There is an amazing little website called LIBRARYOFBABEL.INFO. And I would recommend you toy around a bit with it.. The site is listed as a “place for scholars to do research, for artists and writers to seek inspiration, for anyone with curiosity or a sense of humor to reflect on the weirdness of existence.” This library … Read moreThe amazing and weird Library of Babel
According to a survey of more than 400 individuals by Baylor University, 46.3% of respondents said their partners snubbed them by taking to their phones, or “phubbed” them. And 22.6% said it “caused issues” in their relationship. I never heard this term until today. I’ve been phubbed before and may have phubbed back.. It hasn’t ruined my relationships … Read more‘Phubbing’ is ruining American relationships
The Washington POST is equally terrified about the APP and what it may do to society .. And now I am , too LAUREN C. WILLIAMS: Silicon Valley’s Newest App Is Likely To Aid Bigots, Destroy Privacy
The Social-Network Illusion That Tricks Your Mind: Network scientists have discovered how social networks can create the illusion that something is common when it is actually rare.
The iPhone is the main blame for wretched photos of the supermoon last night.. Truly a breathtaking moment ruined by photography at its worst at night. I’d imagine the people of 2033, during the next blood moon eclipse , will get a mighty chuckle is the current batch of photos still exists. Everyone loved the … Read moreEveryone loved the supermoon, but all they got were these lousy photos
Overpopulation of people. And now BOTs. Android baby boom coming.Oil up the robot and when the algorithm is rockin’ don’t go a knockin… In an experiment designed to show how robots can learn and evolve, researchers in Cambridge and Zurich programmed a robot arm—or “mother”—with an algorithm to create a device made out of blocks … Read moreIn an experiment designed to show how robots can learn and evolve, researchers in Cambridge and Zurich programmed a robot arm—or “mother”—with an algorithm to create a device made out of blocks containing motors—its “child”.
THE BBC is running an amazing report authored by David Robson.. The premise: Hunans can become possessed by AI.. The money quite: Science fiction – including the recent TV series Humans – has long questioned whether robots could one day integrate in our society, to the point we no longer make a distinction between who … Read moreComputer possession
Growing scientific evidence suggests a future where our brains may prematurely fail in later life through under-use, thanks to Mother Nature’s rule that we ‘use it or lose it’. This makes some sense to me.. we are not ‘wired’ to be as wired as we are.. It may take a couple of generations to get … Read moreIs your satnav harming your brain?
