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Presentation on Christopher Hitchens

By Christina Arnold, on December 19th, 2011%

It’s with great sadness that I post this now, as Christopher Hitchens just passed away this Thursday! =(

Here is the link for ROY presentation on Hitchens.key.pdf:

ROY presentation . . . → Read More: Presentation on Christopher Hitchens

Research blog – Eye Tracking for Research

By maria, on December 13th, 2011%

What can our eye movements tell us about a person? Can we know what somebody is thinking by analyzing the patterns of what they tend to look at? Or can we deduce something about them?

Eye contact and body language are considered, discussed, and even taught to us. For example, we know that we should look people . . . → Read More: Research blog – Eye Tracking for Research

Research: Machine Therapy

By Anh, on November 26th, 2011%

One of the subjects that have interested me during this course is how machines can assist, supplement and possibly enhance our bodies. Normally when we think of machine therapy, we think about artificial organs such as the hearing aid.

Recently, however, Kelly Dobson has defined the term “machine therapy” as a new practice combining art, design, psychoanalysis, and . . . → Read More: Research: Machine Therapy

Continuous Flash Suppression – Alpha Channeling

By Johnny Lü, on November 22nd, 2011%

Here are the slides for continuous flash suppression

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AYmUXruf59e8ZGQ0OGNrejdfNTAybXF4a2RjOQ

The basic concept is when the left and right eye are given independent feeds, the mind naturally gravitates towards ocular dominance of the eye registering more activity. The evolutionary basis of this is that movement is a way to register changes in the environment and it is essential to . . . → Read More: Continuous Flash Suppression – Alpha Channeling

Fred Sandback

By ac3236, on November 18th, 2011%

Fred sandback
View more presentations from Ara . . . → Read More: Fred Sandback

human enhancement_transhumanistic idea research

By Eunyoung Kang, on November 15th, 2011%

“What does the person *do*?”
When the industrialization began, and as the world entered the post-industrial age, people start to concerned about machine world that machines have replaced human in more than labor in many industries. But machine cannot substitute for a human being as long as . . . → Read More: human enhancement_transhumanistic idea research

Mother Theresa

By Christina Arnold, on November 15th, 2011%

When I came to US I devoured information about Mother Theresa and found a great deal of truth in Christopher Hitchens’ expose’ The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice. His searing critique of her in general – and particularly before the Vatican canonized her, created quite a stir in the late 1990’s. If Mother . . . → Read More: Mother Theresa

Where am I?

By Mi Cha El La, on November 14th, 2011%

For a long time now, I have been wandering between the space of memory and place. Why we remember places, how these places inform how we move through others, and how this might help us build places that make us feel good about ourselves and others… have been thoughts and are still lingering thoughts… If you click on . . . → Read More: Where am I?

[An Anecdotal History of Urban Botany] :: Research for the Rest of You

By ks2407, on November 8th, 2011%

Inducing Out-of-Body Experiences in the Lab

By Jason Stephens, on November 8th, 2011%

The following links to a presentation of the research related to my project, A Malleable Sense . . . → Read More: Inducing Out-of-Body Experiences in the Lab

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