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Ruth Cuadra

Finally, a Shark With a Laser | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 1 views

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CAMLF technology nature

shared by Ruth Cuadra on 03 May 12 - No Cached
  • Ruth Cuadra on 03 May 12
     
    It may be crazy, but where will such mashups lead?
Megan Conn

Unsettling Infographic Details the Impending Disappearance of World's Natural Resources... - 0 views

www.planetizen.com/57717

CAMLF environment

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  • Megan Conn on 25 Jul 12
     
    The clock is ticking... this infographic shows the year certain ecosystems and minerals will disappear if we continue at the same rates of destruction/consumption.  
David Bloom

Why do we assume the future will be short? - John Schellenberg - Aeon - 0 views

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CAMLF time learning future

shared by David Bloom on 19 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Why has recognising the deep future been so difficult for humanity? Why, after discovering the place of the Earth in the solar system, the place of the solar system in the universe, the age of the Earth, the age of the universe, and evolution by natural selection over aeons of Earth’s history, do we still need to be prodded to perform the simple act of turning around, to position ourselves to see both forward and back in time?
Lisa Eriksen

A Mind-Blowing Dome Made by 6,500 Computer-Guided Silkworms | Wired Design | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...ter-might-be-filled-with-worms

CAMLF 3-D-printing nature engineering science

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  • Lisa Eriksen on 11 Jul 13
     
    Science, engineering, and worms = art.  This is cool.  Watch the video.
Elizabeth Merritt

The race to save the Internet from quantum hackers - 0 views

www.nature.com/...d41586-022-00339-5

quantum computing hacking cybersecurity

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 11 Apr 22 - No Cached
  • Even the most bullish proponents of quantum computing say we’ll have to wait a while until the machines are powerful enough to crack encryption keys, and many doubt it will happen this decade — if at all.
Elizabeth Merritt

Human bones, stolen art: Smithsonian tackles its 'problem' collections - The Washington... - 0 views

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repatriation collections benin collections policy

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 28 Jul 22 - No Cached
  • a new collections policy that requires Smithsonian museums to collaborate with the communities represented by their holdings and to return or share ownership of items that might have been previously stolen or acquired under duress.
  • The policy requires human remains “be treated with dignity and respect, as those once living, and not objectified as a scientific resource.”
  • As Smithsonian officials celebrated the deaccessioning of works held by its African Art museum, they ignored another 21 Benin sculptures in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History
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  • One floor above the African exhibit, which opened in 1999, the bones of Robert Kennicott, the famed Smithsonian explorer who once lived in the Castle, are on view.
Elizabeth Merritt

The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster - 0 views

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NFT

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 02 Feb 22 - No Cached
  • Vignesh Sundaresan, a collector known as “MetaKovan” who purchased the $69 million Beeple NFT that touched off one of the earliest hype cycles around the digital assets. MetaKovan is the financier of Metapurse, a Singapore-based investment firm that earlier this year listed its mission as to "democratize access and ownership to artwork." Metapurse has bought 20 Beeple NFTs, four virtual museums, a soundtrack, and consolidated it all into an "NFT bundle" that offers fractionalized ownership through 10 million B20 tokens. Beeple, as it turns out, happens to be a business partner of MetaKovan and owns 2 percent of all B20 tokens, while MetaKovan owns another 59 percent.
  • a landmark October study published in Nature analyzing 6.1 million trades encompassing 4.7 million NFTs since 2017: the top ten percent of traders account for nearly 90 percent of all transactions, this group trades 97 percent of all NFTs at least once, and the greatest predictor of any NFT’s value isn’t its appearance but its previous price points.
Elizabeth Merritt

People With Dementia Can Work on Farms in Holland - 0 views

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dementia well-being isolation caregiving aging in place

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 21 Mar 22 - No Cached
  • Paula and most of her fellow farm workers have dementia. Boerderij Op Aarde is one of hundreds of Dutch “care farms” operated by people facing an array of illnesses or challenges, either physical or mental. They provide meaningful work in agricultural settings with a simple philosophy: rather than design care around what people are no longer able to do, design it to leverage and emphasize what they can accomplish.
  • For people with dementia, who are often less physically active and more isolated, farm settings promote movement and social interaction. And care farms can have emotional benefits, too, giving participants a sense of purpose and of making a meaningful contribution.
  • The workers get to choose which duties they’ll take on — that’s important, Monteny says, because people with dementia don’t have many opportunities to make decisions in their lives.
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  • Studies in Norway and the Netherlands found that people with dementia at care farms tended to move more and participate in higher-intensity activities than those in traditional care, which can help with mobility in daily life and have a positive impact on cognition. Dementia is often linked to social isolation, and care farms were found to boost social involvement, especially among those who wouldn’t opt for traditional assistance options. Spending time outdoors in nature, often part of a day on a care farm, can also improve well-being among people with dementia. Farms are not only good for individuals. Their families also benefit: studies find caregivers experience less guilt when their loved ones are supported by services they consider to be nurturing and fulfilling.
  • he continues to live independently in her own house, which Oranje believes is possible because her work at the farm keeps her active.
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