A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Google Maps crowdsources traffic
When used on phones with GPS (including the Pre and MyTouch 3G, though not the iPhone), Google Maps crowdsources huge batches of data on how fast you’re travelling on a particular street, thus measuring traffic for fellow drivers.
Continue reading… “Google Now Crowdsourcing Traffic To Make Your Commute Less Miserable”
Artist Jer Thorp has harnessed the internet’s oversharing tendencies for good, compiling 36 hours worth of “just landed in…” tweets into one beautiful 3D visualization.
Continue reading… “Visualization of Traveling Twitterers”
EARBUDS can pipe audio directly from a portable player to the ear. But did you ever imagine that eyeglasses or contact lenses could deliver digital images directly from a smartphone to the retina?
Continue reading… “Heads-Up Display Eyewear”
Check out this new mashup by Japanese coder Ryo Katsuma. It has a lot of potential. It takes the exercising aspect of the Wii and combines it with virtual tourism, by using Google Maps with the Wii Remote to create a virtual jogging or walking experience.
Continue reading… “Take A Virtual Tour Using A Wii And Google Maps”
Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have made a new discovery that could lead to better cochlear implants for deaf people.
Continue reading… “Infrared Light May Bring Sound To The Deaf”
A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Al Gore’s chief scientific ally, Dr James Hansen, and is one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures, announced that last month was the hottest October on record.
Continue reading… “Scientific Blunder Raises Question About Alarm Over Global Warming”
Think Like a Genius is a dynamic software program that enables kids of all ages to build 3D virtual worlds that are fun, interactive and inspiring.
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CityWall has been around for a little bit now, offering a giant multitouch display of maps and other service-oriented features. But now the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology just launched their new 3D UI for the interactive display, which makes it look super futuristic and awesome.
Continue reading… “City Wall Multitouch Display Now Has 3D Interface”
The first high-resolution map of the human cortical network reveals that the brain has its own version of Grand Central Station, a central hub that is structurally connected to many other parts of the brain.
Continue reading… “First Detailed Map Of The Human Brain”
