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Feb 1, 2012
Reflection on the Edge. | The Next Edge
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge
There is a proposed “project in development” which seems aimed at expressing this potentially beneficial scenario on a scale which enhances the emergence of interconnected systemic contexts which are generative and life affirming. The ‘form’ of such an ideasphere need to be represented digitally and simulated iteratively in order to accelerate its evolution. by Glisten @cyber_shaman
Via thenextedge.org
Jan 28, 2012
Dennett on magic and misdirection
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness
“Dennett argues that the ‘hard problem‘ is a red herring – the whole question of how conscious first person experience arises from the biological function of the brain assumes that consciousness is a single thing that needs explaining. He suggests that there isn’t a single thing that is consciousness, just a collection of mental components, but the fact we’ve named it as a single thing fools us. In his article Explaining the “Magic” of Consciousness, he gives a great analogy of how the use of the word ‘the’ was used in a card trick to make it seem completely mysterious even to fellow professional magicians.”
Via mindhacks.com
Jan 27, 2012
On the Internet of Things: IBM Tracks Your Pork From Farm to Fork. Starting with China
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things
“IBM has set out to prove it can revolutionize the food industry with data, starting with China. Six industrial slaughterhouses and 100 markets in Shandong Province are part of a large scale test in tracking pork from farm to customer. Pigs are marked with ear tags containing unique barcodes, those same barcodes appear on the bins that carry their meat during processing, and on the packages for the pork placed in stores. In the near term, IBM hopes that knowing the history of every piece of meat will enable fast and super accurate recalls in case of contamination. Eventually, this kind of comprehensive tracking could help farmers keep pigs healthier, improve the quality of meat after it is cut, and even place a picture on the store package of the exact pig made into that pork product. Knowledge is power in this new take on the supply chain.” via Singularity Hub @ddrrnt - maybe China and the rest of us should quit eating pork.
Via singularityhub.com
Jan 27, 2012
ACTA: prosecution for communication? — RT
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge
The ACTA copyright protection treaty, which has recently been signed in Poland, represents outdated copyright legislation that could lead to punishment just for an act of communication.
Via rt.com
Jan 25, 2012
Bacteria sensors could halve the cost of desalinated water
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things
The cost of desalinated water could be cut by almost half using new wireless bacteria sensors, according to the technology’s creators. via The Engineer.co.uk
Via theengineer.co.uk
Jan 25, 2012
Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind By Dampening Brain Activity, May Help Depression | Healthland | TIME.com
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness
Based on this idea, Huxley posited that ordinary consciousness represents only a fraction of what the mind can take in. In order to keep us focused on survival, Huxley claimed, the brain must act as a “reducing valve” on the flood of potentially overwhelming sights, sounds and sensations. What remains, Huxley wrote, is a “measly trickle of the kind of consciousness” necessary to “help us to stay alive.” A new study by British researchers supports this theory. It shows for the first time how psilocybin — the drug contained in magic mushrooms — affects the connectivity of the brain. Researchers found that the psychedelic chemical, which is known to trigger feelings of oneness with the universe and a trippy hyperconsciousness, does not work by ramping up the brain’s activity as they’d expected. Instead, it reduces it.
Via healthland.time.com
Jan 25, 2012
The True Hive Mind – How Honeybee Colonies Think
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge
“This extends to decision-making, which is the main subject of Honeybee Democracy. The bees exercise a collective intelligence that mimics not just small-group decision-making but the cognitive deliberations of our own brains:”
Via wired.com
Jan 25, 2012
Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertip
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/pdfs/science.1207745.full.pdf
“The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as easy as lifting a finger. No longer do we have to make costly efforts to find the things we want. We can “Google” the old classmate, find articles online, or look up the actor who was on the tip of our tongue. The results of four studies suggest that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers and that when people expect to have future access to information, they have lower rates of recall of the information itself and enhanced recall instead for where to access it. The Internet has become a primary form of external or transactive memory, where information is stored collectively outside ourselves.”
Jan 25, 2012
PARTICIPATORY SENSING 1/4 – the data-citizen driven city
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things
“Using open source technologies, like Arduino-based sensor units or mobile apps, data-citizens will be able to gather their own real-time data regarding issues they are really concerned about, such as air quality, noise levels, street deficiencies, plagues, etc. All data will be shared in open public repositories, like Pachube, available for everyone. Long term data archival will allow citizens to gain a better understanding of the urban environment and to improve their daily personal habits.”
Via complexitys.com
Jan 25, 2012
Things in the Brain
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things
We are not things. We are beings.
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