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jtotheizzoe: Jonah Lehrer Admits to Fabricating Quotes, Stonewalling, Resigns Jonah Lehrer has admitted to fabricating Bob Dylan quotes in his newest book Imagine. This comes just weeks after the famed neuroscience writer was caught “self-plagiarizing” his own content on his New Yorker blog. It has just been announced that he is resigning from The New Yorker, and his publisher…
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We could argue about what’s worse, but as John R. Edlund of CSU Pomona, an English professor who writes about plagiarism, told the Atlantic Wire, “I think Mr. Lehrer’s current offenses are more about fraud than plagiarism, although he was accused of self-plagiarism in the past. He is now accused of fabricating quotations to fit…
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We could argue about what’s worse, but as John R. Edlund of CSU Pomona, an English professor who writes about plagiarism, told the Atlantic Wire, “I think Mr. Lehrer’s current offenses are more about fraud than plagiarism, although he was accused of self-plagiarism in the past. He is now accused of fabricating quotations to fit…
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emergentfutures: Nintendo reports operating loss of $132M as Wii sales drop off a cliff Rivals Microsoft and Sony have been gaining share for a while. The company is experiencing the Osborne effect, in which sales of its current generation console are dropping because it has announced its next-generation machine. Nintendo reported Wii sales of 710,000 in the…
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kateoplis: “Personally, I love what NBC has done with the Olympics. I always dreamed of living in an era before the Internet, without Twitter or online streaming or live breaking-news updates. And watching the tape-delayed Olympics on NBC, I feel like I’m there. It’s just like I pictured: I would gather around the large, box-shaped…
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kateoplis: “Personally, I love what NBC has done with the Olympics. I always dreamed of living in an era before the Internet, without Twitter or online streaming or live breaking-news updates. And watching the tape-delayed Olympics on NBC, I feel like I’m there. It’s just like I pictured: I would gather around the large, box-shaped…
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Electronic sensor rivals sensitivity of human skin
Electronic sensor rivals sensitivity of human skin unexpectedtech: A flexible electronic sensor made from interlocking hairs can detect the gentle steps of a ladybird and distinguish between shear and twisting forces, just as human skin can. It can also be strapped to the wrist and used as a heart-rate monitor. The sensor’s design, described today…
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Electronic sensor rivals sensitivity of human skin
Electronic sensor rivals sensitivity of human skin unexpectedtech: A flexible electronic sensor made from interlocking hairs can detect the gentle steps of a ladybird and distinguish between shear and twisting forces, just as human skin can. It can also be strapped to the wrist and used as a heart-rate monitor. The sensor’s design, described today…
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diy: Introducing Skills Today we’re launching an important new feature on DIY. We call it Skills. We’re starting small with our first 8 Skills: Circuit Bender, Fort Builder, Gamer, Gardener, Instrument Maker, n00b, Rocketeer, and Weaver. Skills are made of Challenges, which are awesome project ideas that Makers can solve by uploading photos and videos of their own inventions. Each Challenge is paired with the most…
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nonsenselab: Department of Biological FlowSlow Fade (Nano Gait Surf)July 29, 2012performanceVondelpark, Amsterdam – – – Brian Massumi: “You don’t affect a relational field by describing it, or the subjects or objects in it. If you’re going to use description, you have to find ways of making the description itself a performative intervention in the field.…