25 Years Ago, Tetris Foreshadowed The Way We Now Consume News And Personal Status Updates

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Tetris, perhaps the simplest, and most addictive and ubiquitous computer game of all time. Journalists, academics, bloggers and fans of computer gaming, media and pop culture have exploited the celebration with an abundance of coverage and interviews with the game’s inventor, Russian mathematician Alexey Pajitnov.… Read the rest

Cheap Headsets That Let You Control Technology With Your Mind

Emotive Mind-Reading Headset

The New Scientist reports that cheap headsets that let you control technology with the electrical signals generated by your firing neurons will go on sale in coming months.

Researchers have developed systems that read brainwaves – in the form of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals – in order to help people suffering from disabilities or paralysis control wheelchairs, play games Movie Camera, or type on a computer.

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Why Inventing Matters

The best and most inspiring ideas often come from people outside your periphery. That’s why we hold Interesting Café at our startup, Clickable. It’s a community discussion led monthly by a different interesting person, who provokes and shares wisdom through a personal story.… Read the rest

A Note About Tracking Cookies

The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital recently served me an unexpected banner across the top of the blog’s entry page titled “A note about tracking cookies.” It said:

Some of the advertisers and Web analytics firms used on this site may place ‘tracking cookies’ on your computer.

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