My Memory and Google

According to this article, research finds people are adapting ability to remember because of power of search engines to remember for them.

First it was a search engine. Then it became almost synonymous with the internet. Now Google is a replacement for the ancient human faculty of memory.

Research by scientists at Columbia University has found that people are adapting their ability to remember because of the formidable power of search engines such as Google to remember things for them. In short, people no longer always need to know stuff; they just need to know where it can be found.

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No More Blackboards At Whose Expense?

I was quite shocked to read this article from The Daily Mail which said:

A school came under fire yesterday for forcing its parents to buy a £600 hi-tech fad for their children.

Teachers at Longfield Academy, in Dartford, Kent, have succumbed to the current technology trend – Apple’s iPad2 – bulk buying 1,400 of the tablets.

From September term they will require all pupils to have one – making iPads integral to classroom lessons and homework.

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No More Chrysenthemum Tea for me, thank you!

THIS LINK reported that an estimated 200 tons of herbal chrysanthemums contaminated by a banned toxic chemical has entered the market.

The herbal flower, which is often used by Chinese in tea and medicine, is believed to have been dried with sulfur dioxide, a prohibited preservative that can cause sickness.

Dubbed China's herbal town, Yangma County in Jiangsu province produces 2,000 tons of chrysanthemums each year. It is suspected 200 tons of the herb are contaminated.

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