Sunday, October 29, 2006

Physical fitness was associated with more successful cognitive aging, the study by Ian Deary, PhD, FRCPE, with the University of Edinburgh in Scotland examined 460 men and women who had been participants of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932. The participants were tested using the same cognitive test at age 11 and age 79.  The study found physical fitness has a greater impact on cognitive ability in old age than childhood IQ and that physical fitness contributed more than three percent of the differences in cognitive ability in old age after accounting for participant's test scores at age 11. - from American Academy of Neurology 10:02:42 AM      Google It!.

3D Weather Data Visualization in Second Life. An anonymous reader noted that the Second Life media blitz continues by saying that "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) with Aimee Weber Studio just unrolled a sneak preview of their educational project in Second Life (due to open in mid November). This appetizer of things to come features the three dimensional visualization of live weather (now on display at the Science Center)." Don't go there expecting that they have like every doppler radar in the US updating in realtime or anything, but it's actually a practical real use for Second Life. [Slashdot] 9:36:06 AM      Google It!.