Art is an integral part of video games. But the debate continues whether video games are a work of art.
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‘Pee power’ – turning urine into electricity
Urine can be turned into electricity, according to scientists.
We each produce 2.5 liters of urine a day and a total of 6.4 trillion liters globally. But until now it has been widely regarded as a rather unpleasant waste product.
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Denver ‘very stong candidate’ for new satellite patent office
Denver, Colorado
Under a bill signed by President Barack Obama in September, Denver is a “very strong candidate” for a new satellite patent office. John Bryson, the newly confirmed secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, announced the news Wednesday during a Colorado visit.
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55 Jobs of the Future
“There is no future in any job. The future lies in
the person who holds the job.” – George W. Crane
Futurist Thomas Frey: One of my primary complaints with higher education is that they tend to prepare students for jobs of the past. The way a Midwesterner would phrase it, “they are constantly shooting behind the duck.”
NASA creates blackest substance on Earth
A close-up image of the new material. A section has been removed to show the vertical nanotubes.
Engineers at Nasa have come up with a material that absorbs more than 99 per cent of all light that strikes it.
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FCC to provide low-income homes with cheap broadband internet service and computers
Low-income homes will be provided with $10 internet service and $150 computers.
Cable and computer firms along with the Federal Communications Commission have announced a program to provide low-income homes with $10 monthly broadband Internet service and $150 computers.
Digital divide shrinks among mobile internet use
Middle-aged and white may no longer be a fitting stereotype for today’s mobile Internet aficionado.
What is the first image that comes to mind when you think of an Internet aficionado, circa 1995?
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AstroCantus – iPhone app creates music from stars and galaxies
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There are many apps that create music based on nature sounds from here on earth, but not many that can create music based on the stars in our galaxy. But that’s just what AstroCantus accomplishes.
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First of it’s kind national program will put 3D printers into high school students’ hands
The DARPA MENTOR program should boost engineering skills for high school students.
The trend to put Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology into schools continues. Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) announced that it has been chosen by the Georgia Institute of Technology to provide its Dimension 3D Printers to select high schools across the U.S. as part of The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) program.
Mind control: pushing the limits
There are a variety of brainwave-reading headsets on the market today.
If you want to make things move with your mind, you don’t have to be a Jedi. Although we may not be able to lift a spaceship out of a swamp like Yoda does in The Empire Strikes Back, but it is possible to steer a model car, drive a wheelchair and control a robotic exoskeleton with just your thoughts. (Pics)
Artificial intelligence difference engine: Luddite legacy
If the Luddite Fallacy were true, we would all be out of work by now.
There is a tale told about Henry Ford II showing Walter Reuther, the veteran leader of the United Automobile Workers, around a newly automated car plant. “Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues,” gibed the boss of Ford Motor Company. Reuther replied, “Henry, how are you going to get them to buy your cars?”
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Doctor claims he can zap brown eyes blue
Zap your brown eyes blue.
A California medical company says they have developed the technology to turn your pretty brown eyes into deep baby blues, like Elijah Wood’s.
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