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	August 15th, 2012 聴こえるのは Posted 1 day ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u 2 蝉の声だけ。 Bring on the rain with Festival Feet Posted 1 day ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! Putting plastic bags on your feet was never so stylish as it is now thanks to the plastic bag Converse known as Festival Feet. Easy to slip into a bag or pocket, ready when nature calls, or even to pack those snacks if you insist on purchases doing double duty. Mom will be so proud, even if your friends mysteriously disappear once you’re through the gates. Full story at UFunk via Bit Rebels. Accessory oddities. How smell returns after a cold Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! When we have a head cold, our brain works overtime to make sure our sense of smell is just as sharp when our stuffed nose clears up. “It also implies that deprivation has a significant impact on the brain, rather than on the nose itself,” says lead author Keng Nei Wu, a graduate student in neuroscience at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “More knowledge about how the system reacts to short-term deprivation may provide new insights into how to deal with this problem in a chronic context.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Cupcakes and the ATM sweet spot Posted 1 day ago by SmartBrief to Holy Kaw! I remember way back when automated teller machines started to become commonplace, beginning a trend that would have us finding fewer and fewer reasons to stand in line at the bank to make deposits and access our cash. My bank has safeguards in place to keep me from overdrawing my account at the ATM, but new tellers dispensing baked goods offer no such protections for either wallet or waistline. Cupcake bakery Sprinkles this year began automating the way customers in some markets buy their wares. The company opened its first Cupcake ATM in March in Beverly Hills and said it would open 10 by summer’s end and continue growing the concept around the country. Full story at SmartBrief Social Media. More SmartBrief stories. Photo credit: Fotolia Science Exchange (YC S11) launches the Reproducibility Initiative to verify scientific research Posted 1 day ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous 1 Many of the world's top media outlets, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, have reported on the issue of reproducibility in scientific research. Currently researchers lack easy avenues to validate and publish reproduced results. ...that's all about to change. Science Exchange, PLOS and figshare, with the support of top academic journals, are launching the Reproducibility Initiative. The Reproducibility Initiative is a new program to help scientists validate studies for publication or commercialization. Simply submit your study, and we’ll match you to one of our 1000+ expert providers for validation. Validations are conducted blind, on a fee-for-service basis. Learn more at the Reproducibility Initiative website The Coco Controller by Milkshake Labs (YC S12) will turn your iPhone and Android phone into a mobile gaming powerhouse Posted about 23 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous Embedded media -- click here to see it. Roll over, Sony, and tell Nintendo the news. The Coco Controller is a Kickstarter project that adds directional controls and game buttons to almost any phone, including the Galaxy SIII, iPhone, and most standard Android handsets. Created by Harvard drop-outs Connor Zwick and Colton Gyulay, the project aims to be a usable, useful addition to the mobile gamer’s arsenal. The guys are YC-backed and they’ve opened a $150,000 convertible note. The Kickstarter project, however, is looking for $175,000 to build and distribute the controllers. They’ve raised $12,000 so far. A black or white Coco will cost $42 while a color Coco will cost $50. From the project page: coco has all of the physical buttons you’re used to, including both an analog stick and a directional pad. By having an analog stick as well as the d-pad, we make sure that you can play any game with the case – not just arcade games. And we’ve put special thought into the analog stick/d-pad combo. The analog stick is low profile, but provides great control and is comfortable to use. The directional pad is capable of 8 directions, but we’ve learned from past commercial controllers and it’s also super responsive when you only need 4. You can play pretty much any game in the app store that requires joysticks with this control scheme. Developers have already enabled multiple games to work with the new system. Read the full article on Techcrunch Contribute to the Coco Controller on Kickstarter When will we forget? [comic] Posted about 20 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! Been feeling old lately? Then you might not want to take a look at this chart of when a majority of the American population won’t have first-hand memory of certain events. We have a hard time believing Hammertime will ever die, though. Embedded media -- click here to see it. By XKCD via GraphJam. We’re history. Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.