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Parents, Babies and Children
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Poisonous Plants
- Symptoms to recognise and First Aid ...
Classes of toxicity, with pictures of the plants:
- Danger, don't plant - Asthma or stick weed, Rhus, Yellow oleander ...
- Avoid these plants if you have children - Cactus and many succulents (all species with spines),
Chillies (especially hot varieties), Dumb cane, Mushrooms and toadstools
- Poisonous, treat with caution - Angels trumpet, Cycads, Grevilleas, Oleander, Poinsettia,
the leaves of Rhubarb (the stem is edible), White cedar, Yesterday today tomorrow
- Poisonous, but not usually a concern - Agapanthus, Amaryllis, Arum lily, Azaleas and rhododendrons,
Daffodils and other narcissus, Foxgloves (Digitalis), Lily-of-the-valley
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Asthma and Allergies ...
- Food / Weight Control / Obesity / Overweight / Underweight / Eating Disorders / Bulimia / Anorexia ...
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Center for Weight and Health
- The female fat trap -
"While overall in Australia there are more men carrying excess weight than women ...
women are gaining weight more rapidly than men. ...
The fact that females are now starting to fill out much earlier in life than in the past is a worry on its own. But it's particularly
troubling for those women who become mothers, as this is a life event recognised as a 'danger time' for long-term weight gain."
- Building a Healthy, Active Australia -
addressing the growing problem of declining physical activity and poor eating habits
- The Go for 2&5 website
(2 types of fruit and 5 types of vegetables per day) - provides families with reliable, practical and consumer
friendly information on the importance of healthy eating and physical activity to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
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Dietriffic - a blog that helps you achieve a healthier lifestyle!
- The Butterfly Foundation (Australia) -
"dedicated to changing the culture, policy and practice in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders"
- Eating Disorders
Foundation Inc. (EDF Inc - NSW, Australia)
- Eating Disorders
Foundation of Victoria (EDFV - Australia)
- Australian
National Centre of Excellence in Functional Foods (NCEFF) -
undertakes the scientific substantiation of benefits from "functional foods" --
those that that support human health and wellbeing, providing health benefits beyond basic nutrition
- JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
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Study -
Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity (Katherine Flegal
et al.) -
CONCLUSION: "Underweight and obesity, particularly higher levels of obesity, were associated with increased mortality
relative to the normal weight category. The impact of obesity on mortality may have decreased
over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care."
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New Study Crushes CDC's Obesity-Death Statistic
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Studies Show Being Fat is Not So Bad -
Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the
nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC
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Dangers of being overweight overstated
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CDC links extra pounds, lower death risk
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Fewer than expected dying from obesity
- CDC overstated risks of being overweight
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Coffee
may spell heart trouble for some -
Research on more than 4,000 people in Costa Rica found that among "slow caffeine metabolizers", those who drank two or more
cups of coffee daily were at least 36% more likely to have a non-fatal heart attack than those who drank little or no coffee.
- Academy of Health Education of Victoria (AHEV)
>> Drink Driving program: .05.com.au (and other programs) -
"A Drug Called Alcohol" - What is a "standard" drink? - Myths about sobering up -
Effects of alcohol in society - Interaction of alcohol and drugs -
Procedures to follow when re-applying for your driver licence, etc
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"Today Tonight" TV program story on The Effects of Alcohol
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Food Intolerance Network - "Fed Up with Food Additives
- Information about the effects of food on behaviour, health and learning ability in both children and adults.
- Support for families using the low chemical elimination diet recommended by the Australian Royal Prince Alfred Hospital -
Free of Additives, Low in Salicylates, Amines and Flavour Enhancers ("FAILSAFE").
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Fish could fight diabetes
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High carbs and low Glycemic Index (GI) are tops
- Study concludes: Eat fast! Eat until full! Get fatter!
- The Fitness Jumpsite
>> 10 Tips To Healthy Eating
- The Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity
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- Computer-related & Technology-related Health Issues ...
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Folding@Home - a distributed computing project which studies
protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and
related diseases.
You can help by
downloading and running their client software.
For every computer that joins the project, they get a commensurate increase in simulation speed.
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Heavy computer use linked to glaucoma
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Laptops can be risk to fertility -
Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert says.
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Helpless as a ... (about tracking and monitoring technology, reliance on technology,
loss of identity) - Surveillance and monitoring of one kind or another is here to stay. ...
"by embracing identity technology we lose our identity." ...
