Sleep Waking is an art project that uses EEG and EKG to record brainwaves and heart activity of a sleeping person and feeds them into a humanoid robot (a Kondo KHR-2HV). The robot turns the data into an interpretive dance. In short, the robot dances your dreams. In addition, rapid eye movement is used to [...]
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It seems that the telcos and the cable companies just can’t stop making questionable claims against each other. It’s been going on for years, but it seems that the telcos are finally going to court over it. Last month, we mentioned that Verizon was suing Time Warner Cable over what it claimed was [...]
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Spam – the scourge of every e-mail inbox – celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend.
The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC – a now-defunct computer-maker.
The message was sent via Arpanet – the internet’s forerunner – and won its sender much criticism from recipients.
Thirty [...]
By Jonathan Fildes
Science and technology reporter, BBC News
“Mom, where are you calling from Your voice is trembling, are you sure everything is alright”
These were the first words Carmen Hernandez heard after getting through to her son on the phone following the massive earthquake that struck Peru in August 2007.
Mrs Hernandez lived in Pisco, where the [...]
The liberalisation of the UK postal service has produced “no significant benefits” for both households and small businesses, a report has said.
That is the initial finding of an independent review of the UK postal sector commissioned by the government.
It warned there was now a threat to the Royal Mail’s financial stability.
The Royal Mail’s 350-year monopoly [...]
The UN is to again suspend distribution of food aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip because of fuel shortages, the UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) has said.
The announcement was made several hours after Israel closed two major crossing points into the territory after they came under mortar fire.
UNRWA stopped distributing food aid in Gaza [...]
Details of rules controlling the number of skilled migrants from outside the European Economic Area working in the UK are due to be revealed later.
Ministers say the rules would have cut skilled migrants last year from outside the EEA (the EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) by 12%.
From the autumn such migrants will need to [...]
Two men have died after their car collided with a lamppost and the Cross Keys pub on the A474 at Glanaman, near Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.
The crash happened at around 0245 BST on Monday and the two men, who were in their early 20s, were pronounced dead at the scene.
They had been in a Ford Fiesta when [...]
Adobe has announced a plan to try to get its Flash player installed on more mobile devices and set-top boxes.
Dubbed Open Screen the initiative lifts restrictions on how its multimedia handling software can be used.
Adobe will stop charging licencing fees for mobile versions of Flash and plans to publish information about the inner workings of [...]
Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.
Researchers led by the University of Washington said insects in the tropics were much more sensitive to temperature changes than those elsewhere.
In contrast, higher latitudes could experience an insect population boom.
The scientists [...]
