13.1.11

Earbuds Beat Depression by Shining Lights Into Your Brain | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Earbuds Beat Depression by Shining Lights Into Your Brain | Gadget Lab | Wired.com: "The concept for the Valkee sounds like the worst kind of snake-oil: It’s a little box that combats the dark blues of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) with bright lights. Nothing new there, except it shines the lights into your head through your ears."

12.1.11

World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved

World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved: "Still, the world's oldest known leather shoe, revealed Wednesday, struck one of the world's best known shoe designers as shockingly au courant. 'It is astonishing,' Blahnik said via email, 'how much this shoe resembles a modern shoe!'"

Earliest Known Winery Found in Armenian Cave

Earliest Known Winery Found in Armenian Cave: "As if making the oldest known leather shoe wasn't enough, a prehistoric people in what's now Armenia also built the world's oldest known winery, a new study says."