Many technologies offer instant solutions. Our reliance on these is changing the way we deal with frustration.
"We have come to expect that when we need a piece of information we can get it instantly."
Over time, frustration with technology can erode self-confidence.
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases -
the first open-access journal devoted to the world's most
neglected tropical diseases.
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Ability Technology (abilitytech) -
WHAT DO THEY DO? ...
"Working with you to choose best way for you to use a computer. We look at ways in which you can
CREATE TEXT. We explore comfortable options for you to undertake MOUSE FUNCTIONS.
We identify options that will maximise your independence." -
HOW? ... "Our expert staff will assist you to use a computer productively and comfortably.
We draw from Australia's widest range of keyboards, trackballs, joysticks, special software and other Sales." -
WHO FOR? ... "Spinal injury, cerebral palsy, MS, brain injury, stroke, RSI -
whatever your disability, we have the solution. All age groups are catered for.
We also prepare expert reports for rehabilitation, insurance or medico-legal situations."
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Internet fuels the risk of
suicide pacts
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Tech rage an office problem (survey)
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SOHO:
Are you working comfortably? - People don't usually think of computers as being dangerous,
but they can have a nasty bite resulting in carpal tunnel syndrome or repetitive strain injury (RSI).
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Ewww! Don't touch that mouse! -
Computer mouses (sic) found in cyber cafes have been ranked as the second most bacteria-infested items in a list of commonly touched objects.
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The Geek Syndrome - Autism, and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome, is surging among the ildren of Silicon Valley.
Are math-and-tech genes to blame?
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Ten signs you're tech obsessed
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Center for
Internet Addiction
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Internet Addiction Gaining Credibility
- 'Info-mania' dents IQ more than marijuana -
The relentless influx of emails, cellphone calls and instant messages received by modern workers can reduce their IQ
by more than smoking marijuana, suggests UK research. Far from boosting productivity, the constant flow of messages
and information can seriously reduce a person's ability to focus on tasks, the study of office workers found.
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Are You Addicted to Email? -
results of AOL's third annual Email Addiction Survey (2007)
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- Deafness & Blindness /
Hearing / Eyesight ...
- Blind Citizens Australia
>> Assistive Equipment & Software Suppliers
- The Doctors' Reference Site - "Helping doctors help patients"
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eMedical - Australian Doctors & Pharmacy Online
- Med411.com - medical portal and search engine
- e*pub
>> Intermedic : A Journal on Internet and Medicine -
Journal of Medical Informatics -
The Online Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine -
The Online Life & Health
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The Challenge of Translating Chinese Medicine
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Java Breakthrough:
Code That Helps Blind People To Read Maps -
"Take Java computer code that can translate images into sound, via a rudimentary software program
capable of converting pixels of various colors into piano notes of various tones, and
what you have is a technology that enables blind people to read maps."
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39dollarglasses.com - an interesting way to order inexpensive eyeglasses and sunglasses
- Ear3 - "a miniature, personal hearing threat detector
that can immediately signal the user when a sound source exceeds safe listening levels. Ear3 can be used with iPods,
MP3 players, boom boxes, stereo systems, automobile audio systems, rock concerts, discos, orchestras and other sound sources.
When used properly, Ear3 can dramatically reduce opportunities for sound induced hearing trauma."
- Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia ...
Ageing / Aging / Ageism / Senior Citizenship ...
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UN Programme on Ageing
>> UN Principles for older persons
- COTA - Council on the Ageing (Australia)
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Sociology of Aging - Age Inequality, Ageism, Gerontology
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seniors.gov.au - Information for Senior Citizens in Australia
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Office of Senior Victorians
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Useful links to other resources for seniors
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About Seniors -
"Seniors, this is your site!" (Concession cards, computing, lifestyle, travel, finance, government, and lots more)
- Retirement and Aged Care in Australia
- a not-for-profit
organisation dedicated to addressing the needs and interests of Australians aged
55 and older. (Through information and education, advocacy and service, seeking
to enhance the quality of life for all by promoting independence, dignity and
purpose.)
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The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Seniors
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The Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association
(ASCCA) - a site for for Seniors, particularly those who are interested in using a computer.
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Thriving Wisdom - "Live long, live well"
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Assuage
age
- Fight memory loss: Be healthy, wealthy, and wise
and
Trends in the prevalence and mortality of
cognitive impairment in the United States: Is there evidence of a compression of cognitive morbidity?
and
New study links falling dementia rates, education
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Department of Health and Ageing
(Australia)
- Tufts University
>> Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) -
Aiming to determine the nutrient requirements that are necessary to promote health and well-being for older adults
and to examine the degenerative conditions associated with aging
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Nutrition links -
Aging resources
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- Stuttering ...
