Tag: bbc

  • Fancy becoming Telekinetic?

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    The BBC are reporting today that a US/Australian firm Emotiv has developed a headset which: reads electrical impulses in the brain and translates them into commands that a video game can accept and control the game dynamically This is the headset in action: The headset is due to go on sale later this year for…

  • Lie detector software for Skype?

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    The BBC is reporting that there will very shortly be a plugin for Skype which acts as a lie detector by analysing: audio streams over a Skype call in real time and illustrates the stress levels of the other person Most of my PodLeaders podcasts are recorded Skype conversations – this could add a whole…

  • Is there something in the air?

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    Om Malik announced today he is leaving his job at Business 2.0 to setup a new business. Robert Scoble let slip that he is leaving Microsoft to join a startup, at a bloggers dinner the other night. Tara Hunt announced last week that she’s leaving Riya to go out on her own. Ben Metcalf has…

  • BBC interviews Chauncey Gardiner

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    If you have seen the movie Being There with Peter Sellers, you know the scenario – ordinary Joe gets mistaken for pundit and everyone hangs on his every syllable. Too far-fetched you say? Never happen? Well, thanks to posts by Jeremy Wagstaff and Dennis Howlett today, I came across a real life example of just…