I had an interesting dream today:

[Dream Begins]

I woke up as a flatmate of mine knocked on the door, he wanted something. As I get out of bed I noticed something was different in my room, it had changed size a bit and the contents were different. Me and my flatmate both go out of my room, and we notice the whole flat has changed, it had been ( Read more... )

An update on my plans for the next year or so ( https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150374614287495 )

First, a look back on the last 3 months. They have been quite awesome, and I've done a lot of awesome stuff and met cool new people! I also had a few ( Read more... )

Rise mighty Antibodies, rise ( Read more... )

Summer is over, and also it wasn't too long ago that I turned 28, so I
have been a bit pensive lately about things. I've been feeling a bit
rudderless in the last few months and I want to get back on track, make
some personal improvements. So I decided to set some tasks and goals for
the near future.

Goals for the next year or so...  (dated Sept 2011)

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"I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Time to analyze this replay ( Read more... )

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"Nós, desempregados, “quinhentoseuristas” e outros mal remunerados, escravos disfarçados, subcontratados, contratados a prazo, falsos trabalhadores independentes, trabalhadores intermitentes, estagiários, bolseiros, trabalhadores-estudantes, estudantes, mães, pais e filhos de Portugal. Protestamos:
- Pelo direito ao emprego! Pelo direito à ( Read more... )

Take a look on this amazing TED talk about efficient structure and emergent design in nature:

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  The hand of "God" in biomathematics... hehe :p And further showing that Science is indeed the primal way to learn about the world and the universe!

Take a look at this article:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/meet-affetto

"[...] of Osaka University in Japan have developed a new child robot platform called Affetto. Affetto can make realistic facial expressions so that humans can interact with it in a more natural way."

And see for yourself the video:

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... *whoa*... Japan, ( Read more... )