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You attend numerous presentations and meetings a year--filled with the typically dense and disorganized PowerPoint decks--and leave most of them thinking, "Well, that's an hour of my life I'll never get back." But out of this sea of mediocrity, a rare few rise up, captivating you and driving you to action. What makes these few so special? Despite what most people think, it's not because they were delivered well. It's because they were crafted in a way that deeply aligned with how your brain wants to consume information. The presentations that failed did so precisely because they violated the largely unknown "natural laws" that govern how people actually learn. In The Compelling Communicator , you will learn a proven process for designing presentations that touch your audience in a highly impactful way, motivating them to take your desired action by: Building around a small number of powerful ideas Keeping content within the audience's ...

GE Brings Back Promotional Classic Comic Book Series - Adventures in Science The classic American comic is back. General Electric (GE) and Wattpad  has worked together to choose 6 of the most popular writers on the Wattpad app to write original science fiction stories, inspired by original GE comic book covers from the 1950s and 60s. Toronto-based Wattpad is a free app that lets people discover and share stories about the things they are passionate about and boasts around 40 million users.

First Thin Smart Fabric Sensors to Measure All Aspects of Physicality: Force, Location, Size, Twist, Bend, Stretch & Motion Patented Monolithic Fabric Sensors Let You Answer Calls from a Shirt, Predict Diabetic Events & Measure Gait through Insoles, Show Hand/Foot Location on Gym Mats, &  Track Driver Alertness in Steering Wheels For Clothing, Shoes, & Gear for Sports, Medical, Gaming, Robotics, Aerospace, & Security  Applications Include Controllers, Measurement, Monitoring, 3D Modeling, & More Berkeley, CA, October 27, 2014 – BeBop Sensors, Inc. www.bebopsensors.com , the wearable sensor technology company created by musical instrument inventor Keith McMillen and KMI, announced today their first products, BeBop Wearable Smart Fabric Sensor, the first and only ultra thin wearable smart fabric sensor that measures all aspects of physicality, including bend, location, motion, rotation, angle, & torque.  Employing BeBo...

Nerd Stalker Picks of the Week: Zillow buys Trulia for $3.5B to create an online real estate giant http://is.gd/viIFUn It Looks Like 30 Is the Ceiling for How Many Apps People Use on.wsj.com/1mMUVTA via @WSJ Blockchain Returns to Apple iOS with New Bitcoin Wallet http://bit.ly/1qc1OkL Is YouTube Really Bigger Than Facebook? The Numbers Say Yes via @ReelSEO http://bit.ly/1zoiE5o "Hilton Hotel Guests Will Be Able to Use Smartphones as Keys or to Choose Rooms at Properties World-Wide" http://on.wsj.com/WKpTHe Google Smart Lenses May Treat and Detect Illness via @psfk http://bit.ly/X6HsRu Personal EKSO, an Exoskeleton Designed to Replace the Wheelchair http://bit.ly/1oCL48f Amazon Now Has a Create-Your-Own 3D-Printing Store via @Gizmodo bit.ly/1rRkAkm Speed Round: Yelp Now Lets You Add 12 second Video Reviews http://tnw.co/1tkr25j Samsung indefinitely delays the release of its first Tizen smartphone via @gigaom http://is.gd/yBhbSD EFF asks judge to rule N...

Nerd Stalker Picks of the Week: Apple's iOS Completely Blew Away Google's Android For Shopping On Christmas - Business Insider http://read.bi/1fL3VqU 12 Maker Pro Trends That Expanded the #Maker Movement in 2013 http://bit.ly/JuVcxY via @make (DC Denison / Make Magazine) Amazon Prime tops 20 million members as company touts its best holiday season ever - GeekWire http://bit.ly/1fL43Hc In-depth Interview: Nimrod Madar of @glassesoff bit.ly/1ijEFfw (SocialGreg | Nerd Stalker) Target hackers stole encrypted bank PINs - source | Reuters http://reut.rs/1fL9eGZ Tech Stocks Hover Near #2013 Highs, Paving Way for #2014 IPOs (Alibaba, Box & Dropbox) (Kara Swisher | AllThingsD) Adolfo's picks of the year: fl.ux Car Share service's go mainstream (Lyft, Uber, Sidecar, Relay Rides). Evernote with after the book (gtd) air server/xbmc google chrome google calendar google hangouts/hangouts on air clearly dashlane ios7 Mavericks Free Greg's picks of t...

