Tag: Documentaries
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“General Magic was trying to create what was in essence the iPhone about 15 years too soon.” Tony Fadell It was the Dream Team of computing. Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original developers of the Macintosh. Bill Atkinson, inventor of the GUI. And CEO Marc Porat, creator of one of…
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I came across this interesting new study today showing dragonflies can do backflips, even unconscious! They found that conscious dragonflies, when dropped from the upside-down position, somersaulted backwards to regain the rightside-up position. Dragonflies that were unconscious also completed the somersault, but more slowly. Check out the video below! I…
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I just finished watching the superb documentary Human Nature, which details the origins and applications of CRISPR gene editing. The filmmakers interview all the leading people in the field and produce a fascinating and highly accessible narrative. I found particularly striking how one of the co-inventors of CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna,…
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