Machines Pensantes

A new study shows that an iOS (iPhone, iPad) app yields results on a dichotic listening test that are as reliable as laboratory tests. Two years ago, psychology researcher Josef Bless was listening to music on his phone when he had an idea : “In dichotic listening, each ear is presented with a different syllable at the same time (one to the left and one to the right ear) and the listener has to say which syllable seems clearest.

 

The test indicates which side of the brain is most active during language processing” Bless explains […]. The app makes it possible to gather large volumes of data easily and inexpensively. I think we will see more and morepsychological tests coming to smartphones” he adds…

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> Josef Bless/University of Bergen : http://bit.ly/WGu9UI
> Wiki/Dichotic listening test : http://bit.ly/YTVq4w
> iDichotic website : http://bit.ly/YTVFMY

 

Via Serge Meunier

Locita/Geoffray Sylvain :
"Augment est une application mobile de visualisation d’objet en réalité augmentée. Via la caméra d’un smartphone ou d’une tablette, il sera possible de voir à l'écran l’incrustation de n’importe quel objet dans la situation réelle de son environnement…

 

Via Michelle Laurissergues

 

 

A new petascale supercomputer built to study the universe is one of the fastest calculating machines in the world, and certainly the fastest of its kind. The supercomputer is part of ALMA, a new radio telescope that is claimed to be “largest ground-based astronomical project in existence”. The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope is a collection of 66 high-precision antennas…

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> Alma Radio Telescope : http://bit.ly/W33ktl
> Wiki/Llano de Chajnantor Observatory : http://bit.ly/10DQXSZ

 

Via Serge Meunier

Une exposition en deux parties à voir au Mudac et au Musée de la main. Le toucher, magique, bénéfique, déroutant ou irritant, ne laisse pas indifférent. Véritable éloge de ce sens longtemps considéré comme primaire, l'exposition plonge le visiteur dans les formes multiples de notre rapport sensoriel et sensuel au monde…

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> MUDAC
Musée de Design et d'Arts appliqués Contemporains : http://www.mudac.ch/exhibitions/currently-showing/touch-le-monde-au-bout-des-doigts

> Musée de la main/Fondation Claude Verdan : http://www.verdan.ch

> Support pédagogique pour 8/12 ans : http://www.mudac.ch/media/uploads/press/visites-scolaires/SupportPdagogiqueTOUCH_.pdf

Via Audrey Bardon, Serge Meunier, Vincent Mignerot, gawlab

The Ubi is an always-on voice-activated computer ready to help. Just plug it in, talk to it and it’ll help you connect with your world. Ubi uses voice recognition technology to listen for plain language commands, responding to requests in a synthesized voice or offering simple status updates using the multi-colored LED indicator lights.

It’s been designed to synchronize with other Ubis in the home or office, and users should be able to move from room to room and interact with devices in different locations as though they were one unit…

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Ubi/The Ubiquitous Computer : http://theubi.com