Moral Minds - Marc Hauser

Harvard neuroscientist Marc Hauser delivers this talk at the New York Acedemy of Sciences on the evolutionary biology of morality. His central idea is that morality is not something learned from society, nor is it a concious process, but rather an inherent biological trait based on evolution. He sees it as the glue that holds society together and he presents some remarkble studies into the cross cultural corealation of what makes something moral or immoral and why the concious mind has no real idea of why it knows the difference. He also talks briefly about a study from Berkely that shows how framing a moral choice inside a positive emotion (i.e by showing clips of SNL before asking the questions) can radically alter the outcome. via the NYAS website and posted on a request from Nick Hernandez from the Mind Head secret vault of awesome podcasts. How's that for service...

Mind Head Facebook Group

Howdy all, just wanted anyone who visits to know this site has a facebook group.

You can click this direct link here or just search for "Mind Head" and click the lil red chicken and meet all the lovely people who post comments on this site.

Hopefully over time, everyone will start linking up to everything and we can start turning our TVs into aquariums because everything that's interesting will already be on the Mind Head facebook group.

Me knoweldge su knowledge.

Jaime.

Aegis Hyposurface - Wow!

I linked to the MIT think lab that designs this stuff a few weeks ago and here is just one of their awesome new media inventions. Hyposurface, a medium that physically moves. The surface behaves like a perfectly controlled liquid. Logos, waves, patters, even text emerge and fade within it's continually changing surface.

Here's a link to the site.

And check out the youtube vid here that shows the first hyposurface billboard in times square. It is nothing short of awesomely awesome.

New trends in global jihadi terrorism - Dr Boaz Gaynor

Dr. Ganor founded the Institute for Counter-Terrorism, an Israel-based think tank that aims to raise awareness of trends in terrorism, advise decision makers and conduct research. The ICT is building the world's only publicly accessible database of terrorist organizations and attacks.Dr Gaynor delivers an excellent talk about the root causes of terrorism, explains what their demands are and offers his strategy for dealing with terrorism. You can download the video or audio here

Megaphone - Phone gaming

MegaPhone is a Real-time Multi-player Collaborative Gaming Platform for big screens in public spaces. Anyone can use any phone from any service provider as a game controller and players join the game by making a regular phone call, and they can see their input (either voice or keypad) immediately. 9.8 on the cool richter scale.

Nano Projector

Explay is a technology company that develops the world's smallest projector. The company's product is a projector engine which is small enough to fit inside a mobile device or housed in a separate pocket size accessory unit that is connected to a mobile device (e.g. cellular phone, digital camera, Personal Media Player, etc.). via adverlab.blogspot.com

Rethinking ad formats

Fun things to do with print.

Fun things to do with outdoor

Fun things to do with plastic bags.

Oliver Sacks - Musicphilia podcast

In January, 2006, everyone's favourite Brain doctor, Oliver Sacks spoke with the New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar in a series hosted by the Columbia University Arts Initiative. One of the subjects he talked about was the brain's reaction to music and in particular, the strange phenomenon of musicphilia.

Listen to the mp3 (10:16), or right-click to download.

Robert Sapolsky - 'Stress, neurodegeneration and individual differences.

Robert Sapolsky travels to Kenya every year to study primates, as they are similar to humans in that they have almost no natural predators and so the majority of their stress derives from social functioning. More specifically, Sapolsky studies the cortisol levels between the Alpha male and female and the subordinates to determine stress level. thank you to the awesome Sandra Kiume from channel n and omni brain

Ikea - Free hostel.

Ikea Oslo now have a free hostel for shoppers who want to continue shopping in the morning. Check it out here. via boing boing and the guardian website