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Formula One Racing Cars and Their World-Class Engineering

Formula One Racing Cars and Their World-Class Engineering
[pullquote align=”full”]”Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.”
– Michael Schumacher[/pullquote]

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Understanding F1 Racing [Formula1.com]

The Basics (1 hour +)
“Every single surface of a modern Formula One car, from the shape of the suspension links to that of the driver’s helmet – has its aerodynamic effects considered. This is because disrupted air, where the flow ‘separates’ from the body, creates turbulence which in turn creates drag and slows the car down…”

 

How Formula 1 Technology Innovations are Racing Us into the Future [iQ]

Article (4 minutes) – Christian Seabaugh
“Some modern Formula 1 technologies are even being used outside the racetrack. For example, McLaren’s Formula 1 team developed sensors to track its race car’s engine, transmission, and other mechanically vital systems. Now doctors are using those same sensors to monitor the performance of new drugs during clinical trials…”

 

Formula One’s Elusive American Dream [New York Times]

Article (11 minutes) – Brad Spurgeon
“What I hear from Formula One is that this is one of the best-loved events already, right up there with events like Australia and Monaco. And the reason is because we put on a good show, we have a good infrastructure, a great track, and people love Austin…”

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8 Incredible F1 Facts That Will Make Your Head Spin [CarValuation.com]

Article (16 minutes) – Carlton Boyce
“The engines in a modern F1 car rev to over 18,000 revolutions per minute, with each piston accelerating to a peak of more than 7,000Gs and rising and falling 300 times per second…”

 

F1’s New Safety Car is 510BHP of Awesome [Top Gear]

Article (3 minutes) – Vijay Pattni
“4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 up front with 510bhp and 479lb ft of torque, allied to a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox driving the rear wheels. 0-62mph takes just 3.8 seconds, before hitting a top speed just shy of 200mph…”

 

Revealed: Where Formula One’s $900 Million Prize Money Really Goes [Forbes]

Article (6 minutes) – Christian Sylt
“Pouring a concrete skyscrapers involves a lot more than just wet cement. Workers will wire in place almost 1100 miles of wire…”

 

The New F1 Power Plants – You Can’t Call Them Engines Anymore [Gizmag]

Article (5 minutes) – Tony Borroz
“No longer are the most technologically advanced racing cars on the planet powered by a simple reciprocating, internal combustion engine (ICE). In addition to the ICE (internal combustion engine) portion of the power unit, there are not one, but two separate and interconnected hybrid systems and three additional power producing components…”

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Joe Howard

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Assistive Technology for The Blind Is Next Level

Assistive Technology for The Blind Is Next Level
[pullquote align=”full”]”Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”
– Helen Keller[/pullquote]

How I Use Sonar to Navigate The World [TED]

TED Talk (13 minutes) – Daniel Kish
“Daniel clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him…”

 

Can a Blind Brain Learn to See? [Psychology Today]

Article (4 minutes) – Joshua Gowin, PhD
“Millions of children born with treatable forms of blindness, such as cataracts, are not treated; they are considered a lost cause. Recent research has proven that many of these children can recover the ability to see if given surgery…”

 

3D Printing Lets Blind People “See” Paintings [IFLScience!]

Article (5 minutes) – Tom Hale
“With the help of computer software and 3D printing, a company called 3DPhotoworks is hoping to open-up a whole new world of painting and photography to blind people…”

 

What Happens in the Brain When Blind People Learn to See With Sound [WIRED]

Article (6 minutes) – Greg Miller
“With enough practice people can learn to interpret the sounds and form a mental image of objects — including people — that appear in front of them…”

 

Super Powers for the Blind and Deaf [Scientific America]

Article (7 minutes) – Mary Bates
“This research will not produce a real-life Daredevil, but it is a reminder that our brains have some hidden superpowers…”

 

What I Learned From Going Blind in Space [TED]

TED Talk (18 minutes) – Chris Hadfield
“I was outside on my first spacewalk when my left eye went blind, and I didn’t know why. Suddenly my left eye slammed shut in great pain and I couldn’t figure out why my eye wasn’t working. I was thinking, what do I do next?”

 

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Joe Howard

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The Easiest and Most Effective Ways to Become a Lucid Dreamer

The Easiest and Most Effective Ways to Become a Lucid Dreamer

[pullquote align=”full”]”Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams too?”
– Stephen LaBerge[/pullquote]

 

LucidCatcher

Device / App
“Your will become more conscious and aware that this is a dream by questioning everything around you. Once you get to this point start acting immediately. Fly to the moon or be a dragon!”

 

Lucid Dreaming: A Beginner’s Guide [Tim Ferriss]

Article (11 minutes) – Tim Ferriss
“The first few times you achieve lucidity, you will likely be so excited that you will wake yourself up…”

 

Scientists May Have Found The Part of The Brain That Enables Lucid Dreaming [Science Alert]

Resources (1 hour +) – Fiona MacDonald
“Now scientists from Germany believe they may have found the neurological key to the ability. After scanning the brains of regular dreamers and those who are frequently lucid, they’ve found that the region of the brain that enables self reflection is larger among lucid dreamers…”

 

Lucid Dreaming Techniques for Beginners [World of Lucid Dreaming]

Article (4 minutes) – Rebecca Turner
“Here are my top lucid dreaming techniques for beginners. They range from simple memory exercises (like Reality Checks and Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams) to specialized meditation (like Wake Induced Lucid Dreams)…”

 

3 Must-See TED Talks on Lucid Dreaming [Dream Studies Portal]

3 Ted Talks (37 minutes) – Ryan Hurd
“In these dreams, we are provided with this fully immersive, three-dimentional, multi-sensory hallucinatory experience. So it feels almost like being absorbed into your imagination…”

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5 Herbs That Will Induce Lucid Dreaming [The Spirit Science]

Article (5 minutes) – LJ Vanier
“This special herb is known to give the dreamer the ability to fly in your dreams. Many Taoists use and recommend this herb for dream mobility, and reports have many users soaring through the skies and all across the universe and even into alternate realities and dimensions…”

 

Tibetan Dream Yoga [Integral Deep Listening]

Article (1 hour+) – Joseph Dillard
“The ultimate goal in Tibetan dream yoga is to attain conscious awareness while dreaming, called ‘apprehending the dream,’ and then dissolve the dream state. When deprived of physical stimulus (from the sleeping body) and conceptual stimulus (from the dreaming mind), one can observe the purest form of conscious awareness…”

 

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Joe Howard

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