Yesterday we wrote about the fact that about half of young adults say they pretend to do stuff on their smart phones in elevators to avoid making eye-contact with other people. Now that this is news, here’s 3 more discrete… Read More ›
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Young People Only Pretending To Use Smart Phones To Avoid Talking To You Or Looking At You
The Street reports that a recent poll indicates that 47% of young adults 18 to 29 pretend to use their smart phone to avoid having to make eye contact with people or talk to people in places like elevators. 3… Read More ›
App Makes Decisions For You
Maclean’s reports that a new app uses your smart phone’s camera to detect your heart rate, and then uses science to help you make a right decision if you are feeling indecisive. 3 Frequently Asked Questions That Arise From This… Read More ›
Driverless Uber Cars?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Uber is working with Carnegie Mellon University to develop driverless cars, in direct competition with Google, which also is doing similar work. 3 Interesting Observations About This Story 1. So Uber is driving cab… Read More ›
You May Now Resume Worrying About All That Worrying You Do
New York Magazine reports that a recent study indicates that worrying about stuff could be a sign of intelligence. 3 New Things To Worry About 1. How are any future studies every gonna get done now? What smart person is… Read More ›
We Want Uber To Use More Criteria To Rate Passengers!
Slate recently posted an opinion piece about the fact that Uber, the cab-dispatching smartphone app, has a secret rating of its passengers, based on cab driver ratings. Passengers are rated on a scale of one to five. Three More Detailed Scales… Read More ›
Dating Web Site Intentionally Mismatched Users To Test Its Technology
Yahoo News Digest reports that dating web site OKCupid has admitted to intentionally mismatching users to test its technology. 3 Slogans We Propose For OKCupid 1. “Hey, we’re not called ‘Olympic Archery Gold Medalist Cupid’ for a reason. Because we’re going… Read More ›
Study: Many People Would Rather Give Themselves Shock Than Be Alone With Their Thoughts
The Washington Post reports that a recent study indicates that participants, especially men, would rather give themselves a light shock than be alone with their thoughts. From the article: “And while only 6 of the 24 women shocked themselves, 12 of… Read More ›
If You’re A Mouse Reading This Due To Insomnia, You May Have Brain Damage!
CNN reports that a study indicates that mice forced to simulate sleeping the same hours as human shift-workers suffered brain damage. So we’re posting this at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time to at least entertain our mice readers (before brain… Read More ›
Bar Making Patrons Who Use Smart Phones Buy Round For Their Friends
Yahoo reports that a bar in Vancouver is installing lock-boxes for patrons to lock their smart phones in during their visit, so they actually have to talk to each other. Once a table’s phones are locked in the box, if… Read More ›
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