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Spider House
Anthony has found a story about a Missouri family fleeing their home because between 4500 and 6000 spiders came “bleeding out of the walls”. To which Jeff of course wonders, “What the #%$#?!” Spider senses tingle, spider stories are shared, …
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Photo Synthesis
Google’s Auto Awesome will take the best areas of slightly different photographs and combine them into one new, never-quite-was best version. A new article suggests that this kind of artful interpretation of history may prove problematic when AI determines what …
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Saturday Mourning
Saturday morning cartoons are no more! And Jeff has decided that this means something really bad for today’s youth – but Anthony is certain that it’s a good thing, and that Jeff is just a cranky old man yelling at …
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Go Go Gadget Soul!
Shipyard workers in South Korea have been using Exo Suits to assist them in loading and unloading scrap metal, and Jeff and Anthony desperately want to try it out. But why stop there? Why not replace human limbs with robot …
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The Part of ‘No’ We don’t Understand
An article by Kevin Ashton proposes that saying “no” to things is vital to the creative process. Anthony and Jeff wonder why they have such a hard time saying “no” and what that might mean about them.
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Virtual Empathy
A new article suggests that the Oculus VR headset may be the first step to allowing people to truly experience what it is like to live a different kind of life. This could allow designers to create “empathy engines” whereby …
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These Hugs Ain’t Free
A woman in Oregon has opened a cuddle service for those looking for a bit of personal contact, but definitely no sexy stuff. Anthony works through his own issues with touching, Jeff determines the fair market value of intimacy, and …
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Sleep Working
Researchers in Paris recently proved that the brain can continue to classify words into categories even after it has gone to sleep, causing Jeff and Anthony to wonder what scientists do to make their test subjects fall asleep during an …
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Phantom Phone Menace
A new article about the phenomenon of “phantom” phone notifications – those strange moments when you senses a vibration from your cell phone that didn’t actually happen – has Jeff ranting on the crazy thoughts that such sensations evoke, and …
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