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  • Twitter, twitter, twitter

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    Do you still not Twitter? OK, so much of what I tweet is random crap, but I’m sure that was the original, microblogging intention. And I’d love to know about your day to day random crap. It feels as thought Twitter is everywhere these days, and I think that’s a good thing. Can it keep…

  • St George’s Day

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    It’s St George’s Day today, patron saint of England and many other countries. Who?

  • BMW’s Smart Car Doors Stay Shut When Danger Is Around

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    Gizmodo have noted the development of car doors that won’t open when danger is approaching; for example a cyclist passing a parked car. Great idea! I’ve been caught by a couple of car doors and each time it has been disastrous and expensive. “BMW has teamed up with Technical University of Munich in creating these…

  • Video games good for your eyes

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    Isn’t that the opposite of what your mother always said? A study published in Nature Neuroscience found that playing action video games improved contrast sensitivity. Players were able to better discern very small changes in shades of grey as a result of playing games “where they had to be constantly ready to react to unpredictable…

  • Spiderman to the rescue

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    BBC News report that a fireman dressed up as Spiderman to coax an eight-year-old boy from a third-floor window ledge. Not only is that in itself awesome, but the fireman keeps the costume in his locker. Read the article – bbc.co.uk.

  • ‘iTunes university’ better than the real thing

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    Jess Griffiths, our Learning Technologist pointed out an interesting publication suggesting that students do better using podcasts than learning from lectures. It’s an unexpected result from my position as both a lecturer and a podcaster and very interesting. The researchers set a lecture for a group of students purely for testing this, with half of…

  • Post workout recovery latte

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    My caffe latte I, er, occasionally grab after a tough run or a strength workout at the gym may actually be a better recovery drink than I joked about in a previous post. In a full milk latte you’re looking at around 10g protein, 225 calories and 5g of fat. Fat’s a good thing for…

  • LG GD910 Watch Phone on Orange?

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    Gizmodo report on rumours that Orange will be selling the LG watch phone for £1,000. My contract is due for renewal next month too. Gizmodo link.

  • Teaching & Research

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    Teaching and research in universities. We do both, but which is most respected? Which is most important? Are the answers to these questions different for someone who teaches medicine? The Science of the Invisible blog notes the results of the latest Higher Education Academy reward and recognition survey, and includes some depressing comments and observations…

  • Wired: These Toes Were Made for Running

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    Short toes are much better for running. I’m not talking about people with particularly short toes, but it may explain more about the evolution of our feet and why our toes are so much shorter than chimps’. A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology studies the importance of this and Wired spoke…