Links for 28-06-2007
Robotic ‘air muscles’, HiPiHi interview, Metaverse Roadmap, stop worrying about aliens, messages in junk DNA, how PageRank works…
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1 – Japanese firm unveils artificial hand with ‘air muscles’
“The robot maker unveiled what it called the world’s first prototype of an artificial hand with “air muscles” that can do even delicate work like picking up a raw egg.” Sex-toy industry is gonna love this.
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2 – Interview: HiPiHI, a 3D digital world from China
“We recently had the chance to talk to Cindy Jiang, head of marketing at HiPiHi, to understand a bit more what HiPiHi is about and how it aims to attract users.”
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“… it’s the first attempt to synthesize current and emerging social, economic and technological trends around virtual worlds, immersive networks, and ubiquitous information.”
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4 – If aliens wanted to, they would have destroyed us by now
“There are several considerations which make the observation of our ongoing presence in the Universe a pertinent one.”
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“If you possessed technologies so advanced that you could seed life throughout the cosmos, wouldn’t you leave some marker that would identify your work?” Possibly, but even so …
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6 – Go Big or Go Home: Why Being Bold is Critical to Getting Noticed
“With so many blogs talking about the same topics, how will you differentiate yours from the rest? How can you come up with new and interesting angles on the same topics for both your post and your overall blog theme?”
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7 – Punk Rock Public Relations
“… an interview [with Jennifer Mattern] where we discuss going solo, learning the ropes of the interwebs and of course, a lot of personal branding, promotion and marketing ideas.”
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8 – Google PageRank: What Do We Know About It?
“How does Google PageRank work, which factors do have an impact on it and which don’t? And what do we really know about PageRank?”
