Hear the future of synth music now, from this emerging powerhouse duo Robotic Drummer and HP Scanner! Little Drummer Boy comes alive with the office friendly sounds of Christmas, and makes you wonder “what are these two going to play next?”
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27% of photos and videos taken this year were shot with smartphones.
Film is already passe for snapshots. Are basic digital point-and-shoot cameras next to go?
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“Most of us can’t recall anything about infancy, it’s only at about 3- or 4-years of age we can start to remember.”
A majority of adults suffer from childhood amnesia. They are unable to remember infancy or toddlerhood. That’s what scientists thought. But a new study indicates that even six years after the fact, a small percentage of tots as young as 2 can recall a unique event .
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Muppets
Chris Anderson, a director of Omnicom Group’s marketing agency The Marketing Arm says, “In times of uncertainty, we tend look back. We long for seemingly simpler times. From music to motorcars to Muppets, we seek out products and brands that we’re familiar with.”
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles coated with cadmium sulfide produced a yellow paste that, when painted onto a transparent conductive material, generates electricity.
The next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home could generate electricity from light — electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside.
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Satellite image of North and South Korea at night.
The world’s most secretive country is also one of its darkest. This satellite image shows night in North Korea. The capital Pyongyang, near the western coast, is one of the only places in the country with electricity. At the top of the picture, the illuminations show cities in China. At the bottom right, Kyushu and the southern islands of Japan.
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Sexy videos provide numerous negative influences for girls.
Sexy video clips have a more negative influence on girls than on boys, says Dutch pop professor Tom ter Bogt. Ter Bogt investigated the influence of sexy video clips on the thoughts, behaviour and self-image of 13 to 16 year old children. After viewing the clips, girls felt that outward appearance was more important, they were less satisfied with their own appearance, and they became less resolute in denying permissive sex…
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The mystery sphere.
For a few days, people living in a remote area of Namibia heard strange explosions. Then they found this sphere, which about 43 inches in diameter, in an impact crater about 12 feet across. What is it for? Who does it belong to?
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Tweets can be seen as a reflection of an individual’s mood of the moment — as opposed to “a longer-term reflective evaluation” of the person’s life.
Happiness around the world is declining. How do we know? It’s on Twitter.
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ShotSpotter will precisely and instantaneously locate shooters.
Not a single person reports the gunshots ring out in the dead of night. Yet police know exactly where the shots came from, even before they arrive on the scene.
Continue reading… “ShotSpotter – sniper detection technology quietly rolls out across America”
When the Going Gets Tough, BP Runs…
While it is well-known that the solar industry is highly cyclical, the general trend is definitely in an upward direction, with rapid double-digit yearly growth in production capacity and plenty of money to be made by the smartest players (both Warren Buffett and Google have recently invested in solar power). But apparently, when the going gets tough, BP cuts and runs. After 40 years of existence, now that solar power is more necessary than ever, the giant oil company has decided to drop its solar division. So much for ‘Beyond Petroleum’, a recent BP slogan, eh?
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It‘s just not fair: Middle children are in a bad spot
Throughout your childhood, not only did your big brother steal your Halloween candy, but as an adult he probably makes more money than you, too, say recently released survey findings.
Continue reading… “Birth order can affect your job and salary”