Day: January 24, 2019

  • The weird voices in your head may have been aimed right at you!

    The weird voices in your head may have been aimed right at you!

    Prepare to be creeped out at the potential here ..

    In The Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory report using two different -based methods to transmit various tones, music and recorded speech at a conversational volume.

    “Our system can be used from some distance away to beam information directly to someone’s ear,” said research team leader Charles M. Wynn. “It is the first system that uses lasers that are fully safe for the eyes and skin to localize an audible signal to a particular person in any setting.”

    That means the messages can be targeted.. to specific people.. voices in your head may be purposely on their way..


    MORE : https://phys.org/news/2019-01-technology-lasers-transmit-audible-messages.html

  • Bryan Singer hits back after ATLANTIC piece derailed more sexual abuse allegations

    Bryan Singer hits back after ATLANTIC piece derailed more sexual abuse allegations

    A bombshell report unleashed a wave of news coverage on BRYAN Singer again… the new ATLANTIC report detailed more young men who said they were sexually abused by the Hollywood director..

    “The last time I posted about this subject, Esquire magazine was preparing to publish an article written by a homophobic journalist who has a bizarre obsession with me dating back to 1997,” Singer said in a statement via a representative to news organizations.. “After careful fact-checking and, in consideration of the lack of credible sources, Esquire chose not to publish this piece of vendetta journalism. That didn’t stop this writer from selling it to The Atlantic. It’s sad that The Atlantic would stoop to this low standard of journalistic integrity.”

    Developing..
  • Smile for dementia

    Smile for dementia

    Poor oral health is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. What’s not clear is whether gum disease causes the disorder or is merely a result—many patients with dementia can’t take care of their teeth, for example. Now, a privately sponsored study has confirmed that the bacteria that cause gum disease are present in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, not just in their mouths. The study also finds that in mice, the bacteria trigger brain changes typical of the disease.


    More..

    The new study, published today in Science Advances, was sponsored by the biotech startup Cortexyme Inc. of South San Francisco, California. Co-founder Stephen Dominy is a psychiatrist who in the 1990s became intrigued by the idea that Alzheimer’s could have an infectious cause.