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Sizing Up The Universe

June 26, 2012 // 0 Comments

Last August we wrote a piece called “Two Hundred Light Years.” In it we discussed just how enormous is the known Universe using the “200-light year” [...]

Brain Hack #28: Onar

April 19, 2012 // 0 Comments

Many people have the impression that being creative is a talent: some people have it, some people don’t. However, neurobiologists have a greater understanding of how [...]

The Hunger Games Trilogy: Audiobook Series

March 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

We  are huge fans of audio books. Listening to audio books lets us still work, drive, or do other things. Some audio books will even teach us a thing or two (Genius In All [...]

Rocky Nook : Mastering the Fuji X100

March 14, 2012 // 0 Comments

Digital cameras have improved quite a bit over the years. Their sensors have increased in resolution, shutter lag has all been but eliminated, and low-light sensitivity has [...]

Quadrivium

March 13, 2012 // 0 Comments

Quadrivium is a word derived from the Latin roots quad and via, which translates roughly as “a crossing of four roads.” The idea of quadrivium can be traced [...]

iOS Programming Books

February 17, 2012 // 0 Comments

Keeping current with Apple’s iOS updates is a never ending task. Just when we started to get a hang of the changes brought on by iOS4, Apple released iOS5. Of course, [...]

The Talent Code

February 15, 2012 // 0 Comments

We  were in New York City this past weekend and one could not turn a page without reading something about the new Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. Until last week, Lin was a [...]

The Genius in All of Us

February 3, 2012 // 0 Comments

This weekend’s NFL Super Bowl is one of the biggest sports event of the year. The hype surrounding the game is inescapable and sometime descends into the absurd. Even [...]

iBooks Author

January 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

Each generation is entrusted with the responsibility of educating the next. This task is uniquely different for humans in that we have the ability to record our knowledge. [...]

L3: The Book Of Secrets

January 6, 2012 // 0 Comments

Our review of books on da Vinci brought forth a welcomed slew of suggestions regarding technological achievements from times past. All of them were fascinating and worthy [...]
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