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Jan 11, 2021

This wireless power startup says it can charge your phone using only radio waves

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Circa 2020


Guru is promising a bold future without wires.

Jan 11, 2021

Bigfoot report describes odd encounter in Colorado’s Summit County

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Circa 2020 o.o!


Believe it or not, Bigfoot has been reportedly spotted in Colorado more than 100 times in recent years, including one notable daylight spotting that occurred in Summit County, Colorado.

During this summer 2019 spotting, a daytime hiker was taking a break near an old log cabin in the area of Mayflower Gulch near Frisco when he spotted something odd at about 11000 feet of elevation. He reports seeing a large bipedal creature attempting and failing to climb a 20-foot high snow wall. After the failed attempt at scaling the barrier, the creature moved on and out-of-sight.

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Jan 11, 2021

The Polar Vortex now collapsing, is set to release the Arctic Hounds for the United States and Europe, as we head for the second half of Winter 2020/2021

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United States and Europe are in line for colder Winter weather dynamics, in the aftermath of the Polar Vortex breakdown in the stratosphere.

Jan 11, 2021

Stunning Island Nation Has Actual ‘Star Wars’ Currency

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If you’ve never heard of the small island nation of Niue — which is associated with nearby New Zealand’s currency mints (this will be important momentarily) — you aren’t alone.

Related: How Much Money is in the Fountains at Disney World?

The country, whose official tourism website features the following description, offers a slice of untouched paradise to travelers from around the world:

Jan 10, 2021

2 Ohio men say they encountered Bigfoot-like creature at Salt Fork State Park

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It was just a leisurely walk in the woods — one they’ve done many times — but this time was different. This time, they spotted something that they say they’ll never forget.

It was Jan. 12 when two Ohio men found themselves staring at what they say resembled Bigfoot or Sasquatch in Salt Fork State Park.

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Jan 10, 2021

Quantifying aphantasia through drawing: Those without visual imagery show deficits in object but not spatial memory

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Congenital aphantasia is a recently characterized variation of experience defined by the inability to form voluntary visual imagery, in individuals who are otherwise high performing. Because of this specific deficit to visual imagery, individuals with aphantasia serve as an ideal group for probing the nature of representations in visual memory, particularly the interplay of object, spatial, and symbolic information. Here, we conducted a large-scale online study of aphantasia and revealed a dissociation in object and spatial content in their memory representations. Sixty-one individuals with aphantasia and matched controls with typical imagery studied real-world scene images, and were asked to draw them from memory, and then later copy them during a matched perceptual condition. Drawings were objectively quantified by 2795 online scorers for object and spatial details. Aphantasic participants recalled significantly fewer objects than controls, with less color in their drawings, and an increased reliance on verbal scaffolding. However, aphantasic participants showed high spatial accuracy equivalent to controls, and made significantly fewer memory errors. These differences between groups only manifested during recall, with no differences between groups during the matched perceptual condition. This object-specific memory impairment in individuals with aphantasia provides evidence for separate systems in memory that support object versus spatial information. The study also provides an important experimental validation for the existence of aphantasia as a variation in human imagery experience.

Jan 10, 2021

Futuristic Stair-Climbing Wheelchair

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A possible wheelchair for the future! 😃


Self-balancing and stair-climbing wheelchair provides more independence.

More info: https://bit.ly/2LigV2x

Jan 10, 2021

Governor Schwarzenegger’s Message Following this Week’s Attack on the Capitol

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This is my message to my fellow Americans and my friends around the world after January 62021.

Jan 10, 2021

Connecticut must outlaw FGM

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Fifteen states have not criminalized the barbaric crime of female genital mutilation or FGM — and that is 15 too many. Connecticut is one of those 15 states.

Jan 9, 2021

Apple, Google block Parler app from their stores

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Parler’s ability to be a safe haven for hate speech may not last long.