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The Humble User Interface Comes of Age
John Underkoffler points to the future of UI »
My Top 10 TED.com talks
1. Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight 2. Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything 3. Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds 4. Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions 5. Carolyn Porco flies us to Saturn 6. VS Ramachandran on your mind 7. Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy, sweet, funny 8. Adam Savage’s obsessions 9. Emily Levine’s theory of... »
BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream
West Yorkshire Police have been storing DNA samples from suspects and car crash victims in a freezer also used for ice cream, a watchdogs’ report has said. Full report here: - BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream . »
Why We Believe in Gods
Andy Thomson gives his talk titled ‘Why We Believe in Gods‘ at the American Atheist 2009 convention in Atlanta, Georgia. J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., M.D. is Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction (CSMHI), Staff Psychiatrist at the University of Virginia Student Health Services and in private practice. In this... »
Some pix from my regular “I wish I had a better camera” section.
When the moon was at it’s closest approach (and 30% brighter) a few months ago I got out my Fuji S5600 and got a few quick hand held shots. It’s botched astronomy, but it’s good fun . . . enjoy! And yes, I still wish I had a better camera . . . But if you... »
Powers of Ten
From the macro to the micro, from the universe to quark. ”Powers of Ten” is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames. The film depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten. »
Generative Systems in Music, Games and Psychology
This fascinating public discussion between Will Wright, games designer extrodinaire, and Brian Eno, music producer extrodinaire, took place in 2006 as part of The Long Now Foundation’s series of seminars into long term thinking. Many of you will be aquainted with Brian Eno in some fashion, from his formative years in Roxy Music, or his... »
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