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Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net In “Credibility ranking of tweets during high impact events,” a paper published in the ACM’s Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Privacy and Security in Online Social Media , two Indraprastha Institute of Information… Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics for trustworthy tweets in time of emergency Related articles Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics…
Infographic: Animated Maps Of America’s Shifting Demographics By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com At what rate are Americans coming, going, living, and dying? These animated maps tell a fascinating visual story. Most of this election season’s postmortems have focused on demographics, a vague phrase that refers to the changing face of t… RT @FastCoDesign: Infographic: Animated Maps…
Infographic: Showing When People Get Killed In Cars, Using Excel By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com John Nelson’s charts and maps on traffic fatalities are a reminder that a good data viz doesn’t always require graphic design chops—or software. With the abundance of data visualization projects we’ve seen over the last few years, it’s hard… RT @FastCoDesign:…
Study: Transit Apps Make Us Happier Commuters By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A study of two crowdsourcing apps suggests that a better digital infrastructure for commuters could improve urban transit overall. We know that we tend to be happiest when we’re communicating with and helping those around us. But could th… RT @FastCoDesign: Study: Transit Apps…
Mind reading is possible! – Salon.com By Kathleen Taylor, salon.com Advances in neuroimaging suggest telepathy could be on the horizon. It’s time to consider how we’d use it “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Eric Schmidt, CE… RT @Salon: Neuroimaging…
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The Best Laptop Brian Lam, thewirecutter.com It’s pretty clear that the 13-inch Macbook Air is the best overall laptop for most people, in the minds of many reviewers. (Last Updated October 31st, 2012: Apple released a 13-inch MacBook Pro with retina display earlier this… The Best Laptop | The Wirecutter http://flip.it/1ChEQ http://flip.it/sM7ua Related articles Monoprice’s…
Nine facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States Ezra Klein, washingtonpost.com When we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politicizing” the tragedy. That is code, essentially, for “don’t talk about reforming our gun control laws.”Let’s be……
The Importance Of Reading With Children Zoë Triska, huffingtonpost.com It’s safe to say that I’ve always been a big reader. I can clearly remember the first time I sat and read a full book, when everything just clicked. It was magical. I grew into a full on reading nerd. When I was around seven, I…
Life With Mind-Reading Machines Bianca Bosker, huffingtonpost.com Smile: Your computer is watching.Affectiva, a nearly 2-year-old startup that grew out of MIT’s Media Lab, is teaching machines to understand what you feel.Affectiva has developed a way for computers to recognize human emotions based on facial cues… RT @HuffingtonPost: What happens when machines know what you’re feeling?…
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