Optimnem is the official site of Daniel Tammet. Read about his life and achievements and find out more about his memoir: Born On A Blue Day and the award-winning documentary programme about his amazin
'Mänti' is a created language I have worked on since I was a child. I have a fascination with words and language and this is one form of expression for me that is very personal and creative. Quite oft
Daniel T. is a "super brain." He can calculate numbers to hundreds of decimal points in seconds and learn new languages in a week. Through ... all » a series of real world
45 minute video of Daniel Tammet, a "super brain." He can calculate numbers to hundreds of decimal points in seconds and learn new languages in a week.
Getting Inside Daniel's Head Researchers attach Daniel to a lie detector and make him watch a jumbled display of his beloved Pi to see if he truly has an emotional attachment to numbers, and then they
Daniel Tammet is a "super brain". He can calculate numbers to hundreds of decimal points in seconds and learn new languages in a week. Through a set of challenges against other "super b
Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds. But unlike other savants, who can perform similar feats, Tammet can describe how he doe
"Writer Warren Ellis, author of comic books, graphic novels, and two forthcoming novels, is bringing his “Second Life Sketches” to the Reuters Second Life News Center as a weekly column beginning
On his birthday, DamnInteresting sums up the fraught career of 'the man who invented the 20th Century'. He may have been an utter crank, but he was a superlative genius too. See link further up for wa
A luddite tale of how Apple isnt so easy. Macs are great if they dont break and if their *geniuses* actually know what they were doing when they do. What if BMW got into making computers?