The Leaky Future Conjecture: The Leaky Future Conjecture (LFC) asks “What if nature were able to leak information from the future to its own past?” Although human-like time travelers are standard fare in Science Fiction, the conjecture makes no presumptions about what form this communication migh...
Littletechie That’s London, my five-year-old son. He likes...
Littletechie That’s London, my five-year-old son. He likes technology and gadgets a whole lot. Seriously. Little Techie is a spot to showcase his “creations” and day-to-day life as a tiny little tech geek. Because sometimes being a geek is majorly awesome Why do I blog this? Fascination toward...
(via) Read in Wired, a sociologist, Esther Kim from Yale...
(via) Read in Wired, a sociologist, Esther Kim from Yale University was interested in the tactics employed by people to keep a free seat in the bus: Avoid eye contact Lean against the window and stretch out your legs. Sit on the aisle seat and listen to music to pretend not to hear people asking...
Turkopticon: Almost half of the Mechanical Turk workers who...
Turkopticon: Almost half of the Mechanical Turk workers who wrote their Bill of Rights demanded protection from employers who take their work without paying. Turkopticon lets you REPORT and AVOID shady employers. […] Turkopticon adds functionality to Amazon Mechanical Turk as you browse for HITs ...
Mars Rover “A set of low-resolution gray scale Hazcam...
Mars Rover “A set of low-resolution gray scale Hazcam images will be acquired within minutes of landing on the surface,” said Justin Maki of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “Once all of the critical systems have been checked out by the engineering team and the mast is deploye...
The representation of futuristic technology
An insightful excerpt from NASA/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America by Constance Penley: "the original star trek had a curious ambivalent relation to the representation of futuristic technology. Although the producers of the show consulted scientists, engineers, and technicians in their effort...
Is that you, or am I experiencing Artificial Reality? - The New...
Is that you, or am I experiencing Artificial Reality? - The New Yorker ...
In a conversation this afternoon with Ben Fullerton, the...
In a conversation this afternoon with Ben Fullerton, the “trip computer” from the Talbot Alpine showed up. An awesome device from the past, one of those artifacts that was supposed to be “futuristic” at the time ...
The “Olympic Wifi Police”: @SadaoTurner: „Something...
The “Olympic Wifi Police”: @SadaoTurner: „Something you won’t see on TV, this is the Olympics Wi-Fi Police. They seek unauthorized wifi signals & shut them down.“ (via Fefe) ...
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