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Ekaterina Yanovskaya

Overconsumption? Our use of the world's natural resources | Christine Polzin - Academia... - 0 views

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social natural resources

shared by Ekaterina Yanovskaya on 11 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Calculations using “Ecological Footprint” illustrate that theworld is already using around 30% more biocapacity than theglobal ecosystems can provide in a sustainable manner.
  • above a certainthreshold an increase in material wealth does not improvelife satisfaction any further
  • stra-tegies based on more non-materialistic approaches couldachieve higher life satisfaction.
Maria Gurova

The Future Of Cinematic Pleasure: 3D Movies & Beyond - Hongkiat - 1 views

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Theatrical 3D 4D screen fights premium format Visual Spectacular Smell-O-Vision Technology multi-sensory exprience

shared by Maria Gurova on 02 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • Non-intrusiveness aside, another reason why the idea of not having to wear special 3D movie glasses is so welcomed is because we want to see images in 3D with our naked eyes (or with our glasses or contacts) where we just don’t feel “artificial”.
  • we would naturally be more intrigued by otherworldly universes which we don’t encounter in our daily lives, and thus crave to experience them in their fullest glory (i.e. in 3D or 4D).
  • “Otherworldly” here applies to the many computer-animated, Sci-Fi and any other movies where their settings are not what you see every day (e.g. Titanic and Avatar
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  • physiological arousal: eliciting moviegoers’ “fight or flight” responses. This is the same adrenaline rush we crave whenever we watch horror films to give ourselves a good scare.
  • Optimistically speaking, 4D films should have much more potential within and opportunities to exploit since they have the other four senses to pick and augment on
Maria Gurova

The Movie Theater of the Future Will Be In Your Mind | Tribeca - 1 views

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Theatrical Technology Immersive Experience entertainment multy-sensory experience neuroscience adjustable entertainment Adaptive Storytelling Storytelling Digital vs Physical blured reality

shared by Maria Gurova on 03 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • Merging SEGA technology and BBC Earth content, the new attraction takes visitors on a multi-sensory journey to explore animals and nature through sight, smell, touch and sound.
  • The venue includes one of Japan’s largest screens (131 ft W x 26 ft H) with remarkable visual and sonic resolution and 12 separate walk-through entertainment zones
  • evolve into large-scale public attractions becoming urban theme parks, where cinema is only part of the experience
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  • The merging of real and projected worlds will produce a seamless experience – a complete illusion of being part of a film.
  • A truly dramatic change will come once scientists discover a way to manipulate senses directly through the brain. That is when cinema will quite literally start to merge and replace real life
  • One will be able to choose between real-life exploration or a fictional quest with chosen characters. Since memories will be recorded, one would be able to include anyone they have ever encountered, including favorite celebrities or fictional heroes.
  • Just as 3D films are only exciting for the first few minutes, characters, events and conflicts will continue to drive cinema of the future.
Ekaterina Yanovskaya

Europe's Cities Resilient to Climate Change | Ecology Global Network - 0 views

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cities climate climate change ecology social science

shared by Ekaterina Yanovskaya on 24 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Many cities are now facing impacts such as water scarcity, flooding and heatwaves, which are expected to become more frequent and intense than they are used to. Cities need to start investing in adaptation measures using ideas and best practice from around the world.
  • Climate change adaptation should be flexible to accommodate uncertainty
  • Adaptation should work with nature, not against it.
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  • Many adaptation measures can make cities more pleasant places to live. Malmö in Sweden manages rainwater flows with a new open storm-water-system. Here, green roofs and open water channels lead rainwater into collection points that form a temporary reservoir.
  • People also need to change behaviour in order to adapt.
Irina Marchenko

How to Get Your Children Away from TV - 1 views

Provide alternatives. Kids are learning about their world everyday. Make sure that most of their learning comes from self-experience and not from being told about things via the medium of TV....

entertainment play

started by Irina Marchenko on 29 Jul 13 1 follow-up, last by Irina Marchenko on 29 Jul 13
evgeny lavrov

