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February 4, 2014
Why Is Apple Building Mood Sensors?
To attempt a human-computer interaction this complex, Apple must see a huge pot of gold at stake. Can it actually work?
Marketing has always been about playing the heartstrings, but don't think Apple's new patent on mood-sensing technology is going to revolutionize the field, says mood-tracking technology researcher Whitney Erin Boesel.















This Google Glass App Lets You Answer The Door Without Leaving The Couch
OKDoor is a result of the collaboration between Brivo Labs and topcoder's crowdsourcing community.
Because technology has a solution to most First World problems (smart forks, anyone?), a new Google Glass app will let people answer the door directly from their headsets.















FiftyThree Files Trademark Application For The Term "Paper"
The news comes a day after the company, which produced the award-winning Paper app, called on Facebook to stop using the term for its new storytelling app.
The battle over paper may be just beginning.















How Architecture Could Shape Your Microbiome
Architecture could play a key role in exposing us to the good bacteria, and keeping us away from the bad.
Scientists are only just beginning to understand how important germs are to our well-being. Our microbiome, the huge collection of microorganisms like bacteria and fungi that our bodies host, plays a vital role in keeping us healthy. The microbes floating around in the buildings we spend most of our lives inhabiting may be just as important.










Microsoft Injects $15M Into Foursquare, Strikes Licensing Deal For Location Data
The big news from Microsoft this week isn't only about its new CEO Satya Nadella.
Facebook Celebrates 10th Birthday With Nostalgic "Lookback" Tool That Doesn't Really Work
Mark Zuckerberg and Co. unveil a personalized montage that, well, kind of misses the mark.
Believe it or not, Facebook turned 10 today, and the social network and its founder are in a reflective mood. "I remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after opening Facebook," said Mark Zuckerberg in a status update. "I told them I was excited to help connect our school community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world."















Classic Movie Sets Now In 3-D
Rear Window, Brazil, Gattaca and Dr. Strangelove have their sets re-created in computer models.
When Hollywood filmmakers created a classic movie set, they employed a number of optical illusions to make it look three-dimensional in the medium of 2-D film. Many of the most iconic movie sets have been, at least in part, depthless, thanks to the widescale use of matte paintings and forced perspective to make a few cardboard and styrofoam props on a studio set look like living worlds on the silver screen.










Infographic: The Surprising History Of The World's First Skis
While the Mesopotamians chipped away at the first wheel, hunters up north had already figured out a better way to get from A to B.
It's a -30 degree morning in 8000 B.C., deep in the Altay Mountains that span what are now Russia, China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. A hunter spots a few elk hundreds of feet below, past snow-covered boulders, and a glade of trees. Before an unlucky breeze catches his scent and warns the animals of his presence, he's off, carving through the snow with the help of his taiyak staff, feet bound to two spruce planks, the bottoms of which are lined with horsehide.










This Graphic Designer Proves There's More Than One Way To Count To 100
A new print project explores outside-the-box methods of counting.
People who like math often say it's due to polarity; there's always a right and wrong answer, with no shades of gray. Math is certain. That certainty also bodes well for designers who, on any given project, face a bottomless well of solutions.










February 3, 2014
U.S. Pushes Ahead on "Talking Cars" Equipped with Crash-Avoidance Systems
A proposal before the administration is expected to arrive in early 2017, before President Obama leaves office.
New cars could be required to come equipped with technology that allows them to communicate with each other. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Monday the Obama administration plans to push forward a proposal in early 2017 that requires new vehicles to come standard with crash-avoidance systems.















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