Writing a culture without writing? How do they hold onto their cultural knowledge and transmit it from one generation to the next?
Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette
This ancient mnemonic technique builds a palace of memory https://aeon.co/ideas/this-ancient-mnemonic-technique-builds-a-palace-of-memory
https://aeon.co/ideas/this-ancient-mnemonic-technique-builds-a-palace-of-memory
Interesting bit in this piece: the EU is working on legislation to enable citizens to demand an explanation of an algorithmic decision made about them.
Someone’s been reading their Kafka, and taking the lessons to heart.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Machines Are Getting Smarter—Now They Should Explain Themselves http://suhub.co/2jJnEUP
Story fodder. What about when illness changes your appearance? What about camouflage makeup to fool the systems? What about twins?
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
I Saw Her Face, Now I’m a Believer—Facial Recognition Tech Goes Mainstream http://suhub.co/2x6hoeX
My takeaway from this: I don’t even need to justify how smart devices embedded in or attached to my characters’ bodies are communicating data.
Not that I was planning to attempt to justify that. I’ve been assuming that problem will be solved somehow or other for years.
Originally shared by C. A. Wilke
Low-power device breaks barrier for sending data from afar – Futurity
Holy crap this is kind of amazing. I’m imagining the possibilities for cybernetic implants that can provide data about the body and maybe even feed you data. They made a prototype contact lens, but if this backscatter setup was used both ways, Google Glass and other augmented reality devices could be as unobtrusive as a pair of invisible contact lenses.
My wife’s niece refuses to talk to her fiance’s smart house. She thinks talking to a house is weird.
She may have to get used to it.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
How the Intelligent Home of the Future Will Care For You http://suhub.co/2eX0U1F
This is clever, and metaphorically huge. Because it’s literally very small.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Antennas Made 100 Times Smaller to Hook Up Tiny Wearables and Implants http://suhub.co/2gHk6NO
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
VR Promises a Surprising Tech Alternative to Painkillers in Deadly Opioid Crisis
I sometimes think I hear my alarm when I don’t, or feel a phone buzz in my pocket when it’s not there.
Apparently hallucinations like this are relatively common. It’s only when the brain’s fact-checking process breaks down that they become psychosis.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Is This the Real Thing? How the Brain Separates Fantasy From Reality http://suhub.co/2xygEgd
I have a story I can use this in.
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
“Robots are replacing managers, too.” “As its name implies, Orchestra conducts a swarm of workers, most of whom are freelancers, and other ‘robots’ to complete projects. When a client requests website improvements, which B12 sells a la carte, Orchestra generates a new Slack group, identifies team members who are both available and appropriate to complete specific tasks, and hands off work to humans and automated processes in the appropriate order. It constructs a hierarchy of workers who can check and provide feedback on each other’s work.”
Originally shared by The Maaurovingian
via Johnny Zed