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J.K. Bowman

A blog. A website. A receptacle for J.K. Bowman mixed with
thoughts on change, nonduality, music, science, and tech

Refrigeration for the World

Of all the TEDTalks I’ve seen, there may be none that capture the spirit of ‘change’ more than this. - Adam Grosser was inspired to build a refrigerator that works without electricity and to bring that vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide. Tweaking some old technology, he’s come up with a system that works. Coolest thing of all — it’s incredibly cheap!

By the way, TED recently put together a Top 10 list from their first two years of presentations. For me, it was a chance to catch up on several talks I missed.

Act First, Think Later

Fishing in the stream of consciousness, researchers now can detect our intentions and predict our choices before we are aware of them ourselves. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its mind 10 seconds before we become conscious of a decision — an eternity at the speed of thought..

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