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|  | September 21st, 2012 | | | | Posted 1 day ago by  Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! |  9 | | If you like your books with plenty of guts and gore then look no further than this horrifying bookmark by Kyouei Design. The Liquid Bookmark also comes in black and white if your real aim is to terrify someone into thinking their precious first edition is now worthless, but that isn’t a very nice thing to do now, is it? Full story at Design Boom. Dripping with design. | | | Posted 1 day ago by  Futurity to Holy Kaw! | | 9 | | Overusing pain medicines to treat headaches sometimes can have the opposite effect—causing even more headaches. While common over-the-counter treatments are effective for easing the pain of occasional headaches, it has been estimated that approximately 1 in 50 people experience headaches caused by medication overuse and that women are five times more likely to get them than men. “Explaining to patients that they should abruptly stop their medication, knowing that their headache will get much worse for several weeks before it will improve, is not an easy consultation," says University of Warwick Professor Martin Underwood. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia | | | | | Posted 1 day ago by  The Week to Holy Kaw! | | 9 | | NASA requires its astronauts to exercise on space flights to fight off the debilitating effects of zero-gravity on the body's bone and muscle. But Sunita Williams, U.S. commander of the Expedition 33 crew at the International Space Station, took things to another level when she completed the first ever triathlon in space — running, biking, and even swimming to compete with Earth-based athletes 240 miles below in Southern California. Take a look at Williams' stunning achievement below. View video at The Week. All the top stories from The Week. | | | Posted 1 day ago by  Andris Rubins to Rubins' posterous | | Ņemot vērā mūsu valstiņas izmērus un iedzīvotāju skaitu, ir tikai loģiski, ka vairums uzņēmumu skatās pāri robežām un meklē laimi dažādos eksporta tirgos. Lai atrastu laimi un iegūtu mīlestību, ir labi jāpazīst attiecīgā kultūra, tradīcijas, ieradumi, humors, simboli un spēles noteikumi. Taču nereti esmu saskāries ar to, ka nemaz nerunājot par tālākiem reģioniem, visai maz zinām arī par mūsu tuvākajiem kaimiņiem – Igauniju un Lietuvu. Pareizāk sakot – mums liekas, ka zinām ļoti daudz, jo barojamies no dažādiem stereotipiem, mītiem un vecām anekdotēm. Attiecīgi domājam, ka igauņi mīl dabu, dzīvo lēnāk un mīl tehnoloģijas, kamēr lietuvieši mīl ballītes, tic dievam un pērk tikai lietotas automašīnas. Bet latvietis ir kaut kur tajā visā pa vidu.  | Pateicoties svaigi veiktajam DDB Brand Capital Baltijas pētījumam, esam gatavi virkni stereotipu apgāzt. Izrādās, ka “lēnie” igauņi ir karstākie un emocionālākie Baltijas iedzīvotāji. Tieši igauņus visvairāk aizrauj izjūtas, ko sniedz ātrums. Viņi alkst pēc mīlestības, tiem svarīgi būt romantiskās attiecībās, kā arī igauņi ir krietni tolerantāki pret homoseksuāliem pāriem. Bet latvieši ir zaļākā nācija, jo visbiežāk izvēlas ekoloģisku pārtiku un meklē dabīgas, vietējas izcelsmes izejvielas. Latvieši vismazāk seko modei, lai arī visaktīvāk vēlas atšķirties no visiem pārējiem. Bet aktīvākie interneta portālu un sociālo mediju lietotāji ir nevis Skype radītāju valsts Igaunija, bet gan Lietuva. Tā, lūk. | | | Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! | | 7 | | Astronomers have spotted what could be the most distant galaxy ever seen. Light from the young galaxy—captured by NASA’s orbiting Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes—started its sojourn toward Earth when the now-13.7-billion-year-old universe was just 500 million years old. “This galaxy is the most distant object we have ever observed with high confidence,” says Wei Zheng, a principal research scientist in physics and astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/JHU | | | Posted about 22 hours ago by  Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous | |  | There are a lot of dating sites out there and the world doesn’t really need another one. That’s why the young, New York-based startup, Grouper, calls itself an “online social club” even though its members go on “Groupers” (i.e. dates) and sometimes even end up in relationships. In fact, founder and CEO Michael Waxman met his current girlfriend on a Grouper. Instead, the site doesn’t promise to introduce you to the love of your life, a la eHarmony, just to give you a more fun, casual way to meet new people, especially when compared to the creepy, mechanical browse-and-message approach that prevails in online dating today. ... Initially launched in New York and San Francisco, the online social club has found more traction in the last year, enough so that the co-founders felt that the time was right to expand into more big, metro areas. Today, Groupers are taking place in SF, NYC, Chicago, Boston, LA, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, and Washington D.C. More than 10 additional cities (with some in Canada) are on the docket for later this year, too. So chances are Grouper will be in your hood soon if it’s not already. Read the full article on Techcrunch | | | Posted about 22 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous | | E-sports are becoming big business. How big? Big enough that San Francisco-based live streaming startup Twitch (formerly TwitchTV) has about 20 million gamers watching e-sports on its platform. And so big that Twitch is raising another $15 million to capture this large — and growing — opportunity. Read the full article on Techcrunch | | | Posted about 22 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous | | 2 | | When a mobile game pivots: Y Combinator-backed MinoMonsters, a Pokémon-inspired game from two of the incubator’s youngest founders made a bold move earlier this summer when they released version 2.0 of the iOS game. This wasn’t a minor feature release – they significantly changed the gameplay. Instead of exploring worlds and performing quests with battles in between, the game’s focus shifted to become entirely about the battles. That strategy, it seems, is working. MinoMonsters has now passed 1.5 million players, and nearly every other metric has improved as well. The team has even taken in an extra bit of funding. Read the full article on Techcrunch | | | Posted about 20 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! | | 8 | | Would you be more apt to ask for a huge scoop of veggies if they were labeled “X-Ray Vision Carrots” or “Food of the Day”? It might seem like a silly question (because, of course, the answer is “YES!”), but coming from someone who has seen two kids scarf down broccoli like candy because they were called “Happy Little Trees” (thanks Bob Ross!), the results of a recent series of studies from Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab aren’t that surprising. ...[The]...researchers explored the effects of re-naming carrots, broccoli, and string beans in two New York City schools. For two months the number of students choosing each vegetable was tracked. In one school, however, the veggies were labeled 'X-ray vision carrots,' 'Power Punch Broccoli,' and 'Silly Dilly Green Beans." … In this study, the experimental school students made 99 percent more vegetable purchases than they did the prior month! In the control school, where no branding changes were made during the second month, vegetable purchases went down by 16 percent. All we can say is that it’s about time the lunch ladies got the opportunity to have a little fun behind the sneeze guard. Full story at Cornell University Food and Brand Lab via InventorSpot. Healthy eating through better branding. Photo credit: Fotolia | | | Posted about 20 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! | | 4 | | Stephen Wildish has conquered another niche with his alphabet series, this time appealing to those who can’t get enough architecture. Can you rise to the challenge? Full story at Stephen Wildish. Elementary architecture. | | | | |
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