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Thursday, 18th October 2012

Google’s Cultural Institute: The Virtual Museum That Google Built

Google’s Cultural Institute: The Virtual Museum That Google Built

The world has just gotten a cool new free virtual museum, the one that Google built.

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Tuesday, 16th October 2012

Futurist's Cheat Sheet: Artificial Intelligence

Futurist's Cheat Sheet: Artificial Intelligence

There is no more powerful concept in futurist writings then the notion of artificial intelligence. The ability for humans to create machine-based life that thinks on its own and acts on its own has the potential to make our lives dramatically better - or worse, depending on what kind of science fiction you read. But getting there won't be…

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Wednesday, 26th September 2012

Digital Humanities

That Touchscreen Typeface Is Ugly. And Maybe Fatal

That Touchscreen Typeface Is Ugly. And Maybe Fatal

Touchscreens are becoming the new car dashboard. They are also new to most drivers, often busy to look at and fussy to operate, giving the commuting world new distractions. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say something as simple as a better typeface on screens can significantly decrease the potential distraction of…

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Thursday, 6th September 2012

Minecraft Partners With United Nations For Urban Planning

Minecraft Partners With United Nations For Urban Planning

Minecraft changed the video game industry by selling millions of downloads of an indie game. Now the free-form building game is inviting players to help redesign real-world locations around the world.

Hack Fruzsina Eördögh comments

Wednesday, 29th August 2012

Digital Humanities

Skip The URL When You Post In A Crisis

Marketing rules for increasing engagement and retweets may not work in emergency situations, according to new research.

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Tuesday, 31st July 2012

Digital Humanities

Twitter Drives New Insights in the Social Sciences

Twitter, Facebook and other online social networks are letting scientists take their research out of the lab and into the real world. Their research could radically change the way we view ourselves and the people around us.

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Tuesday, 24th July 2012

Digital Humanities

Google Search Shapes Memory, New Research Shows

What’s the first thing you think of when faced with a difficult (or even a not-so-difficult) question? According to four recent studies, your mind is primed to think about computers.

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Tuesday, 17th July 2012

Digital Humanities

Study Highlights Problems In Spreading Social Media Messages

A new study gives even more credibility to the theory that engaged social media users who not only read messages, but also share them, are a brand’s best friend.

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Friday, 15th June 2012

Digital Humanities

Study: Personality Type Drives Facebook Usage More Than Originally Thought

Your personality type plays a role in how you interact with social networks, and can factor into how much time you spend on sites like Facebook and Twitter, what kind of information you post and how much you regret posting material that others may consider questionable. While research in the area is preliminary, future studies could be crucial…

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Friday, 1st June 2012

Digital Humanities

Social Media Is Changing How We Die and Mourn

The question “what happens to your social media account when you die?” has been asked to death (pun intended). I first encountered it six years ago in the form of “what happens to your MySpace account when you die?” and now it gets updated with each new social network. It turns out that the ways people answer this question are…

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