Hrafn Thorisson's Public Twine
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I'm Hrafn and the name literally means “Raven” in Icelandic. I've been an active user of Twine since the first wave of private beta users.
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This is my public, eclectic twine where special items. Things I'm particularly interested in or think others may enjoy seeing.
View my profile to check out the list of twines I manage and/or actively contribute to!
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Physicists find a new state of matter in a 'transistor'McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have momentous implications for the development of new electronic devices. ...
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Clearcast Digital Media: Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, NBC and Hulu.com- A change is gonna comeAmong all the people who saw at least one of the three SNL sketches, 33% watched it on television during the original broadcast and a staggering 67% watched after the original broadcast either online or on a DVR. (By the way, 56% of those who saw the SNL spoof never actually watched the ACTUAL ...
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Stealth Semantic Startup Raises $8.5 Million, Won’t Tell Us AnythingSiri, a spinoff of SRI International, plans to commercialize the DARPA-funded CALO (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes) system, the "largest Artificial Intelligence project in U.S. history." It will use AI to automate many of the tasks that people currently conduct manually online. ...
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Awesome Sun/Earth pictureAwesome Sun/Earth size comparison picture.
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Bell Labs: Background: Bell Labs Text-to-Speech Synthesis: Then and NowOne of the more famous moments in Bell Labs' synthetic speech research was the sample created by John L. Kelly in 1962, using an IBM 704 computer. Kelly's vocoder synthesizer recreated the song "Bicycle Built for Two," with musical accompaniment from Max Mathews. Arthur C. Clarke, then visiting ...
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'Pre-crime' detector shows promise - Short Sharp Science - New ScientistSeems like a possibility, judging by the accuracy numbers reported in the article!Hrafn Thorri Thorisson added 13 months ago
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86'Pre-crime' detector shows promise - Short Sharp Science - New ScientistMinority report soon in real life ... Would we be criminal by intent soon?shal added 13 months ago
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First Open Source Trailer for The Unfold (more of a teaser, really)Not much of a trailer. It's rather a teaser.Hrafn Thorri Thorisson added 14 months ago
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Top 100 Cutting-Edge Science Blogs - X-Ray Technician SchoolsHappy to have Think Artificial included.Hrafn Thorri Thorisson added 15 months ago
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NASA says Mars craft "touched and tasted" water - Yahoo! NewsThank you, Percival Lowell!Jack D. Logan added 15 months ago
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