okay so maybe the cute looking little green robot isnt the terminator but according to eric talmadge and associated press writer when the little robot isnt tasting wine its deciding what humans taste like. the robot developed by researchers at nec systems technologies to be able to tasteaand identify dozens of different wines cheeses and hors doeuvres.
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so apparently the guys at nec thought it would be cool to make a winetasting robot. the robot pictured above fires a beam of light into the wine and then uses an infrared spectrometer to analyze the reflection. it studies the chemical composition of the wine and delivers an instant verdict about how good it is. its a neat trick and it has other health...... [Show More]
for netflix and a host of other online companies being able to recommend another film book or song you might like has become the holy grail of internet business. as the new york times magazine s clive thompson explains the information is so valuable that netflix is offering a million dollars to the first person who can know you better then you know yourself....... [Show More]
it seems that i cant have a conversation about blogging without also talking about fear legal liability and transparency. which i find somewhat ironic as a business most of our clients have tens if not hundreds of employees who are trained to talk to clients. customer service reps. sales people. technical support. theyre trained in what to say and what not to say in emails proposa...... [Show More]
mirrors edge
screenshot courtesy electronic arts
by now you have probably heard the warning playing mirrors edge will make you vomit.
the hot new videogame is a sort of firstperson runner youre a courier who travels across the rooftops of a lockeddown policestate city delivering blackmarket messages by using acrobatic feats of parkour. y...... [Show More]
a fearsome warrior engages in battle in the classic medievalquest rpg world of fable ii.
screenshot courtesy microsoft game studios
why do you want to play alone
a friend of mine recently asked me this during an argument about fable ii . id recently begun playing the game a classic medievalquest rpg world and had devoted hours to level...... [Show More]
at amherst college 1 of firstyear students have landlines 99 have facebook accounts...... [Show More]
i will remember you Post Source: sajanie8302.qublogs.com Posted: Oct 15 2008 17:58:13
in my opinion i have a pretty good memory. heck i remember almost everything. im good with names dates facesyou name it. true pictures help trigger some memories and most times when i am reminded via picture i can remember that eventperson with more details. i dont mean to have a good memory i just do. things just stay locked in my iron skull and freak people ...... [Show More]
i am going to continue saying eff it to the usual nerd format and offer a few recommendations and antirecom mendations tonight. thank you for your indulgence.
after this i will return to a musicheavy playlist while keeping the more textured parts of my minds life hidden far from view. thank you and regards.
recommendations
blogs about or sometimes addressing music. you pr...... [Show More]
all is right in the world. the texas longhorns have beaten the oklahoma sooners. we were fortunate enough to attend the game and loved every minute of it.
the secret to success on twitter is the same as blogging by michael martine ive been trying to figure out how to utilize twitter successfully and this article has a lot of great ideas.
how getting out of line can get you to the...... [Show More]
the scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom.
this months wired plays host to one of clive thompsons new york times magazine collisiond etection.n et more interesting columns and one that we dont necessarily agree with. i cant find the effin thing anywhere on the wired site so im attaching a nice little scan...... [Show More]
the tricks in this game are pure fantasy. do not attempt them in real life.
thats the warning that flashes when you first boot up pure the giddily awesome new atvracing game. and no wonder pure sends you driving around mudsplacked tracks with furious velocity racing up steep hills and then woo hoo launching yourself with escapetrajectory speed into th...... [Show More]
achilles phat lewtz on the iliad and mmorpgs huge amounts of fun from roger travis .
jordan on david foster wallace .
my heart sank when i saw that retronauts episode 49 was almost 3 hours long. but its all about the dreamcast including a great segment with tycho the best three hours of podcast listening ive had in a while.
plants ive never seen before....... [Show More]
after we posted last week about the it index we took the liberty of also sending the link to one of our favorite nonamherst blog writers clive thompson. clives post has had news outlets around the world writing about amherst
of course we originally found it in the chronicle of higher education
cnet says the data is good news for apple
macrumors agrees but thinks it8217...... [Show More]
heres an interesting little factoid pointed out by clive thompson that while not surprising does quickly indicate some major shifts on college campuses from just a few years ago. a report from amherst on the technology used by entering freshmen in the class of 2012 found that only 1 have a landline phone while 99 have facebook accounts . also students arriving on campus reg...... [Show More]
spamherst Post Source: noisemaking.tumblr.com Posted: Sep 29 2008 15:48:18
out of 438 incoming freshman students at amherst college 432 of them are on facebook and only 5 have landlines .
6. number of students in the class of 2012 who brought desktop computers to campus 14.
7. number that brought iphonesitouches 93.
8. likelihood that a student with an iphoneitouch is in the class of 2012 approximately 1 in 2.
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while im still trying to get settled in france it has been a little hard to get internet access so on the occasions that i am able to sit down somewhere and surf the web sometimes it takes me a couple of days to sort through all my rss feeds and i apologize if some of my posts are just slightly behind the times. that said clive thompson pointed out a recent study about the incoming...... [Show More]
jekyll tambian es sexy Post Source: unplanbrillante.wordpress.com Posted: Sep 29 2008 14:14:05
de alguna manera todo planner es al menos dos planners.a el primero el clasico el organizado el estratega el hombre de los diagramas y los analisis. el segundo el chulo el creativo el hombre de las grandes ideas el arriesgado el rebelde.
los dos planners conviven como buenamente pueden aunque uno de los dos suele imponerse. antonio monerris es un gran jekyll por ejemplo. en scpf ...... [Show More]
this is not your fathers college class. hell it isnt even mine and ive only been out of the system for five years. what im talking about is this new survey from amherst college . long story short is theyre armed to the teeth with tech apple products and web apps and their classrooms are too. as a mac user who led an isolated pcfree existence during his coll...... [Show More]
the most interesting startup web technology and generally relevant new stuff i read this week. some of the stories are older than the past week but have resurfaced because of their quality. most links were discovered via ycombinator hacker news . if you want to keep an eye on the startup tech world news during the week drop by the ia feeds to see a aggregation of some of the best w...... [Show More]
links for 20080927 Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Sep 27 2008 18:30:30
pandora hopes upon hope for passage of webcaster settlement act mashable
pandora issues a call to arms to its listeners readwriteweb
politics in quotes displays what politicians said about a keyword
klein obama wins debate on tactics and strategies time
scholars and rogues a the end of the millennial generation
new media crashes the presidential d...... [Show More]
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