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De kracht van placebo’s

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A placebo is a simulated medical intervention. Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition. Placebos can have a surprisingly positive effect on a patient who knows that the given treatment is without any active drug, as compared with a control group who knowingly did not get a placebo.

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Oh ironische dood

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Death is a normal part of life. While most people die with predictable reasons, some people die rather ironic deaths. The world has seen numerous deaths in which the universe seemed to have conspired with fates to make an ironic statement.

Some of these deaths include historical figures, royalties, celebrities and inventors. Remembering these various accounts of ironic deaths never fail to bring an eerie kind of sense.

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Mitoza

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Mitoza is an animated choose-your-own-adventure. You start with a seed and then have to choose from 2 options at each step. There are lots of variations. You could end up with a flying saucer beaming up a giant cow’s udder or a bunch of flies performing Hamlet.

Mitoza is created by Gal who says he does Flash things. He was inspired by the games of Amanita Design.

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Nanolandschappen

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Michael Oliveri, a digital media professor from the University of Georgia, likes to snap photos, but not with a camera most photographers use. He prefers the scanning electron microscope.

In his recent project ‘Innerspace,’ he explores the landscapes of nano-scale worlds where objects are up to 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

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Familieman

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He is head of the world’s biggest family – and says he is ‘blessed’ to have his 39 wives. Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.

The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice. Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants.

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Robot tegen autisme

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Two years ago, a yellow spongiform robot named Keepon became a minor YouTube sensation when one of its creators programmed it to do a squishy, twisty dance in time to the Spoon song ‘I Turn My Camera On.’

Now Keepon’s creators are turning the robot’s attention to a more serious task: to study how children with autism spectrum disorders interact socially and to see if the robot may be able to help in therapy. More info from Popular Science article.

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Licht uit en droom mee…

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Ana Somnia is a generative art project that emulates how we dream. Turn off the lights to start a journey into the dreams of Ana. To end the dream, click on the arrow in the upper left corner. Ana Somnia was made by German artist Kim Köster.

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Les Souliers

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Les Souliers is a sound installation by French artist Arno Fabre. It’s an ensemble of thirty pairs of shoes, piloted by computer and mechanically actived by ’tramplers.’ The shoes strike and scrape the floor according to a numerical score.

Les Souliers from Arno Fabre on Vimeo.

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