Nerd Stalker interviews Michael Oxley, Founder of Foc.us , Foc.us is a headset that passes a small electric current through the prefrontal cortex of the wearer and claims increased performance. We've seen a great deal of interest from biohackers however Michael insists that although there may be other use cases for Foc.us they are squarely targeting gamers. I got to try the foc.us out at the O'reilly Bay Area Maker Faire and was very impressed with the actual sensation I felt across my brain note my odd serious stare is due to the sensation being in effect. I can't speak to increased focus as it was a quick test and not a full use case however we do plan on getting a review unit and giving our readers our thoughts when that happens in July. What we really love about the unit is the price ($249), Michael did say that the unit is aggressively priced on purpose and the fact that they are not seeking additional funding gives the founders the flexibility to make this smart b...

Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Jonathan Toomim , Founder of HEG Reasearch at the recent Bulletproof Conference in San Francisco. The Upgraded Focus Brain Trainer includes a headband with small red and infrared LED lights that shine through the skin and skull to assess the color of brain tissue; light is reflected back to a spectrophotometer that measures the exact color of oxygenated arterial blood. The headband then sends your brain's data to your computer so you can get feedback in real time* ... and hack your circulation! *Real time is within the critical 350 ms window required for training your nervous system effectively. You can buy the device here .

Download MP3 This week's Nerd Stalker Techweek Podcast Picks: Who needs Google? Rural British community builds its own fiber network http://is.gd/XJhXfC Raspberry Pi to get a video camera bit.ly/XvbGGa via @pcworld How Tempo Botched their App Store launch. http://bit.ly/YvFl33 Watch out Patent Trolls President Obama is on to you http://bit.ly/12A2kRB via @ubergizmo Nokia may follow Apple and dump Samsung as a supplier http://is.gd/XWwiHW Happy Valentine's, Google — see you in court http://bit.ly/12A16FT via @gigaom Speed Round: The Beauty of Talking 20 http://is.gd/nR6hBk Light-controlling sheet switches between mirror and transparent states http://bit.ly/12ZF8rl Posterous will shut down April 30, Posthaven to the rescue http://bit.ly/YzXJI7 Your Personal Smart TrashCan Outfielder can catch your trash http://bit.ly/12ZIaMc via @diginfonews Tip of the Week: iOS Workflows Is a Collection of Ways to Automate Data Sharing in iOS http://bit.ly/XdgfsA Can you cre...

Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Heather Heine, CEO of Talking 20 at the Bulletproof biohacking conference. From the Talking 20 website, "Talking20 is a biotechnology company driven to create an ecosystem of health awareness and discovery by offering low-cost biomarker testing directly to everyone. From a single drop of blood sent in the mail, your Talking20 test provides a window for you to view and interact with biological events as they happen in your body." Biohackers are going to love this service, the baselines they provide for individuals at the competitive price point is a huge win. The data they could acquire will be of huge value to the research community, I predict big things for this startup. We intend to give the service a try and will write up a later review, in the meantime watch or listen to the very interesting talk we have with Heather, you will learn alot.

Download MP3 Another part in our talks with Dave Asprey, Founder of The Bulletproof Exec. In this talk we ask Dave what is Biohacking, what is The Bulletproof Exec blog all about, and what is the big deal with Bulletproof Coffee? Get your notepads out cause Dave shares a ton of info with us.

by Adolfo Foronda - Nerd Stalker Maker Faire interview with Matt Johnson of Bare Conductive , makers of the electrically conductive paint for makers of all ages. With Bare Conductive products you can learn how to draw paper circuits or paint physical interactive projects, oh the possibilities.

listen to ‘The Space Jump Was Not For Science’ on Audioboo -Adolfo Foronda A brief talk about my thoughts on the Red Bull Stratos "Space" Jump.

Nerd Stalker partners with SFNewTech to interview Alex Wong, Director of Products for 23andMe . 23andMe's mission is to be the world's trusted source of personal genetic information. For a mere $399 they send you a kit with a tube to spit in then send back. In about 4 weeks you get a ton of in depth genetic information. You will learn health traits/issues you may be prone to, get ancestral information, compare your results with the community, and you can submit your information for research if you choose. Privacy is the huge issue just see the in depth privacy policy they have to protect it's customers. Of note 23andMe was featured on Oprah and had the distinct huge honor of being named invention of the year by TIME magazine.

The growth in global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels over the past five years was four times greater than for the preceding 10 years, according to a study that exposes critical flaws in the attempts to avert damaging climate change. sigh ...