Jul. 23rd, 2007

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I was reading a story about bee recognition of human faces. (Short form: they do, and pretty accurately. For a few days, anyway.) In it, the researcher was referenced saying:
Dyer said that if bees can learn to recognize humans in photos, then they reasonably might also be able to recognize real-life faces. On the other hand, he remarked, this probably isn’t the explanation for an adage popular in some parts of the world—that you shouldn’t kill a bee because its nestmates will remember and come after you.
So now I'm wondering:

[Poll #1026813]
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Remember the "$100 laptop" targeted for educational use in the developing word? Production is finally ramping up, currently at $176 but they're still hoping to reach $100. I'm interested in the awfully, awfully cool screen technology, aside from anything else, and the network infrastructure looks smart too.

Meanwhile, found originally by [livejournal.com profile] lyonesse, the jokes just write themselves: French civil servant leads normal life with tiny, tiny brain.

This isn't new, but I love these pencil carvings, by which I mean, art made by carving into pencils.

Finally, over here, a visual instruction guide to making basic but attractive bento. Yay!

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