Prepulse inhibition

Prepulse inhibition: preceding stimulus attenuates the startle response.

Prepulse Inhibition (PPI) is a neurological phenomenon in which a weaker prestimulus (prepulse) inhibits the reaction of an organism to a subsequent strong startling stimulus (pulse). The stimuli are usually acoustic, but tactile stimuli (e.g. via air puffs onto the skin) and light stimuli are also used.

RIM unveils new OS (BBX)

BlackBerry BBX Demo with HTML5 - BlackBerry DevCon 2011

Research In Motion (RIM) today unveiled BlackBerry BBX, its next generation mobile platform that takes the best of the BlackBerry(R) platform and the best of the QNX(R) platform to connect people, devices, content and services.

The Phonograph cylinder

Edison Gold Moulded Cylinder made from black wax, ca. 1904. The term 'gold' was 
a reference to the metal plated onto the master wax cylinder as the 
first part in the process of manufacturing the mould.

Phonograph cylinders were the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound. Commonly known simply as "records" in their era of greatest popularity (c. 1888–1915), these cylinder shaped objects had an audio recording engraved on the outside surface which could be reproduced when the cylinder was played on a mechanical phonograph.

Facebook launched iPad app.

Facebook has finally launched its official iPad app, after months of speculations and leaks.

Facebook for iPad, now available in the iOS App Store (update: it’s still rolling out), looks much like the version that leaked in July. The app is designed primarily as a consumption experience, which is why the app emphasizes photos. Photos take up the entire screen, and users can pinch to zoom in on them. Navigating through a photo album is done simply by swiping left or right.