A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Sea Hero Quest is a video game developed in partnership with Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, game studio Glitchers and several European universities and it is designed to identify individuals who might have early and mild symptoms of dementia that medical tests aren’t able to detect.
Source: A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working
Fascinating. I’ve often wondered if video games couldn’t be used in seriously productive ways.
A Missouri shelter opened earlier this month as a sanctuary specifically for elderly dogs.
Source: Sanctuary for elderly dogs opens, inspired by rescued senior beagle mix – Story | KMSP
It takes special people to take this on. We have our own local equivalent as well: Old Dog Haven.
“I still don’t want to believe it happened because it’s too much money for me to even think about,” said Eddie Adams, who is a self-taught musician.
What a neat story.
Scottish entrepreneurs aim to go global with their hope to replace palm oil using coffee waste.
Source: Coffee waste ‘could replace palm oil’ – BBC News
I could contribute … a lot! 
Here’s an interesting press release about a new initiative that you wonder why it hasn’t been done before, given the affinity between LEGO studs and braille:
Obvious, when you think about it. So cool to make it happen.
A 6-month-old dog got too curious outside a home in the Hastings area, according to fire officials. When the homeowner got home Monday morning, Fifi’s head was firmly stuck inside one of the holes in a 30-pound concrete cinderblock.
Whoops.
Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. Researchers say the small trial of the treatment has gone ‘beyond their wildest dreams’.
Source: Parkinson’s results beyond researchers’ wildest dreams – BBC News
This sounds really exciting.
A video showing Raytown firefighters pushing a fisherman home in is electric wheelchair has become popular on Facebook. The man, who is a veteran, drained the wheelchair’s battery after he became stuck in the mud at a pond about seven blocks from his home.
Source: Video shows Raytown firefighters push man home in wheelchair | The Kansas City Star
Because that’s what firefighters do. Very cool.
A new honey industry is beginning to flourish in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia
Source: Out of Work coal Miners are Being Trained as Beekeepers – Goodnet
Very cool…
Drinks firm will replace holders with 100% recyclable and biodegradable cardboard packs
Source: Diageo to remove plastic from Guinness multipacks | Business | The Guardian
I like this a lot. I hope more can and bottle distributors move to getting rid of plastic.