Category: Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)
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Smartphones and the Uncertain Future of ‘Spatial Thinking’
CityLab: Smartphones and the Uncertain Future of 'Spatial Thinking' … Traditionally, people get around their houses, neighborhoods and cities with the help of an internal "cognitive map." But that system isn't much of a map at all. It's more like a personal library filled with discrete bits of knowledge, landmarks (a bus stop, a church,…
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Startup Offers Payday Advances Without the Pesky Loan-Sharking
Wired: Startup Offers Payday Advances Without the Pesky Loan-Sharking "… According to Palaniappan, the real culprit here is the very concept of the payday. The way he see is, there’s no reason people who already have done their work should have to wait several days, or even weeks, to get the money they’ve rightfully earned.…
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Science and Technology Links
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in Culture, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))1. PBS: Five Cook Stoves Used Around the World 2. Upworthy: It Used To Take Up 40% Of Their Daily Expenses. Then They Found A New Way To Cook. 3. Viral Forest: This is the Pallet Emergency Home. It Can Be Built in One Day With Only Basic Tools. … Developed by the creative folks…
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Science and Technology Links
1. The Atlantic: What Americans Don't Know About Science On a recent survey, just 74 percent of Americans said that the Earth revolves around the sun. … … As you'll see, in the words of the report, "many Americans provide multiple incorrect answers to basic questions about scientific facts." Then again, "residents of other countries, including highly…
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How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?
Tech Policy Daily: How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991? Amazing! Today’s iPhones have the same capabilities (and more!) than 13 distinct electronics gadgets, worth more than $3,000, found in a 1991 Radio Shack ad. Buffalo writer Steve Cichon was the first to dig up the old ad and make the point about…
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Are The Machines About To Replace Us?
In short, no. Erik Brynjolfsson of MIT explains why? Interesting thoughts. ("The key to growth? Race with the machines")