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Scientists at a small startup called Walker Reading Technologies in Minnesota have determined that the human brain is not wired properly to read block text. They have found that our eyes view text as if they’re peering through a straw. Not only does your brain see the text on the line you’re reading, but it’s also uploading superfluous information from the two lines above and the two lines below. This causes your brain to engage in a tug of war as it fights to filter and ignore the noise. The result is slower reading speeds and decreased comprehension. The company has developed a product that automatically re-formats text in a way that your brain can more easily comprehend.

Article Link: http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/10/live-ink-offers-better-way-to-read-text-online/#more-10459

“The story of a single cookie presaging the most important building in China is, quite simply, bizarre. It may be a romantic notion, but most of us still want to believe that great architecture is made on a napkin, the source of inspiration being anything except hard work.” Read the full story »

by Design Observer

This brazilian grafitti / fine artist now living and working in Porto Alegre, Brazil is having his first solo show in the US at the Anno Domini Gallery from April 6th to May 19th. His works is pretty amazing and you can learn more about him on his website and see some photos of him setting up the San Jose show.

Anno Domini Gallery
366 South Firts St - San Jose, CA 95113
408 271 5155

I will try to check out the opening but if I can’t make down to San Jose I will definitely go next week.

Boing-Boing has a great post about Apple and EMI’s new deal as well as a large list of articles about Apple, iTunes, DRM and other related topics.
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