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Ctesibius Of Alexandria, Ctesibius also spelled Ktesibios, (flourished c. 270 BC), Greek physicist and inventor, the first great figure of the ancient engineering tradition of Alexandria, Egypt. Continue reading “Keyboard instruments invented during the 3rd Century B.C. – Ctesibius of Alexandria”
Archytas of Tarentum was a renowned mathematician and politician, but according to some ancient sources, he may also be the grandfather of robotics. Continue reading “Archytas of Tarentum: the father of Robotics?”
Smartphones are an integral part of most people’s lives, allowing us to stay connected and in-the-know at all times. The downside of that convenience is that many of us are also addicted to the constant pings, chimes, vibrations and other alerts from our devices, unable to ignore new emails, texts and images. Continue reading “Digital addiction increases loneliness, anxiety and depression”
Social media use may have different effects on wellbeing in adolescent boys and girls, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. Continue reading “Social media use at age 10 could reduce wellbeing of adolescent girls”
Reach for the hand of a loved one in pain and not only will your breathing and heart rate synchronize with theirs, your brain wave patterns will couple up too, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Continue reading “Holding hands can sync brainwaves, ease pain, study shows”
Spending too much time in front of the television could increase your chance of developing potentially fatal blood clots known as venous thrombosis. Even trying to counterbalance hours of TV watching through adequate exercise is not effective warns Yasuhiko Kubota of the University of Minnesota in the US. Kubota is the lead author of a study in Springer’s Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. Continue reading “Watching too much television could cause fatal blood clots”
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