OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
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Enjoy! In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. "I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your loved...
Posted on February 15, 2008 3:26 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
From The Man With Two Brains. "God damn your drunk tests are hard!"...
Posted on February 8, 2008 2:06 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Here's a wonderful spoof of .. well... I'm not really sure what. Perhaps an old Documentary focusing on the diseases of the mind? In any case it's terribly entertaining....
Posted on February 1, 2008 8:13 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm sure it's a rough life being a clown, you know... driving a clown car with 18 other passengers in the driver seat alone, walking and tripping around with those really big shoes, and hours of makeup application. But their job is about to get a lot harder, a new...
Posted on January 19, 2008 2:01 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"A thrilling documentary covering the origins and troubles surrounding the severe disease, Brain Freeze [a.k.a. Iceberger's Syndrome]." Link....
Posted on January 4, 2008 8:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Brain Candy, a film by Toronto's sketch comedy troupe Kids in the Hall, is a satirical take on drug development. A scientist creates an antidepressant (Gleemonex) that evokes the happiest memory of the consumer, recreating that joy in the present. Gleemonex becomes a big success, until it all goes horribly...
Posted on December 28, 2007 8:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The answer is a resounding sorta. Scientists at Harvard have done that calculations and found that "the aerodynamics of a flexible, rippling sheet moving through a fluid" ... should make it "possible to make one that will stay aloft in air." However, No such carpet is going to ferry people...
Posted on December 23, 2007 8:09 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Onion shares news of a drug designed to alleviate distrust of drug manufacturers. "Out of a test group of 180, 172 study participants reported a dramatic rise in their passion for pharmaceutical companies," said Pfizer director of clinical research Suzanne Frost. "And 167 asked their doctors about a...
Posted on December 18, 2007 9:18 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In a parody of Make Magazine projects, Austrian group Monochrom demonstrate how to create a brain computer interface, a.k.a. braicin, using household materials like duct tape, old ice skates, a vintage calculator, and onions in alcohol ("preferably Romanian"). Via Boing Boing TV. Link to extended director's uncut version (shown here)....
Posted on December 14, 2007 8:00 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Here are some comics and images I've been saving up for so long that I mostly forget where I found them. Click the fold below to view. Enjoy!...
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Posted on December 6, 2007 10:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Steve Higgins is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, Steve is a real graduate student at a real school.
