The Momma Loves Gringo

The momma and I are addicted to these TED talks. This 20 minute presentation is by Robert Full, a biologist who studies the specialized foot structures of various species (e.g., geckos, cockroaches) for engineering of improved movement of robots. How cool would it be to work in HIS lab?!?

• Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight - 20 minute talk by a neuroscientist who was able to study her own brain from the “inside out” as a result of a stroke.
• Carly Fleischmann: Very interesting autistic girl learns to communicate via computer. Two ABC reports:

• Breakthrough: autistic teen finds voice (2/19/08)

  Autistic girl communicates via computer (2/19/08)

• Alzheimer’s patient and a sweet dog (like me!)