Hulleye Comes By!

Hitachi’s new neuroimaging technique allows its operator to switch a train set on and off by thought alone, and the Japanese company aims to commercialize it within five years.

Mind-machine interfacing isn’t unheard of: just weeks ago, a young patient was given a chance to play Space Invaders through the power of thought. And this all comes hot on the heels of a revolution in microsurgery, allowing artificial limbs to be wired to the brain by reusing existing nerves.

Keep reading at Wired for more.

i wonder if nat can hook this shit up in his garage.

thiago olson created his own nuclear fusion device in his parents basement using deuterium and 40,000 Volts. impressive. knowledge in the fact that fusion is a sustainable, viable option to alternate energy may mean that it becomes more accessible in the future.

so a very jerry mcguirish type email has leaked out on the web from brad garlinghouse, a senior VP at Yahoo!. he’s written up something that’s been termed the peanut butter memo and it is somehow managed to roam around the web and show up in my feeds. techcrunch has the low down.

The document is a lighting rod, and Garlinghouse must have known of the high risk of it being made public. However, the document is so critical of current leadership at Yahoo that it was clearly not written to be voluntarily leaked. This is Yahoo’s dirty laundry spread all over the world for everyone to see, and it voices a frustration that suggests CEO Terry Semel’s chief lieutenants are restless and frustrated.

I am fortunate to have been a part of dramatic change for the Company. And our successes speak for themselves. More users than ever, more engaging than ever and more profitable than ever!

I proudly bleed purple and, yellow everyday! And like so many people here, I love this company

But all is not well. Last Thursday’s NY Times article was a blessing in the disguise of a painful public flogging. While it lacked accurate details, its conclusions rang true, and thus was a much needed wake up call. But also a call to action. A clear statement with which I, and far too many Yahoo’s, agreed. And thankfully a reminder. A reminder that the measure of any person is not in how many times he or she falls down - but rather the spirit and resolve used to get back up. The same is now true of our Company.

It’s time for us to get back up.

click here to read the whole thing in it’s entirety. must’ve taken balls to write up.