Posted on August 28th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
“Colorblind man sees purple for the first time” is a remarkable YouTube video you can find if you search on those words. A friend surprised him with a special pair of sunglasses that correct for colorblindness. He weeps with joy at all the colors he’s seeing for the first time, shouting to a friend, “Your car is pretty.” The sunglasses start at $350 from EnChroma.com.
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Posted on August 28th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
Smithsonianmag.com has an article about a 32-acre test track being used for driverless cars. “MCity” at the University of Michigan has fake obstacles, railroad tracks, shops, gravel roads, paved roads, roundabouts, signals and even a robot pedestrian named Sebastian who never looks both ways. He has yet to be run over.
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Posted on August 28th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
CuriosityStream.com claims to have the world’s best documentaries from the BBC and other channels around the world, plus original programming. The first month is free, then it’s $3 a month if you want to continue. But you have to give them a credit card for the free trial — and we never like that.
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