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In science fiction movies, when robots talk to one another it's not really a "language" as much as a stream of beeps or long strings of binary. Even so, one group of Australian researchers have managed to teach robots to do something that, until now, was the reserve of humans and a few other animals: they've taught them how to invent and use spoken language.
The goal of the research is to understand how language evolves and develops naturally over time. Since it's impossible to find two humans who have no language and experiment with them to see how they invent one, the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology researchers decided to use robots instead. The robots, called LingoDroids, are equipped with microphones, speakers, cameras, range finders, and sonar that they use to map their surroundings and speak to one another. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/42967-lingodroid-project-robots-taught-to-invent-own-languageIn science fiction movies, when robots talk to one another it's not really a... more
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Have you ever thought that our lives are so boring? Every day we do usual things: get up, go to work, come home, communicate with friends, cook, have a breakfast, dinner, etc. and the most remarkable occasion is traveling to another country. Of course, some people have very active and unusual life, buy there are just few of them. CNN recently offered 15 unusual places where you can spend a night. I bet you’ve never heard about most of them, but you’ll want to visit several for sure. Here they are: The Oxford Mal, England; Jules’s Undersea Lodge, United States; Das Park Hotel, Austria; Hotel Kakslauttanen, Finland; Utter Inn, Sweden; The Ice Hotel, Sweden; Sant’Angelo Luxury Resort, Italy; Milos windmill, Greece; La Balade Des Gnomes, Belgium; The Dovecote, England; Hoopoe Yurt Hotel, Spain; Bedouin Camp, Jordan; Hotel Monasterio, Peru; The Old Church of Urquhart, Scotland; Cabanes du Bois Landry, France.
Every place has its unique features, which are described in the article. Visiting one of this wonderful locations, you can get all unforgettable experience and have a lot of pleasure.
Read more here: http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/15-unusual-places-spend-night-213174?page=0,0&hpt=SbinHave you ever thought that our lives are so boring? Every day we do usual things: get... more
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These days every app you use grabs your location and gives you location based customized search results and ads. Its not just apps but internet and even IPTV are using your location to know where you are and show location based content. Don't be too thankful to the latest technology for inventing this.....
http://bit.ly/eO6mwwThese days every app you use grabs your location and gives you location based... more
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I was fortunate enough to catch an advance screening of "The Tourist" starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Here is my off-the-cuff review of the movie, which opens in wide release on December 10, 2010.I was fortunate enough to catch an advance screening of "The Tourist"... more
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Bathrooms, whether public or private, encounter plenty of abuse. The constant inflow and outflow of water paired with limited space and high demands on hygiene and efficiency make it one of the most difficult rooms to design. But there are plenty of architects who have stepped up to the challenge. Here are some of the most innovative bathroom engineering in the world. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/bizzareweird/13867-the-worlds-strangest-bathroomsBathrooms, whether public or private, encounter plenty of abuse. The constant inflow... more
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The Healthy Voyager is proud to announce Healthy Voyager Tours! Group excursions to the worlds most breathtaking destinations for health minded, fitness and special diet travelers. For more information on destinations, pricing and booking, please visit www.healthyvoyager.com and search for Healthy Voyager Tours. Join us for the trip of a lifetime, regardless of your dietary restrictions!The Healthy Voyager is proud to announce Healthy Voyager Tours! Group excursions to... more
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New NYC hotel offers up-close views of ground zero
NEW YORK
--- At rates from $199 a night, guests at the new World Center Hotel can get as close to the hive of activity that is ground zero as it's possible to get without a hard hat.
The 169-room hotel just south of the World Trade Center site celebrated its grand opening Wednesday and Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed World Center Hotel Day. But in what hotel executives call a soft opening, guests have been staying there for months as construction was completed floor by floor.
Deena Mendlowitz, an improv performer from Cleveland, said after checking out that it was "phenomenal" to see the rebuilding firsthand.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_re_us/us_ground_zero_hotelNew NYC hotel offers up-close views of ground zero
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A year ago, Facebook experienced something of a privacy uprising from its users over a minor change to its privacy policy.
Never mind that the outcry grew out of a consumer blogger's mostly mistaken analysis: Online protests were staged, a Washington, D.C., activist group threatened to complain to federal regulators, and founder Mark Zuckerberg offered a public mea culpa.
This time around, by announcing proposed changes dealing with location tagging and third party Web sites before they take effect, Facebook is hoping to avoid repeating what happened last year.
In a post on Friday, Michael Richter, Facebook's deputy general counsel, said the changes specifically allow Facebook to collect location information and permit sharing general information about users with "pre-approved" Web sites using Facebook Platform. (Users can choose to block that sharing.)
The tweaks will "make way for some exciting new products we're contemplating," Richter said. "Not all of these products have been finalized and many aren't yet built at all." Facebook users have until April 3 to comment on the proposed changes.
While it's not entirely clear what Facebook intends, Richter said the possible additions to the site amounted to "interesting opportunities to improve the way you share and connect with the people and things in your life."
One section of the new privacy policy talks about being able to tag Facebook friends by "place," not just by name in photos or videos. The New York Times reported earlier this month that a location-based feature will be announced soon.
Another allows "pre-approved third party Web sites and applications" that use Facebook Platform to obtain general information about you, including name, photo, friend list, and public information from your account--as long as you're still logged into Facebook. That means "you and your friend can be connected on that Web site as well" as long as both of you have an account on that Web site, the revised privacy policy says.
Other proposed changes apply to developers and third party Web sites. They're required to "delete all data" from Facebook if a user requests, and may not transfer Facebook data to advertising networks like AOL Advertising, Google, DoubleClick.
More details may be released next month at Facebook's F8 developer conference in San Francisco
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http://www.artsandecology.org.uk/magazine/artworks/project-1
San Francisco-based artist Amy Balkin has been developing a series of research-based projects questioning human interaction with the public domain and its impact. Her cross-disciplinary practice looks at private and public land ownership and use, pointing also to problems of waste management and atmospheric pollution, using legal tools from property and copyright law and other sectors’ legal strategies.
This is the Public Domain is an ongoing project exploring the possibility of the creation of a land for global public use near the Mojave Desert in California (Latitude: 35.082 / Longitude: -118.2785). For this project Amy Balkin purchased2.5 acres of land in 2003 with the aim of transferring the property’s ownership to a global ‘everyone’ without any restrictions. For this purpose, the artist has been looking into the possibilities offered by real property and copyright laws in order to make this land the property of everyone.
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Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it's not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked government geo-data (from local heart-attack rates to toxic dumpsite info) can mesh with mobile GPS apps to keep doctors in the loop. Call it "geo-medicine."Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it's not... more
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Did you know that there are over 129,000 home owners in Seattle? There were more than 9000 people diagnosed with cancer here in the past year, as well. You can find out all types of interesting statistics on a website that I came across recently. You'll see data about everything from the number of homeowners and factories in your town, to several different demographics-related numbers.Did you know that there are over 129,000 home owners in Seattle? There were more than... more
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Twitter will soon be adding location info tagged to one's tweets. It's fully opt-in, opt-out but could still prove a disaster to many a tweeter.Twitter will soon be adding location info tagged to one's tweets. It's... more
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“It’s better to understand the climate rather than the weather. It’s very important to have a sense of risk for somebody in a particular location rather than a more pedestrian counting of what happened last week,”“It’s better to understand the climate rather than the weather. It’s... more
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Ben Hoffman was offered a sneak peek of the Michael Jackson auction and got to see a lot of really cool and bizarre crap.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Ben Hoffman was offered a sneak peek of the Michael Jackson auction and got to see a... more
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