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Wake up to light in the mornings
I heard about these light alarms which wake you up using daylight from a large bulb instead of a nasty buzzing noise like traditional alarms. So in an aid to improve my wake up routine I invested in a...
View ArticleWow! The universe as far as we currently know…
If you've never seen the start of Contact (the film with Jodie Foster) you're not only missing out on a great film but also a fantastic opening sequence which rolls back from present day earth out...
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Social steganography with Securebook?
Rob Best wrote to me after seeing my post on Social Steganography. I read your article on social steganography and I have also become interested in it even if it is old news by now. So intrigued I...
View ArticleDyslexia the advantages…
People sometimes ask me, why do you put on your blog that your dyslexic? Well I believe its got a lot of advantages… and of course disadvantages… One of the strange advantages is the dyslexic-dar...
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Kindle Array the answer to the large scale e-ink display?
I have been asking the question over and over in different circles, is there such a thing as a large scale eink display? It seems the answer is no but I’m more interested why not? Then yesterday while...
View ArticleLarge eink displays?
Maarten Pieter emailed me after reading my blog post asking why there were no large eink displays and then my solution building a Kindle array. Dear Ian, I came across your blog on large e-inks...
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Is it possible to match people with science?
This has got to be one the eternal questions? Maths or science has solved so many of our questions but can it be used for working out compatibility of humans? That was one of the things which really...
View Article#SMC_MCR 5min talk – Love in the wild?
Love in the wild View more presentations from Ian Forrester I gave this talk at Social Media Cafe (#SMC_MCR) it lasted longer than I expected but generally its about my believe in Maths and science to...
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Rescue time meet Arya
Rescuetime are meant to be working on a Linux version of their plugin but while we wait others are eating into their area. We’ve already seen how Zeitgiest and Project Hamster could work together...
View ArticleBBC R&D/FIRM Research Fellow…
BBC R&D (the place I work) are looking for a Research Fellow to work directly on the Internet of Things… What is the internet of things you may be thinking? Well here’s the IBM Utopian vision. The...
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Does online dating work?
It’s a simple question and a common one — one whose answer could determine the fates of both a multi-billion dollar industry and millions of lonely hearts. It’s a question that seems distinctly...
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Lucy is CPH4 real?
The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.. After watching Lucy and (to be fair) Limitless, you can’t help but wonder… what if? So I looked into it,...
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What do neural networks dream?
Neural net “dreams”— generated purely from random noise, using a network trained on places by MIT Computer Science and AI Laboratory. James at work pointed me in the direction of Google’s neural...
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What was learned from the lets talk about sex experiment at MOSI?
Its been about 6 months roughly since I was involved in the MOSI experiment around speed dating. It was the most scientific thing I have done till I took part in the Horizon dating experiment (blog is...
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The BBC horizon dating experiment
My scientific perfect match The Horizon episode: How to find love online just aired and here’s a blog I wrote straight after filming for the show. I have no idea what just happened or if I’ll even be...
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The science..? of speed dating?
Mr 30 not so flirty shared his experiences of a event called datelab. Something I’ve never heard of but it sounds interesting We are a dating agency for young professionals. Through psychology +...
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Good points about AI and intentions
Mark Manson makes a good point about AI, one which had me wondering… We don’t have to fear what we don’t understand. A lot of times parents will raise a kid who is far more intelligent, educated, and...
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The science and art of making cocktails?
Caught Wired’s piece about Shea Campbell setting his sights on mixology (cocktail making). When Shea Campbell started creating his own drinks, he naturally relied on classic recipes. However, his...
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Quantifying my attention across devices
My frustration with tracking my smartphone use, the apps permissions and data use; drove me back to rescue time. I decided it’s time to combine the time I spend on different devices together in a...
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Computational photography, wow?
I recently got the night shot upgrade on my pixel 2 smartphone. Just as I got the chance to give it a try in Dublin (I only noticed it in Dublin). As a Nikon D3200 digital SLR user, I’ve had a lot of...
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