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Cheap, mobile virtual reality that's a cinch to make

VR + DIY = Google Cardboard.

Analyzing Apple’s Argument That First Amendment Applies to Its Code

The company, in its fight with the F.B.I., is defending its phones on grounds that its code represents free speech, and there is some precedent.

“Apple goes pretty far by saying its software has a viewpoint,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law. “That’s pretty novel here. But this case is unprecedented, so we shouldn’t be surprised by novel defenses.”

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Physicists have finally figured out why these massive ice discs start spinning on their own

New physics from a 100-year-old mystery.

New physics doesn’t always come from the recesses of space or the bowels of the Large Hadron Collider. Sometimes, you just need some cameras, a nickel bead, a magnet, and Petri dish popsicles.

Every once in a while, someone notices a big disc of ice eerily spinning in a river. These discs can be anywhere from 1 to 200 metres across, and almost everything about them has mystified physicists and environmental scientists for over a century. While it’s thought that this rare natural phenomenon is likely was caused by cold, dense air coming in contact with an eddy in a river, no one’s been able to definitively explain why these giant discs continue to rotate as they melt. Until now.

The most common explanation for the spinning ice discs says that as the discs float along in a river, they’re spun around by eddies - little spinning currents that form when water flows over rocks or into an enclosed space. And while this is this is probably part of what’s happening, it can’t be the whole story.

The Dawn Of The Age Of Responsive Media

This year's CES announcements were more exciting to me than ever before. Sure, we've already seen dozens of drones, exoskeletons, robots, rollable displays, virtual- and augmented-reality headsets, as well as personalized artificial intelligence for smart phones, smart homes, driver-assisted and autonomous cars (aka autonomobiles) and more over the years. They're [...]

Forget about choose-your-own-adventure. Responsive media will offer immersive experiences that adapt “dynamically to the consumer’s attention, engagement and context”.

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The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

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