"The Meditator," a personal isolation tank fashioned from 12 pentagons decorated with photo collages. "You may find the sensation akin to that mystical communion with nature that you experience when alone in a forest," according to Popular Science writer Ken Isaacs in November 1970. At popsci.com, they've republished a photo gallery with enough detail that serenity-seeking DIYers in 2012 can once again roll their own. ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/how-to-build-a-trippy-meditati.html/feed 14 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/this-is-your-brain-on-meditati.html http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/this-is-your-brain-on-meditati.html#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 00:46:23 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=159780 a feature worth reading in the New York Times today by John Hanc on the role that meditation plays in brain development, and scientific studies to explore "the extent to which meditation may affect neuroplasticity — the ability of the brain to make physiological change."]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/this-is-your-brain-on-meditati.html/feed 7 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/video-the-pinky-show-the-d.html http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/video-the-pinky-show-the-d.html#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:56:07 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=146075

[Video Link] Hard to explain this web series, and this particular episode. Cats. Philosophy. Emptiness. Best to just watch. (via Andrea James)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/video-the-pinky-show-the-d.html/feed 14