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  • The Still Secret Life of Plants...

    • 21 Apr 2012
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    The Secret Life of Plants by Joannah Underhill

    "Plants may be able to respond to sounds and even make clicking noises to communicate with each other, according to new research.

    If initial results can be confirmed and replicated, the latest findings could change our understanding of how plants sense their environment and communicate with each other. It would also overturn years of scepticism that plants can 'talk' in this way and give lie to the idea that animals are the only organisms capable of such feats."

    via cosmosmagazine.com

     

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  • Buck - “Your horse is a mirror to your soul..."

    • 18 Jan 2012
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    "“Your horse is a mirror to your soul, and sometimes you may not like what you see. Sometimes, you will.” So says Buck Brannaman, a true American cowboy and sage on horseback who travels the country for nine grueling months a year helping horses with people problems.

    BUCK, a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life “horse-whisperer”, he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment.

    Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses – and people – with his understanding, compassion and respect. In this film, the animal-human relationship becomes a metaphor for facing the daily challenges of life. A truly American story about an unsung hero, BUCK is about an ordinary man who has made an extraordinary life despite tremendous odds."
    via buckthefilm.com

     

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  • Vocre...Universal Speech Translator App

    • 21 Sep 2011
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    • 20September11 Applications Cell Phones Communication Translation language
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    Vocre [voh-krey] is a new translation app from myLanguage that allows anyone to communicate instantly with anybody from anywhere – without language being a barrier.

    With a new spin on usability, this app is our first step in helping the world communicate more easily. ~ Keep an eye out for some new exciting features.

    Our world is full of people worth talking to. Now, with Vocre, nothing’s holding you back.

    Download Vocre  

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  • When the Dial Tone was New...

    • 14 Jun 2011
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    "Featuring a 1950′s Western Electric film on how to dial a telephone without out the assistance of an operator.

    The goal of this film was to aid in reducing customer dialing irregularities by demonstrating the correct way to use the dial telephone. It documents the shift between operator-based connections (which were on the way out) and having to dial the phone and make the connection yourself.

    The dial telephone was new at this point, although the two-letter, 5-number system was still commonplace. This film even has to explain what a ringing and busy signal sound like !"

    via laughingsquid.com

     

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  • QR ( Quick Response )-Code : Coming to your Mobile Phone...

    • 10 May 2011
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    qrcode
    qrcode

    The top image is the QR Code image for The Daily Croissant's URL ( http://cryscresc.net )
    Under that is the QR-Code image for my Facebook profile page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1497762535

    "A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.

    Common in Japan, where it was created by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed."     Read much more via Wikipedia  

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  • How the World Is Using Cellphones

    • 11 Dec 2010
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