- The new video game Kodu will teach you (or your kid) about programming (Slate)
- A storage performance retrospective (Tech Report)
- From string theory mathematics to high-T superconductivity (ArsTechnica)
- Root extract protects brain from alcohol damage (ArsTechnica)
- A high-quality image projector on your smartphone? (CNet)
- Apple proposes HTTP streaming feature as IETF standard (ArsTechnica)
- Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief (Scientific American)
- Which Language Approach For a Computer Science Degree? (Slashdot)
- Games overtake electrical sector in Japan (CNet)
- Japan’s Robots Face Hard Times (NY Times)
- In Japan, Machines for Work and Play Are Idle (NY Times)
- Carnegie Mellon’s robotic snake stars in a glamour video (Engadget)
- Goose gets a bionic leg in world-first operation (Telegraph)
- Remote input sleeve from Nokia (Unwired View)
- Robot Teaches Itself to Smile (Wired)
- Engadget HD pays a visit to Dolby Labs (Engadget)
- Video: Life-sized Gundam’s back, looking deadlier than ever (Engadget)
- Video: TAT’s augmented reality concept unveiled (Engadget)
- Video Q&A With Ray Kurzweil (Singularity Hub)
- The FlexPicker: Industrial Robot Built for Speed – Video (Singularity Hub)
July 12, 2009
What you missed last on Sytek
Worldwide readings for the past weekend
- 50 Years of Pantyhose (Smithsonian)
- China’s factory girls: nobody’s victims (Spiked Online)
- The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin: A Round-Up (Andrew Sullivan)
- Demographics and Deflation: an unpleasant comparison (Asia Times)
- Back to Petroleum (FT)
- Rice paddy crop art of the year (BoingBoing)
- Gold, Ivory Treasures Hidden From Taliban Shine at Afghan Show (Bloomberg)
- Ghost of Marx haunts China’s riots (Asia Times)
- New York Philharmonic May Perform in Cuba (NY Times)
- The Facts and Stats That Colleges Don’t Want You to Know (CNN)
- The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman (pdf)
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