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Hologram messaging coming of age
STREAMING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES IN NEAR-REALTIME Many different perspectives of the object or person (1) are captured on a series of cameras arranged in an arc or circle That information is processed (2) and sent through a computer link. It could conceivably be sent anywhere in the world The 3D holographic printing system (3) receives the … Read more
‘We can implant entirely false memories’
You were abducted by aliens, you saw Bugs Bunny at Disneyland, and then you went up in a balloon. Didn’t you? Laura Spinney on our remembrance of things past. Alan Alda had nothing against hard-boiled eggs until last spring. Then the actor, better known as Hawkeye from M*A*S*H, paid a visit to the University of … Read more
Researchers Discover How to Erase Memory: How Dangerous Could this Be?
Researchers have discovered how to erase a memory. They have found a protein, that if removed from a specific region of the brain that recalls fear; they could completely erase the memory of a traumatic experience. Could this discovery be useful in treating things like depression or post traumatic stress disorder, or could this discovery … Read more
Brand Loyalty in the Age of Social Media
Businesses chasing brand loyalty in their customers is nothing new, but the way they’re doing it may be. In these days of digital communication and smartphones, many companies are utilizing Social Media and emerging technologies to expand their marketing strategies. Facebook‘s “Like” button is all over the Web, email subscriptions abound on every blog imaginable, … Read more
Expedia on how one extra data field can cost $12m
Online travel firm Expedia has found that data analytics can deliver a multi-million dollar kick to a company’s bottom line. The company used SAS analytics to identify a single change to a web page that generated an overnight surge in sales, Expedia’s VP of global analytics and optimisation Joe Megibow told the SAS Premier Business … Read more
Is the Business Cycle In Your DNA?
Why bankers are like bacteria, and marketers are like virus. From The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism by Howard Bloom, Prometheus Books, 2009, reprinted with permission What has tumbled you and me into the pit of the Great Recession of 2008-2010? What causes boom and bust? Does economic catastrophe come from … Read more
A New Blueprint for Artificial General Intelligence
Demis Hassabis, a research fellow at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, is out to create a radical new kind of artficial brain. A former well-known UK videogame designer and programmer, he has produced a number of amazing games, including the legendary Evil Genius — which he denies selling to Microsoft, thus ruining a perfectly good joke. … Read more
How To Live In A 566 Square Foot House: Sleep On A Yoga Mat
Credit: Dave LeBlanc Dave Leblanc describes the problem presented to Architect Andrew Reeves in the Globe and Mail: Imagine for a moment you’re an architect. You’ve got a client – a really nice guy – who tells you he sleeps on a yoga mat on the floor. And he wants a home that is so … Read more
Nanobot Is Coming: Smallest Electric Engine Could Power Nanomachines
A blueprint has been sketched out for the smallest ever electric motor, which could eventually be used to drive tiny conveyor belts or pumps in future nanomachines. The motor’s rotor is a long, coal-derived molecule called anthracene, which spins around an axle composed of two ethynyl units. Each end of this axle is connected to … Read more
Emotional Design: Defining Emotion, Personality and Relationship
As UX professionals, we strive to design engaging experiences. These experiences help to forge relationships between the products we create and the people who use them. Whether you’re designing a website or a physical product, the formation of a relationship depends on how useful, usable and pleasurable the experience is. Ultimately, we form relationships with … Read more
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