I’m excited to be alive to see this become a possibility. Before, this would only be science fiction, but now it’s real. Just think about how amazing science has gotten where you move things just by thinking about it. You’re alive to see it, and this is amazing. 

It also puts the idea that thought is more physical. Even though you can’t see thoughts and it’s not tangible, it’s still very much real and can be interpreted into reality. 

I think, therefore I am“ 

Recently, H&M’s recent campaign is causing an outrage (what isn’t these days?), this time from doctors. Why? The super tanned look is a dangereous image to portray to people. Also, they refer to people with such an addiction as “tanorexic”.

Dr. Ralph Braun, a dermatologist and professor at University Hospital Zürich, told 20 Minuten, “I find this very alarming.” If Isabeli’s skin is the standard for tan, says Braun, then we’re in trouble:

“Many people, especially young, will [try] to emulate this and will try to be just as brown, even though their [skin] type is not possible.”

Amanda Ammann, a former Miss Switzerland and sufferer of skin cancer, also told 20 Minuten, “I think it’s a shame, because such advertising conveys a wrong impression.”

What do you think, is there a reasonable cause to be upset? Take a look at the pictures and decide for yourself.

(Source: The Huffington Post)

Being in the creative industry, for some reason many people go Organic. 

One of the reasons most people say is that they want to avoid using pesticides. They want nothing to do with it. 

The reality is that they use pesticides. I figure I would pass this along to anyone knows anyone who goes purely organic. 

When the Soil Association, a major organic accreditation body in the UK, asked consumers why they buy organic food, 95% of them said their top reason was to avoid pesticides. They, like many people, believe that organic farming involves little to no pesticide use. I hate to burst the bubble, but that’s simply not true. Organic farming, just like other forms of agriculture, still uses pesticides and fungicides to prevent critters from destroying their crops. Confused?

Read on:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2011/07/18/mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/

I’m pretty sure everyone has bought something from Amazon. Have you ever been curious as to what it looks like form the inside? Check out the amazing warehouse. 

Think about the logistics of running the center. Impressive!

Imagine that under your Christmas tree.

How much would you have paid for this piece, had you had the money available? 

The hammer finally fell at a hair under $87 million, including final commission, breaking both the previous record for Rothko’s most expensive work of $72.84 million and the record for any contemporary work of art at auction, Christie’s said.

Collectors were in full cry all evening, knocking 14 artists’ records down and repeatedly meeting or exceeding pre-sale high estimates.

Total takings of $388.5 million were the highest ever for a contemporary art auction, a record last set in 2007, Christie’s said.

(Source: naharnet.com)

You get fidgety when you’re away from the Internet. Chances are, you also enjoy posting on facebook and seeing who has liked your status updates and pictures. The same effect goes for any other social media site. We’re all addicted in some way. 

Studies show that there’s a good reason for this. 

New research suggests sharing information about yourself has intrinsic value similar to primary rewards like food and sex.

“Recent surveys of Internet use indicate that upwards of 80 per cent of posts to social media sites (such as Twitter) consist simply of announcements about one’s own immediate experiences,” says the paper, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).

The Harvard researchers, led by graduate student Diana Tamir, used five studies to see how our brain behaves when we share personal information or “self-disclose.” Does it feel good to do it, and can we see responses in the brain?

The results of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans showed that our brains respond to self-disclosure “in the same way as with primary rewards such as food and sex,” according to the paper. - Source

That may also be the reason why people just aren’t doing it as much. 

The number of unmarried teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 who reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they’ve had sex has dropped below 50 percent. - Source

Coincidence? I think not. 

It’s ironic how ‘social media’ is making us anti-social. 

The Internet has been talking a lot about this girl lately. Labeled as the human Barbie, 21 year old Valeria Lukyanova has become an instant online celebrity recently.  

No one believed she was real, till they saw this video: 

She must have been inspired by Dakota (link).

The question is whether or not she’s had plastic surgery to attain this look? Or is she just a result of lots of makeup and genetics? You decide: 

UPDATE: 

It looks like we’ve found our answer! If you want to know, click on this image here 

(Source: sitchnews.com)

Penmanship is an art in itself. What’s amazing about this story is that this little girl, Annie Clark, has no hands, yet she won the national penmanship award!

She won $1,000 and a trophy for her prize. She already expresses interest in writing literature in the future. 

Inspiring. 

Video here: 

http://bcove.me/pwatvkge

I don’t suspect it will purposely compliment you by guessing 10 years younger will it? 

Facial recognition service Face.com has announced a new feature in its API: age detection. After analyzing a photograph of a person’s face, the software returns three values: minimum age, maximum age, and estimated age, along with the confidence level of the guesses. Applications for the new technology include enhanced parental controls and targeted advertising. If you want to test out the service yourself, you can play around with the APIhere (in the photo above, the correct age is ~47).

[Via source]