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Gadgets you can control using just our brain

Hongkiat presents an article entitled 8 Mind-blowing Gadgets You Can Control Just With Your Brain. I hope y'all enjoy the article because I know I have! Who know such amazing gadgets even existed! The article aims to: "... Bring to your awareness 10 existing gadgets that allow your brain to command and complete real-life tasks, including using your iPhone and moving virtual characters in-game." -- Hongkiat.com

Harvard creates brain-to-brain interface, allows humans to control other animals with thoughts alone

To people who lived only a few hundred years ago, things we take for granted today like electricity, cars, cellphones and computers would have seemed like magic or the work of gods and demons. In the same way, things that we currently don't know, can't explain or attribute to otherworldly sources may be common knowledge or easily explained by science only a hundred or two hundred years from now. I hope today's article sparks your curiosity - and opens your mind! "Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human… and a rat. Simply by thinking the appropriate thought, the BBI allows the human to control the rat’s tail. This is one of the most important steps towards BBIs that allow for telepathic links between two or more humans ..." -- Article Source: Extreme Tech

Malta's Megalithic Temples

Tarxien Temples Sign Source : The author The archipelago of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea is the site of several Megalithic Temple sites that are older than the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge or other equally ancient and impressive sites. According to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: "Seven megalithic temples are found on the islands of Malta and Gozo, each the result of an individual development. The two temples of Ġgantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Bronze Age structures. On the island of Malta, the temples of  Ħagar Qim, Mnajdra and Tarxien are unique architectural masterpieces, given the limited resources available to their builders. The Ta'Hagrat and Skorba complexes show how the tradition of temple-building was handed down in Malta." Source: Megalithic Temples of Malta , UNESCO World Heritage Centre Fat Lady statue Source: The author Guest blogger and photographer Nicole visited the Tarxien Temple complex. She shared...