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☆ Field of Vision’s haptic device is helping blind sports fans ‘feel’ the game
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Dublin-based Field of Vision has produced a handheld, haptic feedback device that it says can help blind and partially sighted fans not just hear, but “feel” the action, enhancing the live experience. “The main feedback we’ve gotten (about the device) has been that it actually makes them feel like they’re part of the game and they’re experiencing it with everyone else,” Field of Vision co-founder David Deneher told CNN. A blind fan tests out the Field of Vision device. (Left to right) Tim Farrelly, Omar Salem and David Deneher developed the Field of Vision idea during the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that a test run with the Field Of Vision tablet added new levels of context to proceedings on the pitch.

Persons: David Deneher, ” Deneher, –, Tim Farrelly, Omar Salem –, Mike Kearny, Kearny’s, Stephen Garcia, Omar Salem, Declan Meenagh, ”, it’s, ” Declan Meenagh, James Dyson, Tom Sears, Josh Chadwick, “, Deneher Organizations: CNN, Vision, Trinity College Dublin, Queen’s University Belfast, Aerospace, Salem, English Premier League giant’s Anfield, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Dublin football, Bohemians, Club, Initiative, Irish, Manchester City’s Etihad, Marvel, Football, Australian Football League, AFL, Getty Locations: Irish, Dublin, Liverpool, Melbourne, Australia, England, Spain, France, Germany, Italy

☆ Lower cholesterol with a plant-based diet, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In study particpants, LDL levels dropped 10% and total cholesterol declined 7% for people following a plant-based diet when compared with those who eat both meat and plants, the study found. A plant-based diet can help reduce LDL cholesterol, a new study said. Statin treatment is superior to plant-based diets in reducing fats and cholesterol levels, Frikke-Schmidt said in a statement. In addition, people who transition to a plant-based diet should still be mindful about the kinds of foods they’re consuming. “Not all plant-based diets are equal,” said Aedin Cassidy, professor and director for interdisciplinary research at the Institute for Global Food Security in Queen’s University Belfast, in a statement.

For their study, Wilson and her colleagues first set out to train a variety of 20 pet dogs to point with their noses at samples from a person who was stressed. The dogs' accuracy at detecting the stress samples — from 90 percent to 96.88 percent — was even better than the researchers anticipated. Scientists discovered how a dog's sense of smell and the sense of vision are closely linked in its brain. She compared it to dogs who can smell cancer by picking out breath samples in a line-up. It’s hard to tell whether the dogs equate what they smell with actual feelings of stress, Houpt said.

☆ Doi astronomii spun că au găsit cea mai mare cometă observată vreodată
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Doi astronomi cred că au descoperit cea mai mare cometă observată vreodată de oameni, o cometă a cărui nucleu înghețat are între 100 și 200 km lungime, fiind de câteva ori mai mare decât celebra cometă Hale-Bopp care a fost studiată acum 25 de ani, scrie New York Times, citează hotnews.ro. Dintre toate corpurile cerești, cometele sunt cele mai spectaculoase și majoritatea sunt originare din norul lui Oort, o regiune extrem de îndepărtată. Pentru că au aflat de ea și pentru că știu acum unde să se uite, astronomii o vor putea observa în detaliu în următorii 20 de ani. Cometele sunt corpuri cerești alcătuite din rocă, praf și gheață gazoasă, aflate pe o orbită alungită în jurul Soarelui. Apropiindu-se de Marte, cometele încep să formeze cozi lungi și spectaculoase, uneori de milioane de km.

Persons: Hale, Oort, Bernstein, Pedro Bernardinelli, Gary Bernstein, Neptun, Meg Schwamb Organizations: New York Times, Saturn, Queen’s University Locations: New, Queen’s, Queen’s University Belfast

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