SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T03:14:23-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #134773 on Enginursday: The Healing Power of LightCustomer #134773urn:uuid:3355dcad-76b9-6a83-d241-6eee8edb0d3d2019-06-27T17:12:01-06:00<p>Even though it's been nigh on to 50 years since I started, it seems to me that an Arduino might be a good place to start. You might start by watching some of the Ardu8ino videos posted by this company in Niwot, CO called "SparkFun". ;-)<p>Another place to start would be with the micro:bit -- it has a more "graphical" interface and so requires less typing, though for us "old f*rts", it's easier to type what we want rather than "find it in a menu then drag and drop it". (Yes, you can also type Python programs for the micro:bit.)</p><p><a href="https://www.adafruit.com/" rel="nofollow">Adafruit</a> also has excellent tutorials, and there are lots more out there on the "interWebs", though quality ranges from "excellent" to "dubious".</p></p>
brambleton on Enginursday: The Healing Power of Lightbrambletonurn:uuid:450763a6-7ae4-fcb9-e417-59227283eae12019-06-27T12:45:19-06:00<p>When he gets there, I hope he'll find some time to teach his dad!</p>
brambleton on Enginursday: The Healing Power of Lightbrambletonurn:uuid:453a21a0-6979-3e2f-eaa9-c09ff89563302019-06-27T12:42:59-06:00<p>Amazing--thanks for sharing! It looks like MIT neuroscientists this year (drawing off that 2016 study) found that if they combine the visual with auditory stimulation, it's even more effective than either one by itself. Fingers crossed that they're onto something that will work on humans.</p>
Customer #134773 on Enginursday: The Healing Power of LightCustomer #134773urn:uuid:0e8832b1-3f66-2bd8-f57a-6a19434f25f72019-06-27T12:26:56-06:00<p>There is some research suggesting that pulesd light (40 Hz) may have a good effect on Alzheimer's disease in mice. (The caveat is that historically much less than 10% of Alzheimer's treatments effective in mice have been found to be effective in humans.)<p>There was a paper was published in <em>Nature</em>, 16-December-2016, Vol. 540, pp 230-235. (The on-line version has about 15 pages of "supporting info".)</p><p>I was a bit surprised when the librarian of my local library had never heard of <em>Nature</em>. Fortunately, she was able to give me the appropriate info to log into the library's website, and from that I was able to find a "publication search engine" that was able to find it.</p></p>
Customer #134773 on Enginursday: The Healing Power of LightCustomer #134773urn:uuid:97ccb2a6-b9d5-4b17-09b4-8b35cfdb1bb22019-06-27T12:12:14-06:00<p>I LOVE the expression of your son! The caption could so easily be "This is <em>SO BORING!!!</em> When am I going to get to do something interesting, like learning to program?"</p>