The distorted map I posted this morning has been done thanks to a technique called "anamorphosis". Anamorphosis "deals with visual presentation based on deformation theories that create unusual spatial reference". With this keyword, I found this map of Europe. It is an anamorphosis map centered on ...
[Weird] Italy as a celular culture
This cellular culture tremendously looks like Italy: ...
[Resrearch] Location Algorithm Tests
Here we used two different algorithms for triangulation (Wifi signal triangulation on iPAQs). The first is just the mean of the position of the antennas, the second is the mean adjusted with the signal strength. ...
Via le monde: Le fait de fermer les volets d'une maison - chose étrange aux yeux des Anglo-Saxons - serait un réflexe qui date de la taille, un impôt prélevé sous l'Ancien Régime. En effet, les envoyés du percepteur évaluaient son montant en regardant par les fenêtres ...
[Research] Evolution of Cooperation and Labor Division in Artificial Ants
Some people here works on ant simulation. I like the idea of studying division of labor of cooperating agents/ants. Perez-Uribe, A., Floreano, D. and Keller, L. (2003) Effects of group composition and level of selection in the evolution of cooperation in artificial ants. In Proceedings of the 7t...
[MyResearch] Theoretical stuff about distributed cognition
The ecological approach in psychology try to account for the natural complexity of behavior as well as the properties of the environment and the ongoing interaction withe environment. According to this vision, cognitive processes are analyzed as relations between agents and other systems. As noted ...
[Space and Place] A distorted map of france
I like this kinf od map. It shows the tgv travel time instance of distance: ...
(Space and Place) GSM coverage maps
Here is a GSM coverage map (found here), with the different standars (GSM 900, 1800...) You can find more precise maps, for each country here. For some countries, it is incredible ! ...
(Weird) Heavy metal in iraq
I read that U.S. troops blast AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" and other rock music full volume from a huge speaker, hoping to grate on the nerves of this Sunni Muslim city's gunmen and give a laugh to Marines along the front line. An Army psychological operations team hopes a mix of heavy metal and insults ...
(Weird) Send SMS with your Barbie
Barbie is done doing so well since her divorce with Ken, her nice husband, that is why some people are trying to improve her according to the age. Mattel chief executive Robert Eckert is adding more features to Barbie, a 45-year-old American icon that accounts for half of Mattel's profit, in a bid ...