Haircut to fake being awake
I like this fake-awake haircut. It's part of a Brazilian coffee company's ad campaign.More items
Library workers fired for colluding to keep graphic novel from being checked out by 11-year old girl
Two workers at a Lexington, Kentucky public library were fired after it was discovered that they had teamed up to keep a copy of Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier out of circulation. According to the story, Sharon Cook, 57 and Barbara Boisvert, 62, basically ... More.
Jacques Vallee: Waterboarding's curious corollaries
Jacques Vallee is a computer scientist, partner in a venture capital firm, and author of more than 20 books, including Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers, The Invisible College, and The Network Revolution. When it was revealed that the U.S. resorted to torture to extract inform... More.
Police officer tasers a 10-year-girl who resisted being taken to a youth center
Welcome to Ozark, Arkansas, where police officers taser 10-year-old girls.... More.
Energy Literacy part One: Energy is invisible
Saul Griffith is an inventor and entrepreneur. He did his PhD at MIT in programmable matter, exploring the relationship between bits and atoms, or information and materials. Since leaving MIT, he has co-founded a number of technology companies including www.optiopia.com, www.squid-labs.com, www.inst... More.
IBM computer brain simulation as complex as a cat's
I recently posted about IBM's Big Blue supercomputer built to simulate a human brain. IBM now reports that they've used a supercomputer to simulate a brain that exceeds that of a cat's in complexity and scale, in near real-time. I, for one, welcome our new feline A.I. overlords. ... More.
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