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Comment Re:Birth of possibilities (Score 1) 276

by neetij on Friday December 12, 2008 @01:28AM (#26086739) Attached to: Japanese Scientists Claim To Reconstruct Images From Brain Data

There was that so-so Robin Williams movie - Final Cut, I believe, wherein people can have computer chips (or something) implanted in the brain that record their entire lives. Williams' character is a video cutter - he edits an entire life, recorded as sound and video, down to a few minutes.

Submission + - Over-50s invade the social networking scene (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01, 2007 @04:25AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Telegraph newspaper reports that over-50s are invading sites like Facebook and MySpace in massive numbers. A recent study showed that nearly one third of Facebook users are aged between 35 and 54, and that this group also made up 41 per cent of MySpace users. Looks like dad just turned up to the party.

From the article: "Because the mind of an over-50 is likely superior to that of a drink-addled undergrad, at first there was uncertainty about whether older users would find the Facebook-led social-networking phenomena attractive. You might, for example, question the broader demographic appeal of Facebook applications like "Marry Me, Sex Me, Kill Me" in which your friends decide whether you're "sexy, marriage material, or dead"...Given that technology icons like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Tim Berners Lee are all well over 50, the market for sites with old-appeal can only grow.".

Submission + - Open-Source 3D Printer Lets Users Make Anything (popularmechanics.com)

Submitted by on Thursday November 01, 2007 @02:04AM

An anonymous reader writes: Picture a 3D inkjet printer that deposits droplets of plastic, layer by layer, gradually building up an object of any shape. Fabbers have been around for two decades, but they've always been the pricey playthings of high-tech labs — and could only use a single material. A Fab at Home kit costs around $2400 and allows users to print anything from Hors d'Oeuvres to flashlights.

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