Daily Archives: March 23, 2012

10 of the Weirdest Pins on Pinterest

10 of the Weirdest Pins on Pinterest

Pinterest has quickly become a hot social site for curating themed boards for things like wedding planning, recipes and fashion. Among the pretty pin boards, there are also a lot of weird photos that kind of make us go, “WTF?” That’s exactly the sentiment Allison Tyler had, which inspired her to create the Tumblr WTF … Continued

Can IBM’s Watson help cancer patients?

Can IBM’s Watson help cancer patients?

Watson’s “Jeopardy”-winning AI skills will be put to use at a New York hospital to help diagnose and treat cancers. (Credit: IBM) Patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center may receive cancer diagnoses and treatment with the help of IBM’s Watson supercomputer by the end of 2013. Watson would make diagnoses and suggest treatment approaches that … Continued

Feel Your Facebook Pokes With This Poking Machine [VIDEO]

Feel Your Facebook Pokes With This Poking Machine [VIDEO]

What is the purpose of a poke you can’t feel? That’s what occcured to the creators of a device called, appropriately enough, the poking machine. Netherlands-based student inventors Jasper van Loenen and Bartholomäus Traubeck constructed an armband that physically pokes you when someone pokes you virtually on Facebook. “This way users can connect not only … Continued