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Women less interested in competitive jobs

Women less interested than men in jobs where individual competition determines wages | The University of Chicago “When the salary potential was most dependent on competition, men were 94 percent more likely to apply than women,” List said.

Lexar chip production: automation, robotics and offshore outsourcing, all set to a funky beat

The beginning fo the end for Facebook

Millennial Generation’s Web Dominance On The Decline , Pew Study Says The fastest growth on social networking sites like Facebook has come from the G.I. generation, those aged 74 or older Facebook’s bet is to make the new generations getting online now, feel as excited about Facebook as the current generation are. However, this will [...]

News reports from the past on “The future”

Fascinating Social Media Facts of the Year 2010

Fascinating Social Media Facts of Year 2010 | Social Media Today 2. In terms of the impact of social networks on advertising, word of mouth is the popular option with 78% of customers trust peer recommendations on sites. While, only 14% trust advertisements. 5. An average user becomes a fan of 2 pages every month. [...]

MovieReshape: Tracking and Reshaping of Humans in Videos

Robots already “protecting” borders and military facilities

How long before they carry a live gun? How long before the operation of that gun is also automated? Who is responsible in case of errors? The military? The programmers? The politicians? No one? How long before they are used by the police too for crowd “dispersal”? How long before they are used against “homeland [...]

Robot archer

Electronics meets offline media on advertising shop displays

Japanese billboard recognises age and gender a young woman stepping in front of the display was instantly shown an ad designated for young, female viewers: a picture of some pasta. The software will also be able to track your distance from the display and the amount of time you’ve spent gawping at the screen to [...]