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How Digital Tech will Transform Education, Training and Brain Health

If you happen to be in Barcelona, Spain, on September 14th, make sure to attend Alvaro Fernandez talk there titled “ How and Why Digital Technology Will Transform Education, Training and Brain Health”. Date: 14/09/2010 Time: 19:00 Place: ESADEFORUM. Av. Pedralbes 60–62. Description: You have a brain. Make it reflect on this provocative vision of how the convergence of demographic ...

Don’t Follow Your Passion, Do Less to Achieve More and The Magic of the Failed-Simulation Effect

For the few readers who don’t already know, one of my favorite bloggers is Cal Newport. Cal just published a new book which tackles the question of what does it take to be remarkably successful and still have a remarkably enjoyable life. I recently had a spoke with Cal talking about ideas such as: Why following your passions can ...

A Controlled Trial of Herbal Treatment for ADHD

Many parents, health care professionals, and educators agree that there is a pressing need to develop effective treatments for ADHD to complement or substitute for traditional medication and behavior therapy approaches. This is because such treatments do not work for everyone, important difficulties often remain even when these treatments are effective, and evidence for the long-term benefits of these treatments ...

Smartphone Signal, iTunes Mini-Player, and Gaming Mousepads [From The Tips Box]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #fromthetipsbox Readers offer their best tips for phones that keep searching for signal, a new iTunes mini-player, and cheap gaming mousepad solutions. More »

This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #highlights This week we made the most of your external hard drives, cleaned out our laptops before turning them in to IT, put together the ultimate exercise playlist, and more. More »

How Many Vacation Days Do You Get Every Year? [Reader Poll]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #readerpoll Netflix lets its staff take as many vacation days as they want, and they can take them whenever they want, and according to news site The Telegraph, it works. Now we're wondering: How much vacation time do you get every year? More »

JayCut Is a Great Web-Based Video Editor [Video Editing]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #videoediting If you need to edit some video away from your home, free web-based video editor JayCut will likely get your project going, whether you need simple cutting and pasting or text, transitions, and impromptu audio recording. More »

This Altoids Tin BBQ Grill Can Still Cook Dogs and Burgers [DIY]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #diy OK, maybe not "dogs" plural, but the regular size creator of this tiny grill, made from an Altoids Sours tin, says it can cook a small hamburger or a single hot dog, cut down to size, with ease. Awwww. More »

iOS 4.0 versus iOS 4.1 [IPhone]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #iphone iOS 4.0 was so slow on our 3G, we promptly downgraded after updating. Earlier this week, Apple announced, among other things, that iOS 4.1 fixed performance on the iPhone 3G. We put their claim to the test. More »

Taskos Is a Voice-Powered Mobile To-Do List for Android [Downloads]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;"> #downloads Android: If you prefer to use your Android as hands-free as possible, Taskos is a voice-driven to-do list manager that supports contexts, alarms, dialer integration and more. More »