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Technology 3D printing Environment

shared by evgeny lavrov on 26 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • architectural experiment constructed at MIT, was “3-D printed” using 6,500 live silkworms
  • The project started with experiments to see if the spinning patterns of the silkworms could be controlled by altering the environment they operated in. It turns out they could,
  • a silkworm is a sophisticated multi-material, multi-axis 3-D printer.
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  • Potential applications are varied, but include fashion and architecture, and it’s possible to imagine a system like this being deployed in the aftermath of a natural disaster to build environmentally friendly shelters for refugees
Vladimir Antonov

Soon, Gmail's AI Could Reply to Your Email for You | WIRED - 0 views

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Technology AI Big Data recognition simplification communication emotion manipulation customisation personalisation scanning Social

shared by Vladimir Antonov on 05 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • what’s called “deep learning”—a form of artificial intelligence that’s rapidly reinventing a wide range of online services—the company is beefing up its Inbox by Gmail app so that it can analyze the contents of an email and then suggest a few (very brief) responses
  • The idea is that you can rapidly respond to someone while on the go—without having to manually tap a fresh message into your smartphone keyboard.
  • system learns to generate appropriate replies by analyzing scads of email conversations from across Google’s Gmail service
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  • neural network—a vast network of machines that approximates the web of neurons in the human brain—and this neural network analyzes the information in order to “learn” a particular task.
  • Google’s Smart Reply system doesn’t always get things right. But that’s part of the reason the company provides three potential replies to each email—not just one.
  • The system uses what’s called a “long short-term-memory,” or LSTM, neural network. Essentially, this is a neural net that exhibits something akin to human memory. It can “remember” the beginning of an email as it’s parsing the end—and that helps it, on some level, understand this natural language
  • Vladimir Antonov on 05 Nov 15
     
    This technology could be developed further to other areas, to tailored made games for kids for example, that are adopt to each individual gaming style so kids find that games are actually made specially for them what makes their experience really personal and unique.
Maria Gurova

Elon Musk Snags Top Google Researcher for New AI Non-Profit | WIRED - 0 views

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Technology science AI open source deep learning AI non-profit cognitive AI Musk

shared by Maria Gurova on 14 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Tesla founder Elon Musk, big-name venture capitalist Peter Thiel, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and several other notable tech names have launched a new artificial intelligence startup called OpenAI,
  • OpenAI has the talent to compete with the industry’s top artificial intelligence outfits, including Google and Facebook—but the company has been setup as a non-profit.
  • The apparent aim is to build systems based on deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence that has proven extremely adept in recent years at identifying images, recognizing spoken words, translating from one language to another, and, to a certain extent, understanding the natural way that we humans talk.
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  • intend to open source their work, freely sharing it with the world at large. Recently, Google open sourced the core software engine, TensorFlow, that drives its deep learning services, and just this week, Facebook open sourced its deep learning hardware.
  • OpenAI says, its backers have committed $1 billion to the project.
Oleg Batluk

Save Yourself From the Digital Zombie Apocalypse and Get Outdoors | TakePart - 0 views

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digital zombie American Academy of Pediatrics Social CIS new normal

shared by Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • my attention monopolized at that moment by an electronic screen.
  • offers endlessly updating possibilities.
  • for many children growing up today, digital reality is the only reality.
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  • It is addictive
  • children grow up not caring about the natural world.
  • The list of physical and social maladies associated with sedentary behavior—an almost inevitable corollary of time spent on electronic devices
  • American Academy of Pediatrics used to recommend that parents limit screen time to less than two hours a day for children over the age of two
  • digital reality as the new normal
  • Make shutting down the devices a family thing.
  • Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15
     
    Self-limitation from digtal monopoly to save kids from mental and physical deasess should become a family thing
  • Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15
     
    Self-limitation from digtal monopoly to save kids from mental and physical deasess should become a family thing
Maria Gurova

5 | 5 Visions For What Families Will Look Like In 2030 | Co.Exist | ideas + impact - 2 views

