#eric shaver

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From the beginning of his run as President of the United States Barack Obama has been criticized, often unjustly for aspects of his life that the media views as juicy enough to exploit and manipulate in order to slander his public image.  At this year’s White House Correspondents' Dinner Obama lashed out poetically and with a hefty dose of sarcasm at the members of our society who go out of their way to misconstrue information to their own ends.  Obama steps out of the traditional role of President to take a very realistic approach to the government and within minutes has the crowd laughing at the absurdity of the things that go on within this country.

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Can we create new senses for humans?

As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David Eagleman, “is constrained by our biology.” He wants to change that. His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces -- such as a sensory vest -- to take in previously unseen information about the world around us.