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Posted in: Uncategorized- Hopes of custom-built organs as scientists create beating heart – Times Online
SCIENTISTS have created a beating heart in the laboratory in a breakthrough that could allow doctors one day to make a range of organs for transplant almost from scratch. - White bread for young minds, says university professor – The University of Google
Barbazon believes that easy access to info has dulled students’ sense of curiosity + is stifling debate. Undergraduates arrive at university unable to discriminate between anecdotal and unsubstantiated material posted on the internet. - Star TV presenter Patrick Poivre d’Arvor exposed as vain and biased prima donna – Times Online
ha! as if it were a scoop that working for tv is a thankless job - Spiel at the wheel? You must’ve had that adman in the front of your cab – Times Online
This part of his repertoire has been paid for out of the marketing budget of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. “It’s not like I’m paid anything for doing it,†he says. Instead he was flown out to Bangkok for five days, all expenses paid. - Nicolas Sarkozy’s karaoke crooning – Telegraph
it’s actualy the first time i find that angry dwarf endearing. man! what a goofy saga - Surveillance, a watchword for our times – Los Angeles Times
Monitoring of personal behavior in public spaces has given rise to an "art of surveillance" forged from tangled impulses encompassing interests in privacy, safety, exhibitionism, paranoia and good fun. - Interactive Architecture dot Org » Living City
Architects ‘The Living‘ are currently having an exhibition in New York. Below is a synopsis on their research. Using three parallel tracks of research they are exploring three definitions of the Living City. - Mis Estrellas – Barragan
ME es una pared interactiva que responde a la proximidad de las personas brindado una respuesta luminosa sobre su superficie. Este efecto mágico de acercarse a la pared activa constelaciones conformadas por cientos de puntos de luz blanca que aparecen so - Guerrilla call for appilcations for Director position of Budapest Ludwig Museum
Our aim is to create an alternative platform for applicants in order to emphasize the opportunities lies in this position in order to put LUMÚ on the global map with an internationally recognizable program. - collision detection: DNA as seen through the eyes of a coder
ssay: "DNA as seen through the eyes of a coder." Bert Hubert, a programmer, compared DNA to computer code and finds a number of startling similarities. For example: DNA is highly "commented," just like good computer code; indeed, junk DNA can be thought o - With friends like these … Tom Hodgkinson on the politics of the people behind Facebook | Technology | The Guardian
"Share" is Facebookspeak for "advertise". Sign up to Facebook and you become a free walking, talking advert for Blockbuster or Coke, extolling the virtues of these brands to your friends. We are seeing the commodification of human relationships, the extra
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