Links for 28-07-2007
CSS specificity and Star Wars (no, really), formation of memory observed, thirsty crops ask for water via RFID, LiveInk as prose-to-poetry converter, the history of the prefrontal lobotomy …
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1 – CSS Specificity: Things You Should Know
“CSS Specificity isn’t simple. However, there are methods to explain it in a simple and intuitive way.” This method involves Star Wars. SRSLY.
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“Working without a boss, freelance workers need to find ways to motivate themselves, keep themselves organized and productive, and actually get things done on their own.” Yup.
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3 – Scientists see new memory forming in the brain
“High-resolution images captured by the team show how connections between neighbouring brain cells changed when a memory was laid down.” Whoa – one step nearer the Singularity.
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4 – Invention May Allow Thirsty Crops To Signal Farmers
“The technology includes a tiny sensor that can be clipped to plant leaves charting their moisture content, a key measure of water deficiency and accompanying stress …”
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5 – Sister, I’m a Poet: LiveInk turns prose into a “series of cascading phrases”
“Of course, since LiveInk is in essence distilling a writer’s words into a new form, erasing in the process the original construction, this will probably rub many authors and critics the wrong way.” Very interesting.
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6 – Neurophilosophy : The rise & fall of the prefrontal lobotomy
A fascinating history of an appalling procedure. Go read.
