Archives for November 2007
Trying FEEDJIT
Published on 19 Nov 2007 at 9:57 pm.
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Filed under Internet, Inventions, Software, Solutions, Technology.
I stumbled on this live traffic monitor called FEEDJIT today while visiting the Church of the Spaghetti Monster…
They also have a map that displays where the traffic is coming from.
Pretty cool, huh?
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Center for Collective Intelligence
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 8:33 pm.
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Filed under Intelligent Systems, Internet, Philosophy, Research.
The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence is investigating the phenomenon of collective intelligence with the goal of improving collective decision making in social and business systems. They are working to devlop methodologies for quantifying and measuring collective intelligence.
Perhaps in the future we will be able to quantify and characterize the collective intelligence of ant colonies.
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Collective Intelligence in Ant Colonies
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 12:32 am.
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Filed under Biology, Information, Intelligent Systems.
I have always been fascinated by the idea that ant colonies may exhibit some kind of collective intelligence. Whether this is actually the case needs to be proven, however, I am not quite sure how one can prove such a hypothesis. As far as I am aware, there is no Turing Test for ant colonies. [...]
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Wingsuits for Base Jumping
Published on 15 Nov 2007 at 3:01 am.
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Filed under Fun, Inventions.
While growing up, my brother and I often talked about making a gliding suit like a Flying Squirrel… we called it a Squirrel Suit.
While we thought that it should work, we never made such a crazy thing.
But now they exist… and WOW!!!
http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=4262
This video is not to be missed!
Enjoy!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Cook’s Illustrated
Published on 15 Nov 2007 at 2:24 am.
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Filed under General, Lifestyle.
Both of my friends Joe and Ron like to cook. Ron was a professional chef and is amazing to see at work in the kitchen. We are trying to cook more in our home and shed the going-out-to-eat habit picked up in New York City and California.
Both Joe and Ron have recommended Cook’s Illustrated:
http://www.cooksillustrated.com/
They have [...]
