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Nigel Robinson

Robots Used as Therapists - ABC News - 0 views

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  • Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11
     
    Robots Used as Therapists Japanese use robots in innovative ways, including as therapy for the elderly.
Nigel Robinson

Netflix Instant Accounts For 20 Percent of Peak U.S. Bandwith Use | Epicenter... - 0 views

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netflix bandwidth internet US

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  • Streaming media — real-time entertainment — accounts for 43% of peak period traffic in the U.S., according to Sandvine, which helps ISPs manage their networks and thus has access to buckets of information about usage patterns. But Netflix alone accounts for nearly half of that between 8 and 10 p.m., and that usage comes from only 1.8 percent of the service’s subscribers.
  • Per-user, Netflix is the heaviest user of downstream bandwidth in North America:
  • Good news for Hulu, Amazon Unbox and even YouTube, should its movie rentals service gain traction. Better news for the content creators, assuming they can come up with a killer streaming revenue model and as if they needed any more proof that on-demand, internet delivery is the future. Bad news for cable and satellite
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  • But Hastings does see that streaming is the engine for Netflix now. “In fact, by every measure, we are now primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail,” Hastings said
  • “At the same time, the introduction of our streaming offering in Canada in late September has provided us with very encouraging signs regarding the potential for the Netflix service internationally.”
Nigel Robinson

Connected | An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology - 0 views

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  • “Examining everything from the Big Bang to Twitter… a cinematic clickstream…incredibly engaging!” -The New York Times
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      This is a great resource for films about technology.
  • Nigel Robinson on 04 Oct 11
     
    This film is currently (Oct 2011) being screened in the US and around the world. However, it can be purchased for educational purposes. Check out the What's Next section of the site - http://connectedthefilm.com/interdependence/whatnext/
Nigel Robinson

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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photoshop ethics photography politics

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  • As the above illustration shows, the second missile from the right appears to be the sum of two other missiles in the image. The contours of the billowing smoke match perfectly near the ground, as well in the immediate wake of the missile. Only a small black dot in the reddish area of exhaust seems to differ from the missile to its left, though there are also some slight variations in the color of the smoke and the sky.
  • Does Iran’s state media use Photoshop? The charge has been leveled before. So far, though, it can’t be said with any certainty whether there is any official Iranian involvement in this instance. Sepah apparently published the three-missile version of the image today without further explanation.
  • Agence France-Presse retracted its four-missile version this morning, saying that the image was “apparently digitally altered” by Iranian state media. The fourth missile “has apparently been added in digital retouch to cover a grounded missile that may have failed during the test,” the agency said. Later, it published an article quoting several experts backing that argument.
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  • In a sentiment no doubt echoed by news organizations everywhere, an MSNBC editor acknowledged that the four-missile picture was initially welcomed with open arms. “As the media editor working the msnbc.com home page yesterday, I was frustrated with the quality of a fuzzy video image we published of the Iranian missile launch,” said Rich Shulman, the network’s associate multimedia editor. “So I was thrilled when the top image crossed the news wires.”
Ben Feigert

Obama in the Valley - 0 views

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  • Ben Feigert on 20 Aug 11
     
    For later, when we do robotics: an opinion article connecting US President Obama to Masahiro Mori's idea of the "uncanny valley" dividing the real from the almost-real.
Daniel Salami

Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies - CNN.com - 0 views

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    RIP Steve Jobs
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