DIY book scanner
Wired featured a wonderful piece of homemade cybernetics (and one that could subtly changing the world) – the homemade book scanner:
… Read the rest “DIY book scanner”For nearly two years, Daniel Reetz dreamed of
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A job better than programming…
The DaniWeb IT forum offers proof that, for at least one skilled professional, prostitution is a better way to pay the bills than programming:
… Read the rest “A job better than programming…”Dr Magnanti is a developmental neurotoxicology
The spy in your pocket.
New Scientist challenges a team of professional electronic snoops, who prove that strangers can learn more than you think from your phone:
… Read the rest “The spy in your pocket.”I’ve just walked into a windowless room
The physics of finance: Or, the puppetmasters revealed.
Scientists are not just getting into creating music, InsideScience informs me. They’ve also figured out the magic of finance:
… Read the rest “The physics of finance: Or, the puppetmasters revealed.”A pair of physicists at the Swiss Federal Institute
Scientists make music #2: Live coding.
BBC News reveals the latest tactic in the war to make live electronica performances a little more of the moment: Have the musicians write their sound-making code on the fly:
… Read the rest “Scientists make music #2: Live coding.”Live coding has
Gibraltar may crumble…
…but this new memory technology Neatorama’s talking about will be here to stay:
… Read the rest “Gibraltar may crumble…”Berkeley… researcher Alex Zettl and colleagues created a physical memory cell composed
AI baby step: Robot masters scientific method.
The sober, respectable Financial Times isn’t really the publication one would expect to be covering OH EM GEE THE ROBOT THINKS IT THINKS! kind of breakthroughs, but that’s… Read the rest “AI baby step: Robot masters scientific method.”
PENGUIN: ACQUIRED.
Technology Review closes in on an interesting application for spooky biometric computer systems – using Big Brother security software to identify penguins:
… Read the rest “PENGUIN: ACQUIRED.”The software involved–originally