- Dyslexia ...
- Coping with Cancer ...
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Steve Dunn's
Cancer Guide
- The Seasons of Survival
- "dedicated to helping people who have been diagnosed with cancer
to cope ... also intended to help the patient’s care-givers as well as
providing information and resources to the treating physician and psychotherapist"
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- Cloning ...
- Bioethics ...
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Health, Medicine, Biology, and Longevity Information Hub (health.xq23.com)
- GLADNET - Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training
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Strategian -
"The objective of this Web site is to assist you to define, identify, locate, and critically evaluate the information found
in journal and magazine articles, books, documents, Internet sites, reference publications, etc. that helps you to understand Science
and make it relevant to your life."
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IBM Introduces
World Community Grid -
a global humanitarian effort that applies the unused computing power of individual and business computers to help address the
world's most difficult health and societal problems.
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The Brain
/ Coma / Traumatic Brain Injury / TBI / Trauma / Acquired Brain Injury /
Concussion / ABI links ...
- The Whole Brain Atlas
- Allen Institute for Brain Science -
"a non-profit medical research organization ... committed to understanding how the brain works
and having a positive and long lasting impact upon brain science."
- Allen Brain Atlas -
"a freely available scientific resource developed by the Allen Institute, which provides
maps of the expression of approximately 20,000 genes in the mouse brain."
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Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Resources
>> FAQs
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Guide
- BIAUSA - Brain Injury Association, Inc.
>> The Anatomy of a Brain Injury
>> Links page
- Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS) -
Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
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Brain Functions and Map
- Acquired Brain Injury, Defined -
Acquired Brain Injury & Hidden Visual Problems -
The Protocol Pal - Acquired Brain Injury
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Headway Victoria
>> Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury
>> Useful Links
- Call Your Pediatrician - Head Injury
- The Management of Minor Closed Head Injury in Children (AAFP)
- British Trauma Society
>> Trauma Scores
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The Washington University School of Medicine -
Neuroscience Tutorial
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Brain Research Institute (Australia)
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Medical College of Wisconsin - Coma and Persistent Vegetative State
- InnerSelf Magazine: Coma - A Healing Story
- Comas.net (including Brain Injury and Concussion information)
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NACD (National Academy of Child Development) - Coma
- PBS Nova - Coma
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BioTech Institute -
Head Injury Resource Page
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Jimmy's pages
- The Miracle of Erick's Life
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Betsy's Support Page for Traumatic Brain Injury
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BIndependent - Brain injury - stop thief!
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Head Injury:
A Family Guide
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Head Injury Hotline (Seattle)
- Brain Injury Center, Kentucky
- Brain Injury Society (Brooklyn)
- Brain Trauma Foundation (NY)
- Massachusettseical Service
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Baptist Hospital Northeast on Head Injury
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Dr. Diane Roberts Stoler - Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Back in the Saddle - Community Living for the Head-injured Adult
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Brain Injury Transition Issues - Getting Back to the Real World
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IBIA - The International Brain Injury Association
- MMBIS - Missouri Model Brain Injury System
- National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury (Medical College of Virginia)
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Queen Elizabeth's Foundation Brain Injury Centre
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Services and Supports for Persons with Brain Injury (University of North Carolina)
- The Perspectives Network ("Survive with Pride!")
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Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide (Neuro-Recovery Head Injury Program, Michgan)
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Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems
- TBIRD - Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Directory (Santa Clara Valley)
- Trauma, Emergency, and Intensive Care Neurosurgery Index (Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University)
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Aphasia Hope Foundation
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Brain Injury, Closed Head - Spinal Rehabilitation Group, Hyperbaric Medicine (Melbourne, Australia)
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington
- South West Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (SWBIRS - Albury, NSW, Australia)
- Head Injury Fact Sheet (Family Caregiver Alliance, San Francisco)
- Head Trauma and DNA Repair
- Neurology - Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (OPSMC, Victoria, Australia)
- The NeuroScience Center (Indianapolis)
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Neurolaw - The Neurotrauma Law Nexus
>> Role of the Neurolawyer
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Brain Injury Law Group
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Brain Injury:
Proving a Lifetime Disability
from The Consumer Law Page)
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Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Understanding Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
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Neurosciences on the Internet (neuroguide.com)
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The Neuro-Therapy Clinic
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Merck on Head Injury
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Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
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Minor Head Injury
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BRAIN TRAIN
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Substance Abuse and Brain Injury
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ARBI - Alcohol Related Brain Injury
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Variations in the
cultural understanding of traumatic brain injury
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Planet Mobility
>> Types of brain Injury
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AbilityTech
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A Pilot Evaluation of the Recreational Benefits of Computers for People with Brain Injuries
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The role of the
Speech Pathologist in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation-
Traumatic Brain Injury Books 2000-2002
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Live Science
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Brain & Mind : Electronic Magazine in Neuroscience
... A rich array of fascinating articles, such as ...
