BBC reports that scientists have managed to selectively erase memory from mice, without hurting the little fellows. According to the article, “The scientists say that in the long-term it should be possible to develop a pill that wipes out traumatic and fearful memories in humans.”
That’s pretty neat. I’d love a pill that would erase selective memories. The first thing I’d do would be to erase all memories of watching Akira Kurosawa‘s films, then go back and watch them all again. There’s nothing like seeing them for the first time.
And yeah, I’m still testing the ScribeFire extension.
As many of you know, I run a separate website that concentrates on the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. Most of my yesterday was spent re-designing the website (the old version was bland), and it is more or less ready now. Do take a look and tell me what you think.
Akira Kurosawa News and Information
Updated 4th November, 2006: Added some personal experiences with Shopping Mall Japan
For some reason eBay has never made it to Japan. Instead, Yahoo! Auctions Japan is the place to go if you are looking for that rare Akira Kurosawa item, or the latest manga and anime releases. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are interested, do make sure to check out the latest additions to my Vertebrate Silence family of websites.
The Burnt Ones: Literary Awards News aims to keep up to date with the news in the world of contemporary literary awards.
Akira Kurosawa News and Information, meanwhile, provides, well, news and information about the legendary Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa.
The Akira Kurosawa film school that I mentioned a few weeks ago appears to have closed the doors before teaching a single class. See Mainichi Daily News for the short article.
A few weeks ago I read about a new film school that has been founded by Kurosawa Productions, the company that was founded by Akira Kurosawa to produce many of his later masterpieces. I didn’t think too much of it at first – after all the master himself has been dead now for more than half a decade – but now it turns out that many of the instructors and people running the school will come from Kurosawa’s old regular group of actors, assistant directors, technicians, and other people who helped him to create his films. Wow.
