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A Future Where Actors are Robots
The future of entertainment may not be in Hollywood, but in Massachusetts. The MIT Media Lab announced this week that it is launching the Center for Future Storytelling, a research program that will develop new storytelling technologies. The team envisions a future that includes robotic actors and improved motion capture, but also increased democratization and … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Onyx Online Could Turn iPhones Into Nifty Social Gaming Devices
Onyx Online, for the iPhone, is kind of like Xbox Live. Sort of. The ambitious service is the brainchild of Trism developer Steve Demeter, who hopes to add a slew of “social media” features to iPhone games, like leaderboards, achievements, forums, and the like. There’s even a pissing contest feature, wherein Onyx-enabled games will allow … Continued
By Jack Loftus -
Tech News
TuneWiki Turns Mobile Internet Devices Into Zune-Wannabes
First, Intel decided to go with Linux for its MIDs, and now it’s giving the bird to Microsoft again by revealing a contender to the Zune’s social music aspect. TuneWiki, a “social media player” software based on Intel’s Atom processor integrates music and video with synchronized lyrics and a social network. Besides using a wiki-based … Continued
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Tech News
C-SPAN ‘Debate Hub’ Is the Political Social Media Web 2.0 Uber Geek’s Wet Dream
Even if politics and Presidential debates bore you to the point where you need to nap like a 72-year-old, credit is still due to C-SPAN for making the whole process slightly more interesting with its ambitious Debate Hub. The social media-packed, live-blogging saturated, video clip bonanza, pulls content from a variety of sources—including YouTube, ADD … Continued
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Tech News
Internet Dating: The Wedding Cake
Mmmm. The self-promotional social lies of one couple manifested in cream and sugar. The hearted ethernet cord and Starbucks cups are particularly charming touches. But it would have been best if the groom had fessed up to his second family in Guam. [MAKE]
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Mind Control Is Just a Click Away
The goal of most advertisers is, frankly, to bypass your rational brain and reach down into the murky depths of your limbic system to control your desires. And the Web has given advertisers powerful new mind-control tools, allowing them to generate fake “buzz” for products by implanting references to, say, Hewlett Packard on YouTube or … Continued