A radio show drawing a crowd at SXSW? Had I stepped through a time portal back to the 1930s? The speakers, Catherine Burns, Artistic Director for 'The Moth', and Alexander Huth, from Gallant Laboratory at UC Berkeley, quickly dissuaded me of that idea as they explained this unique pairing of neuroscience and radio.
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New Startups Looking to Shape the Future of Trucking with Self-Driving Vehicles
Despite growing interest in a self-driving trucking platform, it will likely be more than a decade before autonomous trucks hit the market.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017: Monday, March 13 (Austin, TX)
SuperGlu and Magic Island helped kickstart the first day of SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »Book Review: ‘You and Me: The Neuroscience of Identity’ by Susan Greenfield
Greenfield's notions of the actions of subjective experience are based on something external to itself: “While the mind makes sense of the world about you, identity enables the world to make sense of you.”
Read More »New Software Spotlight: Adobe XD CC (Beta) – February 2017
Adobe's just-released update to Adobe XD includes some changes we have been eagerly awaiting.
Read More »Software Review: New Corel ParticleShop Brushes
Since the original release, several new brushes have been released for ParticleShop to give you even more options when creating your artwork. Each of these packs contains 15 brushes. They can be used with Corel Painter and with Adobe software.
Read More »New Software Spotlight – Adobe Experience Design CC (Beta) January 2017
Will save a lot of time in your design work.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean’ by Jonathan White
The ocean holds mystery, wonder, and amazement. In 'Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean' Jonathan White wants to show you just a taste of that.
Read More »The Dangers of Opioid Addiction in Women
There are no simple solutions to the opioid epidemic, in women or in the general population, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t prominent ideas and valuable services that can contribute to harm-reduction efforts.
Read More »New Software Spotlight – Adobe Creative Cloud for Video 2017
The goal for Creative Cloud for Video in this release is to give you everything that you need to create more stunning videos faster and better than ever.
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