Category: Link

  • Cell Size & Scale

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    Do you struggle with the concept of scale, like I do? How small is a red blood cell compared with a grain of salt? How big is a virus? What does a glucose molecule look like to a cell? Try this: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

  • I love Halloween

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    I’ve always loved Halloween, maybe from an interest in all things ghoulish (and I guess that interest may have lead me to my current job). Go and get your Halloween wallpaper: – Lifehacker: Wallpaper Roundup: All Hallow’s Eve and Spooky Scenes

  • Mobile phones in developing countries

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    Jezebel have an interesting article on the importance of easy communication, in this case via the mobile phone, in developing countries. (I don’t read Jezebel, honest – this was linked to from Gizmodo). There’s an important need to be able to easily contact someone, but also to access information. I’d love to know more about…

  • Tim Don – Advice for beginners

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    There are a bunch of new first years on the course getting into (and a few very much already into) triathlon. If you new guys & girls are looking for advice there’s nowhere better than to start than with words from the Don. Have a look at some of the other Oakley Armchair Sessions on…

  • More Microsoft Courier Info – perfect for students?

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    Take a look at another video of the Microsoft Courier tablet in use. It looks like the perfect tool for students: note taking, organisation, time management, linking, information searching, information storage, and if you can view and annotate Powerpoint files, possibly the perfect lecture companion. The price may crash this idea, of course. Also, does…

  • Real cyclists can’t be put back together

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    Via Gizmodo.

  • A Microsoft tablet? It might not be what you think.

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    Take a look at the Courier, Microsoft’s potential addition to the tablet market. It’s quite different to what you might expect, and looks very, very useful. It almost looks, er, Appley. It’s more of a booklet than a tablet. See the Gizmodo article: Courier: First Details of Microsoft’s Secret Tablet

  • The brain has crumple zones?

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    The brain’s sulci seem to play a role in physical damage limitation. A study modelled the effects of impact on normal brains and gyri and sulci free brains. The smooth brains were more vulnerable. Links: Wired article Ho J, Kleiven S. (2009). Can sulci protect the brain from traumatic injury?, J Biomech. Aug 11, epub…

  • Stress and Illness

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    A common theme on this website (and the reason for the domain name, “dontbeasalmon.net”) is the link between stress and illness. Here’s a brief article on ScienceDaily.com: Starve A Fever, Feed A Cold, Don’t Be Stressed. There are notes about the field of “psychoneuroimmunology” (which is a new one for me) and the study of…

  • Lightlane

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    Finally someone found a use for lasers – showing cars how much space you need to give a cyclist! With a lot of winter mileage due this year I’d definitely buy one of these. Drivers seeing something different would be woken up for a moment, if nothing else. It looks like it gives a clear…