Doodling Good, Powerpoint Bad, Savant for a Day, and the Seven Industries most Affected by Social Media

Listen to Chelfyn & Helen Baxter on Virtual World, Afternoons with Jim Mora, for Radio New Zealand, National.

Wired magazine reports that doodling during meetings may help memory & re-call.

An Australian study shows that using Powerpoint makes it more difficult for people to take in information.

Fascinating research using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) that creates savant like & creative periods in otherwise 'Neuro-Typical brains".

The seven industries most likely to change through social media are Law firms, Healthcare, Action Sports, Real Estate, Tourism / Travel /Hospitality, Colleges & Education, and the Auto industry.

Waikato University engineering student Steven Kane has designed an advertising device in just 10 weeks that is triggered by people walking past and generates a recorded promotion.

Site of the week: http://www.howtostuff.co.nz which gives great tips and how to make things from tech solutions to wholemeal scones, and removing Fanta from a carpet.