Stone Age Social Networks May Have Resembled Ours
If you ever sit back and wonder what it might have been like to live in the late Pleistocene, you’re not alone. That’s right about when humans emerged from a severe population bottleneck and began to expand globally. But, apparently, life back then might not have been too different than how we live today (that is, without the cars, the written language, and of course, the smartphone). In this week’s Nature, a group of researchers suggest that we share many social characteristics with humans that lived in the late Pleistocene, and that these ancient humans may have paved the way for us to cooperate with each other.
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If you’re a fan of experimental technology, Arduino hacking or post-modern music, this project is going to make you smile. Years is a piece by Bartholomäus Traubeck, and it consists of a record player that plays slices of wood. (via Hacked Record Player Turns Tree Rings Into Music)
History of the Yelp logo from Michael Ernst
This massive piece of art that appears to be a simple line drawing of a sheet of paper is an awesome optical illusion created by sculptor Neil Dawson. It’s located in New Zealand on ”The Farm”, a large private art park owned by Alan Gibbs.
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One hot idea: Coffee cup concept eliminates plastic lid
A Cambridge, Mass.-based architect devotes two years of his life to develop Compleat, a disposable coffee cup that doesn’t require a plastic lid. Seasoned takeaway coffee drinkers, what do you think?
Photo Series of the Day: To promote her newly launched photo restoration business, Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway colorized a few of history’s more iconic photos.
Check out the rest here.
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The Psychology of Social. Here is a great guide to understanding how to make your communication heard and when the best time of day it is to do so. Audience matters, engagement matters more.
Simple decision tree of the future of the Euroe (via The Big Picture)
Artist and environmentalist Ryo Shimura creates his art with the hopes of increasing environmental awareness. The Japan-based artist focuses on environmental issues in his works, depicting animals near extinction. The endangered creatures that Shimura constructs each express a different heart-wrenching plea for attention and change.
Shimura’s latest project entitled 29000→600 seeks to draw attention to the drastic decline in hippos. As a child, the artist became fascinated by a bronze statue of a hippo at a local park. He is now paying homage to the animal whose population has severely plummeted, of which a large portion of the blame lies in poaching.
See more of Ryo Shimura’s projects over at My Modern Metropolis!
Digital Diva: Social Media boosts Purchase Intent even after a year
Looking at the impact on brand metrics is a preoccupation of any social media manager or digital planner worth their salt. Likes and shares are great, but those interactions have to actually mean something!
Trouble is, there isn’t much research around. BzzAgent (social media marketing arm of…
Japanese “Butt-Recognition” system unveiled.
Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology has developed a prototype system able to recognize individuals by the way they sit in a seat.
The system performs a precise measurement of the person’s posterior, its contours and the way the person applies pressure on the seat. The developers say that in lab tests, the system was able to recognize people with 98 percent accuracy.
The researchers want to commercialize the system within three years as an anti-theft system for cars.
(Source: physorg.com, via thenextweb)
