Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Iowa 1:1 Institute and Iowa 1:1 Network

Iowa’s first-ever conference dedicated solely to P-12 laptop programs, the Iowa 1:1 Institute (I11I), will be on April 7, 2010 at the Polk County Convention Complex in Des Moines. Administrators, teachers, media specialists, technology staff, and other educators are all encouraged to attend.

Registration is FREE.

Learn more about the Institute

See who else is attending

Also, the Iowa 1:1 Network is growing rapidly. Learn more and join yourself!

Thinking

Finding your essential self: the ancient philosophy of Zhuangzi explained

Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”

The Future

Startup’s bladeless flying car is designed to reach Mach 0.8

One of Jetoptera’s VTOLs is expected to reach speeds of around 614 mph, about as fast as a commercial jet airliner.

Health

New blood types are often discovered following medical disasters

New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.

The neuroscience of loving music

Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.

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Michael Spitzer

Life

Scientists use CRISPR to insert an alligator gene into a catfish

Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.

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