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The biggest problem in America today is not George W. Bush, but he does give it a face. The biggest problem in America today is that the party line has been drawn over our lives, drawn down the center of the nation, drawn through our homes and families.
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A team of UK researchers is combining the power of social network Facebook with communications tool Bluetooth to learn more about human interactions.
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A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light – an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time. Dr Gunter Nimtz and Dr Alfons Stahlhofen may have breached a key tenet of relativity theory.
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Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a device that uses lasers to project real three-dimensional images in mid-air. Plasma emissions from the nitrogen and oxygen is created at the point of focus.
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Credit cards are the most lucrative segment of banking, and not just because of the interest charges. It’s a case of the hook – the low interest rates, the line – the high interest rates, and the sinker – the fees. Don’t be fooled by the offers.
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What would happen if every blog published posts discussing the same issue, on the same day? One issue. One day. Thousands of voices. On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment
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Night photography of the abandoned west by Troy Paiva. Wandering the back roads of the west, the ghost town, decommissioned military site, aircraft boneyards and urban exploration from the view of abandonment explorer and back-roads wanderer.
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Justin Maller ( Superlover) is one of the most influential digital artists today. He’s also known for starting the ultra progressive design community Depthcore. Justin’s work is often featured in design publications including Computer Arts Magazine.
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Mate Steinforth is a designer and director based in New York City. His visual style as a VJ has been described as “deconstructionist abstract”, with three-dimensional objects creating impressing effects of space and depth.
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The US was born on July 4, 1776 when 13 former colonies of the mighty British Empire declared independence, and later states joined. Similarly, the Federation of Malaya was formed on Aug 31, 1957 and three new states joined in Sept 16, 1963. 50, not 44.
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The power of networking: 1) Do something worthy so that people can talk about you. 2) Make more friends with self disclosure. 3) Provide tools to people that makes it easy for them to talk about you. 4) Reward people when they promote you.
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A recurring theme in experimental psychology is the narrowness of perception. Cognitive illusions masquerade as magic: disguising one action as another, and confabulator precedes. While words are “like sheepdogs herding ideas” disguising ineffable qualia.
