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Increased computer use by adolescents cause for concern | Queen’s University News Centre
Increased computer use by adolescents cause for concern | Queen’s University News Centre Researchers have found a strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected sex. “This research is based on social cognitive theory, which suggests that seeing people engaged in…
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The mathematical foundations of electronics predict the existence of four fundamental electronic devices. The resistor, capacitor and inductor are well known. The fourth device, the memristor, was only discovered in 2008 and even now remains an exotic piece of kit. Memristors are electrical elements whose resistance depends on the current that has passed through it…
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BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer): BYOB DENVER May 17th
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer): BYOB DENVER May 17th bringyourownbeamer: gif by Sterling Crispin We are pleased to announce the Denver instance of the international exhibition series Bring Your Own Beamer. The premise of BYOB is to ask local media based artists to bring their own projectors to a physical location in order to showcase…
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theatlantic: Gawker’s Traffic Numbers Are Worse Than Anyone Anticipated: What does the network’s traffic look like now that two and a half months have passed? Turns out, according to Gawker’s public statistics, things are much, much worse than was originally reported. Yes, the redesign cut traffic in half almost instantly, but instead of coming back,…
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thedocumentarian: Marshall McLuhan meets Tom Wolfe (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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InteractiveFabrication.com showcases work exploring Interactive Fabrication: interfaces and devices that take real-time input to fabricate physical form InteractiveFabrication.com (“InteractiveFabrication.com showcases work exploring Interactive…) Nice. (via paperbits)
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Ben Bashford – Notebook of Things: DisplayCabinet
Ben Bashford – Notebook of Things: DisplayCabinet bashford: DisplayCabinet is the output of 24 hours with Tim Burrell Saward and Dan Williams “connecting up our things to the web, our environments to our things, and our things to us” as part of the Pachube Internet of Things Hackathon. What we did. The aim of our…
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Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif
russianpencil: On July 11th, 2010, Tom Gerhardt and I had an idea for an iPhone accessory: a tripod mount that doubled as a stand. Five months later, customers began to receive our product, the Glif, in the mail. This turnaround, from idea to market in five months by two guys with no retail or manufacturing…
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Cormac McCarthy and Werner Herzog Discuss the Intersection of Art and Science
Cormac McCarthy and Werner Herzog Discuss the Intersection of Art and Science kateoplis: Grab some bourbon, go out on the deck, sit in your rocking chair and listen.
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The Real Lesson of Cisco’s Billion-Dollar Flip Debacle
The Real Lesson of Cisco’s Billion-Dollar Flip Debacle cameronmoll: Michael Mace, partly refuting the assumption all of us made after yesterday’s “RIP Flip” announcement: Most online analysis of the announcement doesn’t really explain what happened. The consensus is that Flip was doomed by competition with smartphones, but that says more about the mindset of the…