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Anonymous asked: Hi Dave: Perfect template for our start up project. I understand this uses the wiki format. How do I delete your entries in the calendar so I can replace with ours? I also noted when it syncs with my Gmail calendar; I don't want group participants to view that information. Any thoughts? Thanks again for designing such a great workspace! Best to you in your research, and future work endeavors....
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Putting Your Own Calendar In Google Sites
Google sites is intended to simplify the process of making a web site. However, the documentation can actually make the process harder than it needs to be. For example, changing the calendar on a pre-made template can drive people crazy. This example will hopefully make the process of changing site features easier.
A while back, I shared a Google site template that allows people to organize group...
June 2011
9 posts
Anonymous asked: Hi!
I find your idea about Open Sensors very nice and hope you (and other) will contribute meterial very soon. I had a similar idea, to make a blog for collecting all medical and health related projects that are based on open hardware and specifically Arduino. My question is if you would like to share some of the material you got and your own creations (e.g., the EEG electrode). The blog is...
I find your idea about Open Sensors very nice and hope you (and other) will contribute meterial very soon. I had a similar idea, to make a blog for collecting all medical and health related projects that are based on open hardware and specifically Arduino. My question is if you would like to share some of the material you got and your own creations (e.g., the EEG electrode). The blog is...
Anonymous asked: Hi Dave,
I'll be graduating with my bachelors in electrical engineering next spring, and wish to pursue a future in Neuroprostheses and BCI's. I'm new to your blog and am not sure how much of your experience overlaps into this domain, but I was wondering if you are familiar with any good internships and masters programs I can try looking into.
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I'll be graduating with my bachelors in electrical engineering next spring, and wish to pursue a future in Neuroprostheses and BCI's. I'm new to your blog and am not sure how much of your experience overlaps into this domain, but I was wondering if you are familiar with any good internships and masters programs I can try looking into.
Managing a Research Project
When collaborating on a scientific project, it is important to keep the momentum going with each successive meeting. Meetings that lack structure often take up energy of the group and the project starts to wither. To develop a quasi-universal framework for meeting structure, I scoured the internet for “Steps to Doing Research” and have compiled a list that should hopefully focus group...
Using Python and jQuery
Python has a solid set tools to power web applications. The necessary knowledge lies in passing variables between python and jquery, however this can be hard to figure out. Here is a simple tutorial on how to send information between python and jquery to make python-powered web applications.
1. Write the HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type"...
The Active Desk
Ernest Ramirez is a PhD student at the UCSD Center for Wireless Health Systems. Apart from designing new ways to keep people healthy, he has redesigned his own office into a body and mind workout station. Literally 6 feet away from my desk, he has set up a treadmill so that he says fit while doing his research. There are some cool things going on at UCSD’s CalIt2, but Ernesto and his active...
May 2011
4 posts
“The addition of the proposed modifications to the Research Plan has been done in...”
– UCSD IRB
Although our visual system can paint a vibrant... →
April 2011
3 posts
“It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both...”
– Albert Einstien (Audio http://bit.ly/gHIDBr)
The Nature of the Atom: Plank's Constant and the...
“Nobody understands quantum mechanics.” -Richard Feynman
To preface, I want to make a note that an understanding of the electronic structure of the atom, requires an understanding of elementary quantum mechanics, and therefore falls more heavily within the domain of physics than general chemistry. Most textbooks simply state that there are four quantum numbers, and expect you to...
March 2011
9 posts
WatchThis is one of the projects I am working on in the Machine Perception Lab. I just submitted it to Core77’s “Autism Connects” design challenge. I hope more people will learn about the wonderful things coming out of this lab and how this project will impact autism therapy.
http://challenges.core77.com/contests/autism-connects
Although our senses are often too blunt for... →
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Compiling Python Scripts Using PyObjC
Python can be cross-compiled as an objective-c application (a native OSX app) using a neat little utility called “py2applet.” Py2applet works off of the “pyobjc” bridge, supports Tkinter, and can quickly be implemented with a few commands on in the terminal.
Here are the steps: (Everything is done in terminal)
1. Download “pyobjc”
easy_install pyobjc==2.2
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recalculate-restate-reverberate asked: I'm an undergraduate bioengineering student and neural engineering research assistant who is just beginning to consider applying for a Fulbright or Whitaker award. Since I'm interested in work similar to yours (neural engineering or computational neuroscience with a practical, clinical application) I was wondering if you knew of any international institutions that I might want to...
February 2011
6 posts
Practical Philosophy
Here are a few counter-intuitive ideas that have changed the way I see the world:
the x factor Despite your best predictions, you have no way of knowing what you will find along the way. Do things (like go to grad school) not because you know what to expect, but because you don’t know. Give yourself a chance to find out about those wonderful things you hadn’t considered. Who knows...
Professional Hackers for US Companies: Is This...
Normally I’m skeptical of conspiracy theories, but this the real deal. US companies, some contracted by the Justice department, are paying top dollar to run smear campaigns on Wikileak supporters.
The two main question I have are:
Should these groups be able to do business? Isn’t this completely illegal?
Is it legal for the Justice Department to authorize smear campaigns?
Calling...
In the spring of 1880, the French neurologist... →
Nature Publishing Group: The Artful Brain
In December, following the wake of interest I had with the SFN neuro-blog, I was contacted by Nature and offered a blog position in their new education network, “Scitable.”
Although I was honored, I was hesitant at first because I had done so much to build up this site. But, after a little thinking, I realized I could do both. Tumblr and Nature are entirely separate philosophies...
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Anonymous asked: This is not a question. Just saying thanks for the research project template. I plan to use it for my practicum process and if it works I will move on to the big boy: dissertation. Z.
January 2011
8 posts
“watching a dissertation defense is like watching a gladiator fight a pack of...”
Python is Way Sweet
I just started getting way into python. I just found out today that Apple has a bridge that connects python to Cocoa, the framework behind apple’s sexy GUIs. I’ve decided to share the following from Apple’s developer site:
While Cocoa applications are generally written in Objective-C, Python is a fully capable choice for application development. Python is an interpreted,...
recalculate-restate-reverberate asked: "I want a student, but have no idea where to find anyone who knows how to do stuff, like program things outside of java and matlab..."
As an undergrad who's interested in continuing my education in your line of work, I was wondering what type of programming skills (and any other skills) that you would seek in an assistant.
As an undergrad who's interested in continuing my education in your line of work, I was wondering what type of programming skills (and any other skills) that you would seek in an assistant.
scientistintraining asked: Not a question, I just can't figure out how to respond to your comment about the dendrite brooch :) I'm glad I was able to point you towards a gift!
The Geek's Guide to APA References
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Philosophical Control
This may have been said before, but I believe that people and governments, at their innermost core, are under philosophical control. That is to say that their actions, beliefs, and structure are the result of phlosophical principals such as human rights, business, and diplomacy. As such, it can be reasonably argued that dischord and maladaptive behavior are symptoms of an alteration or flaw in the...
December 2010
8 posts
Attemped Ubiquity
Theres only so much stuff I can do in one 19 hour day. I need several of me. That or I have to start tightening up on any time not spent on working. Which means Ill have to give up staring at stuff. You know, that brief pause when the engine turns off and you stare straight and just…float away. No time to pause. I should probably dive out and start running. Maybe thats why nerds wear running...