December 2011
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An interview with the man behind Hawking's voice →
New Scientist recently interviewed Sam Blackburn, the man responsible for Steven Hawking’s characteristic voice synthesizer, who will soon be leaving his post. The Q&A covers how Hawking communicates, whether he will be able to in the future, and why Blackburn insists on not updating the software.
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WatchSome scientists from the UK recently filmed what are thought to be new species of sea life in an area of the Indian Ocean once thought inhospitable. The video itself is silent and slightly boring, but towards the end a plethora of sea life emerges, and what I thought was a rock quickly turns out to be a pile of (at least what appears to be) crayfish. From The Telegraph:
The images were recorded...
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The Uncanny Valley
The Atlantic recently published an article on Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, and why many have been finding the title character’s face creepy rather than lovable.
Tintin’s original face, while barebones, never suffered for a lack of expression. It’s now outfitted with an alien and unfamiliar visage, his plastic skin dotted with pores and subtle wrinkles. While all the...
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“I don’t want to blame the knowledge; I want to blame the behavior of...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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