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I have always found it fascinating that the cerebellum has more neurons than the rest of the brain. What the heck is going on in there.


? The top image is most definitely from a CAT scan. If it was MR, there would be way more artifact around the eye/nose/throat.


No it isn't. Look at the contrast and the signal from fat and water, look at the tongue. That is a T1 sag. Edit: Article, or images anyway, appear on multiple sites labeled as MRI. Pretty sure the fuzzy writing says T1 FLAIR on this site. http://io9.com/doctors-discover-a-woman-with-no-cerebellum-1... Edit 2: Here is another link and the ax T2 is seen at bottom of the images. Edit 3. The actual journal article. New scientist screwed up didn't didn't read it properly. Patient had a CT then an MRI as per the image label. New Scientist only kept the MRI image as brain MR is way nicer than CT but kept the journal text saying CT. http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/08/22/bra...


I think the key here is that the hole in one insurance is 'frequently bundled with other services'. It's something that basically costs nothing for the insurance companies to provide, but could act as a selling point for the right customer.


Got the cardboard demo app to fire up on my Nexus 4 using a magnet. Waving it around the headphone port seems to trigger the 'switch'. Was curious about how it did motion tracking. Seems all the demos use the accelerometer for tracking. Was sort of hoping they worked out how to use the camera for motion tracking. Now all I need is lenses, an nfc chip, laser cutter, and proper weight to strength ratio cardboard!


> Was sort of hoping they worked out how to use the camera for motion tracking

See Project Tango.


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