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Does the Brain Work Like the Internet? -
Computer scientists studying the stability of Internet connections may someday find their research
used to help patients suffering from schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease or stroke.
- Redwood Neuroscience Institute -
the Redwood Center for Theoretic Neuroscience at the University of California at Berkeley
- Games for the Brain -
Play never-ending quiz & memory games to train your thinking.
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Challenge:
Right Brain v Left Brain -
do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
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Professor Gerald Kerhut's home page (neuroscience, and lots
more) >> Education articles -
Scientific
articles
- HBES - Human Behavior and Evolution Society
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- Tesla Down Under (Dr Peter Terren - West Australia)
- Green Electronics Council - GEC --
Stated mission: Inspire and support the effective design, manufacture, use and recovery of electronic products
to contribute to a healthy, fair and prosperous world.
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Einstein Light - multimedia modules that present the main ideas of relativity,
with background info about mechanics and Galilean relativity; electricity, magnetism and relativity (Maxwell);
the principle of Special Relativity; relativistic mechanics leads to
E = mc2 ;
how relativity implies time dilation, and more.
- The Funneled Web -
"set up to inform those who access it of what's happening in Australia and the rest of the world
that will increasingly affect our standard of living and well being, this year, this decade and beyond."
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Did The Universe Just Happen?
- "Digital physics" ... Ed Fredkin thinks that the universe is a computer. ...
According to his theory of digital physics, information is more fundamental than matter and energy. He believes that atoms,
electrons, and quarks consist ultimately of bits—binary units of information, like those that are the currency of computation in a
personal computer or a pocket calculator. And he believes that the behavior of those bits, and thus of
the entire universe, is governed by a single programming rule. This rule, he says, is something fairly simple, something vastly less arcane than the
mathematical constructs that conventional physicists use to explain the dynamics of physical reality. Yet through ceaseless
repetition—by tirelessly taking information it has just transformed and transforming it further—it has generated pervasive complexity.
He calls this rule, with discernible reverence, "the cause and prime mover of everything. ...
There are three great philosophical questions. What is life? What is consciousness
and thinking and memory and all that?
And how does the universe work?
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The Age of Spiritual Machines - When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
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ASF -
Accelerating Studies Foundation
(previously called ISAC - Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change?)
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Accelerating Change audiocasts
- Henry Adams - Law of Acceleration (1904)
- Worldmapper -
"The world as you have never seen it before" ...
A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the
subject of interest ...
Thumbnail Index -
Map Categories:
Basic -
Movement -
Transport -
Food -
Goods -
Manufacturers -
Services -
Resources -
Fuel -
Production -
Work -
Income -
Wealth -
Poverty -
Housing -
Education -
Health -
Disease -
Disaster -
Death -
Destruction -
Violence -
Pollution -
Depletion -
Communication -
Exploitation -
Action
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The Elegant Universe -
a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter.
Brian Greene's excellent 3-hour visual feast, with
outstanding graphical animations explaining string theory (alias "the theory of everything").
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Watch The Elegant Universe ... Three 60-minute episodes (QuickTime or RealVideo streaming format)
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The Book - "Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy,
The Elegant Universe
makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated viscerally accessible
and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works."
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Superstring Theory (web site)
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Wonderlust -
discusses the fate of flooded man-made and natural wonders of the world (such as Egypt's
temple of Abu Simbel and the Aswan High Dam, plus China's Three Gorges Dam).
Dharma Haven
- The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) -
a community effort to catalog works of fiction [such as "science fiction" -ed.].
It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies,
award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books.
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IBM Research
- IBM Systems Journal
- IBM Think
- Instant JChem -
a desktop application for scientists to manage and work with chemical structures and data on local and remote data tables.
(It is FREE to download and install Instant JChem Personal to your desktop.)
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