Bruce Cannon http://brucecannon.com Systems design Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:07:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cross-posted from LinkedIn http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-7/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-7/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:07:23 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=684 Is this weird or entirely natural? People feel bad seeing dolls mistreated too. I suppose robots are an extension of that same anthropomorphism. I guess there’s no downside to more empathy in the world… http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/humans-often-feel-empathy-for-robots-study-finds-1.1251458#ixzz2RPmFxfDB?buffer_share=4dc22&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=Buffer%253A%252BBruce%2520Cannon%252Bon%252Blinkedin http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/humans-often-feel-empathy-for-robots-study-finds-1.1251458#ixzz2RPmFxfDB?buffer_share=4dc22&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=Buffer%253A%252BBruce%2520Cannon%252Bon%252Blinkedin

]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-7/feed/ 0 Video game gender hacking http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-3/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-3/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:52:56 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=670 Not one but two great video game gender hacks! Donkey Kong, and at the bottom of the article, Legend of Zelda: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/10/4086458/father-hacks-donkey-kong-for-daughter-swaps-mario-pauline

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]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-3/feed/ 0 Tesla vs the New York Times http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-6/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-6/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:52:18 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=669 I love electric vehicles!  But being stuck for hours charging one?  Don’t love.  Interesting debate between Tesla and NYT! http://bit.ly/VhwiVR

]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-6/feed/ 0 10 Great Ideas Someone Should Invent http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-5/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-5/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:22:43 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=668 I spend a lot of time innovating, but reading James Altucher is humbling; is there a Nobel in there somewhere? http://tcrn.ch/YMtvUb

]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-5/feed/ 0 Open Wireless: good idea or…? http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-4/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-4/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:10:20 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=664 What do you think of the open wireless movement? Intuitively, it seems to me like the right thing to do. But is it? http://buff.ly/11iJDwg

]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-4/feed/ 0 Tom Friedman is a very funny guy… http://brucecannon.com/tom-friedman-is-a-very-funny-guy/ http://brucecannon.com/tom-friedman-is-a-very-funny-guy/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:26:26 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=656 …and a great artist.  At first his work seems a bit emperor’s new clothes, but look closer.  Here’s a funny article about his work flummoxing buyers at Christies: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051802340_3.html

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And here is a nice representative collection of his work.  Read the materials descriptions: http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/tom-friedman

]]> http://brucecannon.com/tom-friedman-is-a-very-funny-guy/feed/ 0 Taiyo Kimura is an awesome and funny artist http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-2/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-2/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:12:00 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=655 Taiyo Kimura is an awesome and funny artist. Portfolio site: http://buff.ly/Wsl94r And an easy video overview here: http://buff.ly/119gqUr

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]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin-2/feed/ 0 Robot sex http://brucecannon.com/robot-sex/ http://brucecannon.com/robot-sex/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:33:12 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=648 It may surprise you to learn that mechanical+sex is a subject category full of interesting thought experiments, art and strange products; from the film Dead Ringers to the emerging business of teledildonics.  Millie Stein’s Sex And Fashion blog has a nice video interview with filmmaker Michael Sullivan: http://www.sexandfashion.net/2011/07/mechanical-sex/   The lady from Metropolis is a clear ancestor to these folks:

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]]> http://brucecannon.com/robot-sex/feed/ 0 Airmobs http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin/ http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:08:19 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=623 Airmobs is a fascinating invention. Sure, it may be useful, but the social engineering is what’s really interesting: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729015.900-bandwidthsharing-app-brings-connectivity-to-all.html

]]> http://brucecannon.com/cross-posted-from-linkedin/feed/ 0 Portals http://brucecannon.com/portals-a-project-by-jayne-vidheecharoen-explores-some-pretty-interesting-technology-culture-intersection-questions-httpbuff-lyyxsbka/ http://brucecannon.com/portals-a-project-by-jayne-vidheecharoen-explores-some-pretty-interesting-technology-culture-intersection-questions-httpbuff-lyyxsbka/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:52:20 +0000 bruce http://brucecannon.com/?p=619 Portals, a project by Jayne Vidheecharoen, explores some pretty interesting technology-culture-intersection questions: http://buff.ly/YxSBKa

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