and Y views. Delivering 256x magnification, Model 730 stores up to 8,000 groups of splice results and features average splice ...
Optelec Spearheads Low Vision Trend towards High Contrast with Low Magnification
Published February 9, 2010, 5:00 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BARENDRECHT, Netherlands----Optelec, world leader in innovative and life-changing assistive technologies for the visually impaired and blind, announces the new 1X magnification functionality in the flagship Optelec ClearView+ High Definition desktop video magnifier.
Twin Falls hike from Hill Cemetery
Published February 9, 2010, 4:20 am, Harrison Daily Times
Hike of the Month maxim: Any place worth hiking to once is worth hiking to twice. The remote Richland Wilderness in Arkansas fits that criteria splendidly.
Canon intros EOS 550D 18-megapixel DSLR camera
Published February 9, 2010, 3:16 am, Macworld UK
Canon has announced a new addition to its expanding, well received EOS range of Digital SLR cameras - the EOS 550D.
Cutting-edge detection
Published February 8, 2010, 10:19 pm, The Lewistown Sentinel
LEWISTOWN - Digital mammography now is offered at Geisinger-Lewistown, which provides a variety of new advantages for both patients and doctors. The new technology takes x-ray images of the breast in digital form rather than film.
Lab tech helping blind students
Published February 8, 2010, 9:21 pm, Sherwood Park News
Visually impaired students at Bev Facey high school are getting a new perspective on their science classes.[...]
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