May 2011
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Plug-in Device Modifies What Public Wi-fi Users See on News Websites
Newstweek: fixing the facts (by newstweek)
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If we can only survive the next 90 years, things will be pretty awesome.
(via We Will Become Like the Gods We Once Feared | Dr. Kaku’s Universe | Big Think)
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The world is complex and getting more so.
People believe that they benefit...
– Stowe Boyd: It’s Not About Making Things Easier, It’s About Connection
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Bitcoin: New Anonymous, Transnational Currency Threatens Central Banks
The same people who brought you Wikileaks are back, and this time, they’ve created a virtual currency called Bitcoin that could destabilize the entire global financial system. Bitcoin is an open-source virtual currency generated by a computer algorithm that is completely beyond the reach of financial intermediaries,...
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I'd be lying...
peanutweeter:
via @fender_splendor
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Power Insulates Powerful People from the Physio-Emotional Consequences of Lying
Power didn’t suddenly make people amoral. That is, they still stated that they believed lying was wrong.
However, only one group actually experienced emotional distress after lying: the low-power liars…
The high-power liars didn’t report any negative feelings…
Whereas low-power liars were cognitively...
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Robots use cooperation to map building interiors
(via Mini-bots cooperate to map out building interiors (video) - CNET News)
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Continental’s new stereo camera system… spots people, pets, and...
– Continental readies stereo camera system for ‘seeing’ cars — Engadget
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After analyzing more than 16 million records of call date, time and position,...
– - Robert Lee Hotz, The Really Smart Phone
There is order in our randomness, it seems.
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