Science, Technology & Health: July 2008 Archives
Even cooler than the Surface computer is Microsoft's multitouch Sphere.
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Some friends and I have just launched MindThrow, a new website designed to help people find new things to do. How many times have you sat around, bored, looking for a new hobby, a new book, a new movie, or just anything to do? Yeah, me too. Well MindThrow helps solve that problem by using some sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques to connect interests together so that you can find new things to do based on what you already know you like.
Because the system learns as people use it, the quality of search results will improve over time. We're just getting started, and there are sure to be a few bugs here and there, but I'd love for you to check the site out and let us know what you think.
Originally posted at 080711@14:03:35.
Why not build your own motion simulator?
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) fascinates me, but one thing I've never had anyone explain to me is how we'd be able to distinguish intelligent signals from from the background noise. After all, I assume that advanced alien civilizations have decent encryption and data compression technology, and encrypted data looks like random data if you don't have the key.
