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prostheticknowledge: RoRoD Game installation by Jorge Nuno Coutinho where computer and human compete in a game of arcade classic Breakout – the difference being real players use actual balls to eliminate bricks – video embedded below: Revenge of Revenge of Doh (RoRoD) is an interactive installation based on the video game Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (Taito,…
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futuretechreport: The Internet of Things Era (Video) Oracle has created an inspiring video breaking down the possibilities and challenges which are coming as part of the Internet of Things era. Some of the concerns they highlight are around big data explosion, security and privacy but these are tempered by benefits its brings for health and…
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The Year of the Lego
newyorker: Ted Trautman explores why Lego—which became the world’s second-largest toymaker earlier this year—has been thriving in China: http://nyr.kr/1aldbAm “Parents’ drive to see their children succeed is strong enough that … Lego is competing not so much with other toymakers as with after-school extracurricular activities.” Photograph by Zhu Xiang/Xinhua/Redux.
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When Black Men Ruled the World: 8 Things The Moors Brought to Europe
When Black Men Ruled the World: 8 Things The Moors Brought to Europe azspot: Universal Education The Moors brought enormous learning to Spain that over centuries would percolate through the rest of Europe. The intellectual achievements of the Moors in Spain had a lasting effect; education was universal in Moorish Spain, while in Christian Europe,…