by Tom | Aug 20, 2014 | Reading, Science
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials Lovely piece in the BMJ. Thanks to @charlesarthur for the RT. Results We were unable to identify any randomised controlled trials of...
by Tom | Aug 12, 2014 | Science, Tech, View
First-person Hyperlapse Videos. Very impressive post-production technique for making everything shot on a GoPro look scarily smooth.
by Tom | Jul 22, 2014 | Reading, Science
This is beyond awesome. Steganography is the art of hiding something in something else. It is most often used to refer to hiding information in digital images in such a way that the image is not altered to the human eye. This is useful because viewers don’t...
by Tom | Jun 1, 2014 | Business, Government, Reading, Science
Some amazing stats on water use in Israel following the worst rainfall in years. This is massive. 30% of potable water from desalination rising to 40% in 2015 90% of waste water recycled for agricultural use Max $500 each year for a family’s needs for...
by Tom | May 21, 2014 | Reading, Science
More excellent spurious correlations. Surprised to see divorce rates falling, even slightly. Now to do some research and find out my assumptions they are rising everywhere are mistaken. Divorce rate in Alabama correlates with Suicides by hanging, strangulation and...
by Tom | May 17, 2014 | Reading, Science
I love Spurious Correlations.