Archives: November 2006
Thu Nov 30, 2006
When is the next where
Couldn't resist this posting on Mapping Hacks. "When is the next where" ought to be a meme but apparently it's not. Some ideas about why. More...
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Sun Nov 26, 2006
Fish come ashore - again
Technovelgy reports that a digital artist has created a robot fishbowl that allows fish to move on land. More...
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Yes, but can it detect cannabis?
According tot he New Scientist Dutch police use surveillance cameras with microphones to estimate anger levels and anticipate violence. More...
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Not so anomalous after all?
Good Math, Bad Math reports that the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Group (PEAR) has lost its funding. GMBM is also very critical of their stats and calls their results fakes. Oh dear. More...
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Thu Nov 23, 2006
The first computer game
You can download from here a simulation of the world's first computer game. More...
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Tue Nov 21, 2006
Google and medical diagnosis
According to the Daily Mail, tests have shown that researchers can make successful diagnoses of 'difficult' conditions, using a Google serach based on symptoms. Once junior doctor commented that a rare illness 'popped right out' of a search. More...
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Mon Nov 20, 2006
Massive databases? Not quite yet
There are many reports about the increased use of massive databases, but Mapping Hacks reports on one reason why they may be slower to take off: competitive 'proprietary' information. More...
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Sun Nov 19, 2006
Thought vs thing: a business model.
O'Reilly Radar posts about another interesting business model: Sony loses $306.85 to $241.35 in manufacturing and component costs on each PS3 - and presumably hopes to recoup the money through software sales. More...
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Sat Nov 18, 2006
Habbo and Ikea.
According to Tech Crunch UK, Habbo Hotel sold more furniture last year than Ikea, and was more profitable. More...
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Sun Nov 12, 2006
SIESO: and a machine for writing emergency response exercises
Last week I attended a SIESO meeting on Buncefield, and was elected to the SIESO National Council. More...
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Humans and machines exercising together?
JASSS has an article on "Merging Multi-Agent Systems and Role-Playing Games" which caught my eye as it's relevant to some work I've been doing recently. Can you build an exercise or simulation in which humans and machines can both play? More...
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GALE - an 'internet of discourse?'
According to Ars Technica, DARPA is funding GALE, a massive programme to collect and analyse speech. More...
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Sat Nov 11, 2006
Generating wisdom
O'Reilly Radar on the difference between User Generated Content (UGC) and Harnessing Collective Intelligence (HCI) shows what we might achieve one day with massive databases. More...
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Sun Nov 05, 2006
What will we find as we grow and analyse massive databases?
I've argued before that analysis of massive databases may, like Galileo's telescope, open up whole new worlds of knowledge. Here is what may be an example. Make what you will of it. More...
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Meta..meta..meta..
Thanks to Good Math Bad Math for a pointer to the Piet programmming language, which encodes a set of instructions in colours. More...
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