17. Ben Underwood
slate.com
• Lost eyes to cancer, aged 2
• Mother learns of his ability to perceive
surroundings, aged 5; now aged 16
• Echolocates
• 2006 - People magazine, CBS news,
“Extraordinary People” tv series,Youtube,
Oprah, etc.
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39. Indo-Malayan mimic octopus
Thaumoctopus mimicus
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=260
Norman MD, Finn J, Tregenza T (2001) Dynamic mimicry in an Indo-
Malayan octopus. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 268(1478):1755-1758.
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65. Role of tools
Engage, excite, express
Active citizen, science communication
http://delicious.com/sivasothi/buzzed2009
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66. Acknowledgements
• Kenneth Pinto, CIT, NUS, for the
invitation and discussion of
content.
• The community of contributors to
online content on Flickr,
YouTube, Wikipedia, etc who
have helped to enhance
teaching.
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