>Technology Puts Images from Your Brain onto a Computer
>This is so amazing! Japanese scientists have unveiled a device that can pluck images out of your brain and recreate them on a computer screen. read more | digg story
Heidi Reyes
Anthropologist — Photo Essayist, Digital artist focusing on art videos & prints — Multiple disabilities
>Chemical Used on Crops could Make You Fat
>(NaturalNews) Many people who eat organic food and use natural products are trying to avoid pesticides that are linked to cancer and other diseases. Now Japanese researchers say there is another advantage to “going green” and avoiding toxins and chemical…
>Space Based Solar Power – Alternative Energy Solution
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>SiD Nepal–Society for Indigenous Development Nepal
>Since I have returned from Nepal, I have been looking at ways to help promote Dhaka weaving. I will be giving a talk on Dhaka weaving in my hometown sometime in January. I have also gotten a very powerful software…
>A talk about Dhaka weaving from Nepal
>I went to Nepal for the month of September to visit with a group of weavers of the Limbu tribe. I learned about the weaving that they do called Dhaka weaving. This group of weavers has formed a fair trade…
>Energy-Generating Spinning Wheel
>A charkha [spinning wheel] that transforms the simple machine into a potentially significant source of energy for millions of struggling families in India. Designed by RS Hiremath, the e-charkha “not only produces yarn but also generates electricity using a maintenance…
>Stellar seismology
>Scientists have recorded the sound of three stars similar to our Sun using France’s Corot space telescope. A team writing in Science journal says the sounds have enabled them to get information about processes deep within stars for the first…
>The Dhaka samples are ready.
>The Dhaka samples woven by the Limbu are finished. I’m very glad and I think they turned out well. There are three designs: one is a small purse, the other a change purse and the third a set of coasters.…
>Went to Lumbini!
>I went to Lumbini last Friday and Saturday! It was great to be able to see the birthplace of the Buddha! The first day I went around by rickshaw and my guide explained the significance of the area. The second…