What does every update on social media have in common? Have you ever had that moment when you’re updating your status… And you realize that every status update is just a variation on a single request: would someone please acknowledge me? – Marc Maron Do you feel society has matured since the invention… Continue reading The Social Media Generation, Animated
Month: October 2013
Out With a Bang: Street Artists Take Over Soon-to-Be-Demolished Building for One Last Month of Art
To help a building make one last stand before its impending demolition date, a group of street artists have converted a 10-story concrete and brick tower in Paris into an art gallery open to the public. When renovations for a former low-income housing project in Paris were deemed too expensive and the building was set… Continue reading Out With a Bang: Street Artists Take Over Soon-to-Be-Demolished Building for One Last Month of Art
28% of Married College Graduates on Facebook Attended the Same School As Their Spouse [REPORT]
Do you feel like everyone from your school is getting married? Or did you yourself marry someone from your high school or college? It turns out marrying someone you went to school with is not uncommon! The Facebook Data Science Group recently studied anonymized data on all couples in the U.S. 25 years and older… Continue reading 28% of Married College Graduates on Facebook Attended the Same School As Their Spouse [REPORT]
14 Adventurous Photographs of a Serial Trespasser
Have you ever wanted to just Explore Everything? The adventurous new book by photographer and researcher Bradley Garret explores hidden gems, forgotten parts of cities and very difficult places to reach all over the world. Garret can often be seen sneaking into sewers, abandoned buildings and underground train stations as well as hanging out on… Continue reading 14 Adventurous Photographs of a Serial Trespasser
This Is Your Brain on Coffee Versus Beer
What you drink says a lot about what you’d like to do. Despite both coffee and beer being considered “social beverages,” being five cups of coffee in versus five beers deep will have quite different effects on you! So what’s really happening in our brains when we consume caffeinated beverages versus alcoholic drinks? Your conscious… Continue reading This Is Your Brain on Coffee Versus Beer
Transformers Are Real: MIT Researchers Create Self-Assembling Robots
Have you ever, while watching Transformers, wished the shape shifting robots would appear in real life (minus the world domination struggle)? If so, a team at MIT is working on something that will be of some interest to you. Researchers at the school’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are developing self-assembling and self-configuring… Continue reading Transformers Are Real: MIT Researchers Create Self-Assembling Robots
SXSW Eco Live Stream: Featuring Innovative Solutions Taking Us Beyond Sustainability
SXSW Eco is a conference where professionals come together to solve complex challenges facing civil society, the economy and our mother planet. The three-day event runs from October 7 to October 9 in Austin and hosts an international audience of thought leaders and decision makers from the public, private and academic sectors to discuss potential… Continue reading SXSW Eco Live Stream: Featuring Innovative Solutions Taking Us Beyond Sustainability
Find Upcoming Tour Dates of Your Favorite Artists Now on Spotify
Spotify now automatically shows upcoming concert events for your favorite artists directly on their Spotify pages. Spotify integrated with Songkick nearly two years ago in an effort to better surface live events to users based on the musicians and bands they listen to via its music streaming application. The new feature, spotted by The Next… Continue reading Find Upcoming Tour Dates of Your Favorite Artists Now on Spotify
