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BBC NEWS | Health | Low self-esteem 'shrinks brain'People with a low sense of self worth are more likely to suffer from memory loss as they get older, say researchers. The study, presented at a conference at the Royal Society in London, also found that the brains of these people were more likely to shrink compared with those who have a high ...
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Proceedings of the First Joint Workshop on Computational CreativityThe first is one I published when I was 20 years old, my first: "A Framework for Exploring the Evolutionary Roots of Creativity." Shows origins of what I'd late develop as a fully fledged definition and partial explanation for creativity. Workshop summary: Bringing together research interests ...
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Telstra chief hosts conference as hologram | NEWS.com.auHE was slightly flat, a touch blurry and a smidge taller than reality but Telstra chief technology officer Dr Hugh Bradlow made a huge impression on his Adelaide audience today. In an Australian first, Dr Bradlow's life-sized, real-time hologram walked, talked and interacted with business ...
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BBtv - Avatar Machine, Marc Owens' wearable simulator of virtual worlds. - Boing BoingAvatar Machine, by designer Marc Owens, is a wearable device that simulates the experience of third-person gaming environments. By wearing this costume and head-mounted camera with VR goggles, a user can view themselves as a sort of virtual character while moving around and interacting in the ...
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Charles Babbage's masterpiece difference engine comes to Silicon Valley | Geek GestaltA full-scale model of the Charles Babbage-designed difference engine, only the second of its kind in existence, was delivered today in advance of an exhibition that will open May 1 at the Computer History Museum. The difference engine will be exhibited for six months starting May 1. It was ...
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Over half of Britons claim no religion -Times OnlineFreedom from religion in Britain is becoming as important as freedom of religion, according to a United Nations investigation into religion in the UK. In a 23-page report published this evening, a UN rapporteur claims the 2001 Census findings that nearly 72 per cent of the population is ...
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Information behaviour of the researchers of the futureThis study was commissioned by the British Library and JISC to identify how the specialist researchers of the future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are likely to access and interact with digital resources in five to ten years’ time.
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