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The mind-bending “time slice” concept will make you rethink perception

“Time slice” theory goes like this: Suppose our brains aren’t actually taking in everything we see as we go through life. It’s more like a series of snapshots, taken fast enough that it creates enough of a mental narrative that you don’t stop and wonder, “What the hell just happened?” Between those snapshots, our brains don’t pick up what’s happening. For example, think of the way you watch a movie at the theater.

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Tattoo-like 'e-skin' turns your body into digital screen

In a yet another example to integrate electronic devices with the human body, researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed an ultrathin, protective layer that will help create “electronic skin” displays of blood oxygen level, e-skin heart rate sensors for athletes and other applications.

The team demonstrated its use by creating an air-stable, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. Integrating electronic devices with the human body to enhance or restore body function for biomedical applications is the goal of researchers around the world. Wearable electronics, in particular, need to be thin and flexible to minimise impact where they attach to the body. However, most devices developed so far have required millimetre-scale thickness glass or plastic substrates with limited flexibility, while micrometer-scale thin flexible organic devices have not been stable enough to survive in air.

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New tech turns your skin into a touchscreen for your smartwatch via /r/gadgets http://ift.tt/1ZkDRZV

Watch a robotic snake swim eerily like the real thing via /r/gadgets http://ift.tt/1Sp62VD

Hatch Baby Smart Changing Pad - http://thegadgetflow.com/portfolio/hatch-baby-smart-changing-pad/

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This is the end…

During the Apollo 17 mission, in 1972, the rear fender of the lunar rover broke and lunar dust soon became a problem. This is how astronauts Cernan and Schmitt repaired the fender, with clamps, duct tape and lunar maps. [3000 x 3000]

Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo17/hires/as17-137-20979.jpg