Japanese AffectPhone Concept Conveys Emotions Through Heat - 0 views
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Japanese AffectPhone Concept Conveys Emotions Through Heat
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Temperature-sensing accelerometer are possible, but Japanese researchers at the Rekimoto Lab have taken it a step further with their AffectPhone project, which monitors Galvanic Skin Response for conveying emotions through an iPhone.Sensors on the sides and back of the phone would allow the user holding the phone to feel heat or coolness depending on the emotions of the other person on the line. Both people having the conversation would need sensors on their phones, to measure the electrical resistance on one, and receive it on another.
A video below shows it in action, however as it's in Japanese you won't get much out of the demo admittedly. I'd recommend checking out Rekimoto Lab's cat@log project video as well—it's the future for cat-owners, I swear. [Rekimoto Lab via Recombu]
Send an email to Kat Hannaford, the author of this post, at khannaford@gizmodo.com.
Mapeas - interactive news on the world map - 0 views
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Mapeas is a new service for geographically exploring the news on sports, entertainment, business, science, and general news stories by clicking on a world map. Stories are provided by ABC, NBC, Fox, the Associated Press, and AFP.
Google Unveils a 3-D New York City in Google Earth - 0 views
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just released ultra-high quality images of New York stretched over a 3-D map so you can swoop through the city like Superman.
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Google releases ultra-high quality images of New York stretched over a 3-D map so you can swoop through the city like Superman.
Next Media Animation (NMA), the largest full-service 3D animation studio in Asia - 1 views
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The largest full-service 3D animation studio in Asia provides animation-to-order to some of the biggest entertainment and news agencies around the world. Their work comprises animated news, televised shorts, television programming, commercials, feature films, corporate animation, and 3D Modeling.
Apple's New North Carolina Data Center Ready to Roll: Apple « - 0 views
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Apple's new server farm in rural NC
New Version Of iOS Was Just Released To Developers - 1 views
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New version of iOS released to mobile developers
Exclusive: First Look at Pixar Short Day & Night! - ComingSoon.net - 0 views
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short that will play in front of Toy Story 3
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When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world--the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.
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New short trailer on front of TS3
Anti-Vuvuzela Software Appears : Discovery News - 1 views
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The first method involves removing or lowering the actual frequency of the instrument using everything from your TV's built-in equalizer to running your sound through an audio filter. The audio filter technique is used by audio and video editors to remove hums and buzzes from soundtracks. It works by identifying an exact frequency and removing it. Most vuvuzelas apparently buzz away in the key of B Flat. Bach composed his Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. in the key of B flat and it sounded nice. When soccer fans make B flats it sounds like angry bees.
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The second method *apparently* involves noise cancellation. Found at antivuvuzelafilter.com, the idea is that you download an mp3 that directly counters the frequencies produced by the sound of the vuvuzela. You play it alongside the TV and the vuvuzela sound disappears. The makers explain it this way: Our specially designed Vuvuzela noise-cancellation sound is a wave with the same amplitude but with an inverted phase to the original sound.The waves combines to form a new wave, in a process called interference, which effectively cancel each other out - an effect which is called phase cancellation.Depending on the circumstances the resulting soundwave may be so faint as to be inaudible to human ears.
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Method One for removal of Vuvuzela sound
Roller Coasters Get the Multi-touch 3D Treatment - 1 views
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The new Space Fantasy attraction at Universal Studios Japan is the first big play to bring immersive 3D tracking and multi-touch technology to theme park rides.
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3D technology has been used in amusement and theme park rides for decades, but the new Space Fantasy attraction at Universal Studios Japan is the first to bring immersive 3D tracking and multi-touch technology to a theme park ride.
More Details on Facebook's "Open Graph" API and 5 New Facebook Plugins at f8 - 0 views
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Facebook Announces Open Graph API and 5 New Social Plugins at f8
Tribeca Film Festival's virtual experiment - 0 views
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The Tribeca Film Festival is expanding into the virtual world, offering passes to see its movies online worldwide. The Festival's creative director believes in the importance of exploring new distribution strategies for international independent filmmakers.
Lady Gaga World Domination Update: A New App With an Eye on Social Networking Celebs | ... - 0 views
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"The app makers SkyGrid, formerly focused on personalized news, now turn to social networking. "
Sponsor This - The World of Branded Entertainment - 0 views
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"Morgan Spurlock's new documentary, "Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold", examines the world of branded entertainment, including the author's own attempts to convince marketers to pay for exposure in the feature.
Human rights groups urge Libya to stop using 'lethal force' - CNN.com - 0 views
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News in the Middle East
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Current news in the middle east
http://www.fastcompany.com/1616964/is-smo-social-media-optimization-the-new-seo - 0 views
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Is SMO (Social Media Optimization) The New SEO?
5 Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) for Educators | MindShift - 1 views
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Professional development and networking are vital in any field, and that’s especially true for educators.
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That’s why working with other educators in personal learning networks (PLNs) has become as important in an educator’s day as the time he or she spends teaching in class. Below is a short list of PLNs that already exist, followed by some resources to help teachers build their own
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The Educator’s PLN is a Ning site (or online platform for creating your own social network) that facilitates connections between educators.
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Great list for learning how to build your PLN
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Check out the goodness!
Facebook Rumored to be Partnering with Baidu to Launch New, Separate Social Network in ... - 1 views
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"Several China-based publications are reporting that Facebook has signed a deal with Chinese internet search giant Baidu to create a special social network for China. Facebook's is blocked by the Chinese government, so the rumors indicate that the company will create a new social network especially for Chinese market of 500 million internet users, and that this site won't be integrated with Facebook."
Smoothies, coffee spike McDonald's July sales - Yahoo! Finance - 0 views
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its new fruit smoothies and frappes were a hit with customers during a hot and steamy July
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sales at restaurants open at least 13 months climbed 5.7 percent -- its biggest monthly increase since it recorded a 6.1 percent gain in April 2009.
New Scientist Magazine Tests Neuromarketing - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Magazines have long used focus groups to tailor their package. New Scientist took another route for its latest issue, testing whether neuromarketing, which examines the brain’s response to products and brands, could help make the magazine more appealing.
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The subjects’ reactions were then analyzed by NeuroFocus, a company with headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., which then rated the results on a scale of 1 to 10, based on factors like memory activation and emotional engagement.
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“The human brain loves to solve simple puzzles,” he said. “Anytime something is concealed and revealed, the brain rushes toward it.”
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A science magazine uses neuromarketing, which examines the brain's response to products and brands - all to make the magazine more appealing.
Business Owners Can Now Respond to Reviews on Google Place Pages - Yahoo! News - 1 views
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"Business Owners Can Now Respond to Reviews on Google Place Pages"
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