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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Why It's Getting Harder and Harder to Remember Things as You Get Older

The older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering things. We reassure ourselves that our brains' "hard drives" are too full to handle the new information that comes in daily. But a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist suggests that our aging...

Daniel Kish Uses Sound To See

Daniel Kish has been sightless since he was a year old. Yet he can mountain bike. And navigate the wilderness alone. And recognize a building as far away as 1,000 feet. How? The same way bats can see in the dark. The first thing Daniel Kish does, when...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Color Looks To Reinvent Social Interaction With Its Mobile Photo App (And $41 Million In Funding)

$41 million. From Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. Pre-launch. That’s how much a brand new startup called Color has to work with. Your eyebrows should already be raised, and here’s something to keep them fixed there: this is the...

RIP Elizabeth Taylor

Oscar winning actress Elizabeth Taylor died today at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She was 79. "She was surrounded by her children: Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton," Taylor's publicist, Sally Morrison, said...

American Idol 2011: Why Motown?

I have to say I’m more than a little disappointed with the rebirth of themes for the idol contestants for season 10 of American Idol especially after Nigel promised this was NOT going to happen. I mean seriously! Motown? Don’t get me...

Mansion Owners Upset with Megamansion

Bill Christopher of Urban Concepts holds an artist's rendering of the 42,681-square-foot "megamansion" planned for Benedict Canyon. The 5-acre property would also include a "son's villa," guest house, staff quarters, gatehouse and other amenities. (Anne...