McGurk effect – you actually hear only what you see or want to hear!

Databases a simple definition: Database is a collection of data that is managed as a single unit. There are Six major types or models of databases: Flat file databases: These were databases that managed all the data in one flat file. The file was just a list of items. There were several ways that this…

Typically, labor statistics are collected tediously by the staff of Bureau of Labor Statistics by visiting, faxing and calling different stores, offices and online retailers in 90 cities across the nation and getting back nearly 80,000 prices for different items. This costs about $250MM per year and takes at least several weeks to put together….

Sometimes, Biology is difficult. There are so many factors that are not understood, things that cannot be controlled and complex systems that are hard to predict that it is difficult to understand the full consequences of common things like food, diet, exercise and all the other complicating factors in health. However, one area that gets…

It is known through significant psychological research that humans are very sensitive to loss. That means the sad feeling of loss is much stronger than happiness feeling of gain. This manifests itself in strange ways. For example, in the stock market, the possibility to avoid a loss makes people take wrong decisions – they delay…

There are large data-sets that are being generated that are amazingly large, completely open for anyone to use and see and can generate valuable conclusions.   Hapmap is one such grand project. This is made up of participants from US, UK, China, Japan, Canada and Nigeria. Look at the link below to get all the…