Civil Aviation Safety Authority scrambling to roll out drone public awareness campaign – ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Remote controlled drones can be bought relatively cheaply from mainstream retailers or online but they do not come with any information about…
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Drone hits athlete while filming
River of blood after drone hits triathlete Not sure whether the link will work (posting via iPhone) but apparently a drone filming a triathlon hit an athlete. CASA is investigating, but the drone owner claims it was maybe hijacked.
Fly6 Safety light and camera for bikes
Fly6 Safety Light and Camera Julian – you might be interested in this safety camera for cycling research. A video camera is embedded in a rear-facing light, and has an 8GB disk on a overwriting loop. The light/camera is powered…
Tiny Robots Mimic Termites’ Ability to Build without a Leader – Scientific American
Tiny Robots Mimic Termites’ Ability to Build without a Leader – Scientific American: “” (Via Stephen Downes) These are small autonomous systems with very simple rulesets, and they build structures without communication and without a leader … excellent “teamwork” but…
Trust and Communication in a Digitized World
Here is the link to the research being done by Professer Dr. Bernd Strauss and his team at Muenster University. I for one, am definitely keen to keep up to date with their work, so i thought some of you…
Video explaining the cognitive benefits of video games
I’m often very skeptical about this kind of video, as they are notorious for exaggerating claims and poor fact-checking. However, I thought this may be worth a link. It doesn’t give all its sources, which is a bit dubious.…
Controlling Attention in the Face of Threat: A Method for Quantifying Endogenous Attentional Control – Springer
Controlling Attention in the Face of Threat: A Method for Quantifying Endogenous Attentional Control – Springer. Both the chapter and the book are definitely worth a look – especially Luke, Ian and maybe Norman!
To ride the Moscow subway for free, do 30 squats
To ride the Moscow subway for free, do 30 squats | Crave – CNET. Love it!! (But she’s cheating in her high heels!)
Bizarre Japanese inventions signal the future of human loneliness
Bizarre Japanese inventions signal the future of human loneliness. Okay – this is just weird! But possibly also quite interesting in a scarily bizarre way!
Cyber bullying Incident – touches on victims perception and interpretation
Have been meaning to post this article for a little while. Sad to read stories like this, but this article is particularly interesting for a couple of reasons – 1) touches on the victims perception and interpretation of cyber bullying…