Five Things I Learned From Hanging Out with a Nine Year Old

When I read this, I couldn’t help but think of Walt Disney’s perpetual curiosity with how things work and his continuous desire to learn and improve.

Each day she approached the game with enthusiasm, eager to learn how to do this thing she didn’t know how to do before.

Adults have a tendency to believe that if they haven’t already learned something, they shouldn’t try. I’m a writer, so it would be an uphill battle to learn advanced calculus. However, with the same enthusiasm and willingness to be taught that a child exhibits (along with a healthy dose of practice), it’s possibly to learn anything.

via Five Things I Learned From Hanging Out with a Nine Year Old.

Smart shoes could help the visually impaired

Talk about innovation and problem solving, these shoes could help the visually impaired travel through town! Very clever:

The Lechal shoes – which means “take me along” in Hindi – were originally developed to help navigation for the visually impaired, but applications for fitness and the sighted were quickly realised.

Taking directions from the smartphone, the left or right shoe buzzes when walkers need to turn at a junction or fork, but are also packed with sensors to record distance travelled and calories burned.

Article from The Guardian.