eWaste in China

See where your eWaste ends up. Some impressive pictures:

http://gizmodo.com/376201/chinas-e+waste-problem-poisons-children-destroys-cities
eWaste "made the well water and ground water of Guiyu undrinkable, and has to be trucked in from other villages. The lead poisoning level in children is 69%."

More pics:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/04/guiyu-e-waste-capital-of-china/

And a slideshow:

http://www.china-pix.com/multimedia/guiyu/

Indoor Sundial

I guess this would work:

http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/03/idea_the_bulbdial_clock.html

3rd Grader on New York Subway

Would you let your 9-year-old kid ride the New York Subway alone?

http://www.nysun.com/news/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone

This is your brain on Stereo

Some interesting games to play with your brain, to see how it responds to stereo sounds:

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn13355-music-special-five-great-auditory-illusions-.html
(long article)

Try these: (with stereo headphones)

Scale Illusion (your brain plays tricks on you)
A skit in amazing stereo (you'll swear it's in your room)