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social family Technology

shared by Maria Gurova on 04 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • As more people move into cities, natural resources decline, climate change heats up, and the "sharing economy" continues to pick up steam, our notions of family will continue to shift.
  • five different types of families of the future: the Multi-Gens, the Silver Linings, Ruralites, the Tandem Tribe, and Modular Movers. The firm also work out how different brands might service each family type
  • The Multi-Gens are exactly what they sound like--multiple generations of families living together.
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  • with a "cloud-based family hub" that allows family members to divvy up chores and financial transactions
  • the local Marks & Spencer department store (this is the U.K., after all) has been converted into a combination cafe, store that both shares and rents items, and maker-space outfitted with the requisite 3-D printer
  • The Silver Linings families live in community-centric villages for active older people that offer amenities like yoga and fitness classes
  • The Ruralites are families living in rural areas that live at the cutting edge of technology--using 3-D printers to get replacement parts for household items and "video walls" to communicate with friends and family
  • Dragon Rouge refers to single parents sharing a family home as members of the Tandem Tribe. In this vision, energy and resources are tracked individually and a larger micro-community offers shared resources, including tools and vehicles.
  • Finally, there are the Modular Movers--professionals who hop from one megacity to the other, exploring the world while they work and opting to walk and use bikes whenever possible. Like some of the other family types, this group relies on shared resources and subscription plans.
  • Maria Gurova on 04 Dec 13
     
    what would families look like in 20 years
al_semenchenko

There's A Proposal To Build 1,000 Ft Walls Around An Excavated Central Park | Bored Panda - 1 views

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Technology cities evolution megastructure

shared by al_semenchenko on 27 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu want to make New York’s Central Park available to more people by digging down to the bedrock of the park. The idea is to create a 1000-feet tall, 100-feet deep mega structure that provides a total floor area of 7 square miles, which is about 80 times greater than the Empire State Building.
  • “The ambition is to reverse the traditional relationship between landscape and architecture, in a way that every occupiable space has direct connection to the nature,” – say the authors of the proposal that was awarded first place in eVolo’s annual skyscraper competition.
isoldatenkova

AI is reinventing the way we invent - MIT Technology Review - 0 views

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Technology science Economy

shared by isoldatenkova on 19 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • The biggest impact of artificial intelligence will be to help humans make discoveries we couldn’t make on our own.
  • AI’s greatest economic impact could come from its potential as a new “method of invention” that ultimately reshapes “the nature of the innovation process and the organization of R&D.”
  • It is taking more researchers and money to find productive new ideas, according to economists at Stanford and MIT. That’s a likely factor in the overall sluggish growth in the US and Europe in recent decades.
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  • AI will transform business and the economy, and increasingly, some are convinced it will radically change how we do science.
isoldatenkova

Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good - The New York Times - 0 views

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Technology education science social kids

shared by isoldatenkova on 10 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • The rich have grown afraid of screens. They want their children to play with blocks, and tech-free private schools are booming. Humans are more expensive, and rich people are willing and able to pay for them.
  • classes have been replaced by software, much of the academic day now spent in silence on a laptop. In Utah, thousands of children do a brief, state-provided preschool program at home via laptop.
  • And children who spent more than two hours a day looking at a screen got lower scores on thinking and language tests,
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  • Human contact is becoming a luxury good.
  • Tech companies worked hard to get public schools to buy into programs that required schools to have one laptop per student, arguing that it would better prepare children for their screen-based future.
  • In Silicon Valley, time on screens is increasingly seen as unhealthy. Here, the popular elementary school is the local Waldorf School, which promises a back-to-nature, nearly screen-free education
zolotarev

Исповедь миллениала. Культурные коды поколения Y - 2 views

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Generation Y Russia

shared by zolotarev on 09 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • zolotarev on 09 Apr 19
     
    Generation Y values - Self care instead of healthy lifestyle obsession - More natural, less taboo - Psychotherapy is normal - More time on parenting - Environmental awareness - Conscious limitation of choice - Millennials are needed of new online communication ethical norms - Chill
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