"Featuring a collection of more than 1,600 games, ongoing exhibits related to gaming culture and history — and a play area where members can try an old favorite or previously unexplored game."(filed under: gamesboardmuseums) (via: rachel)
"Dictionary of Numbers searches through the page for numbers it can understand, and when it finds one, adds an inline explanation for that number in human terms."(filed under: mathslanguage) (via: danielle)
"The control group was given no specific instructions; the treatment group was asked to post more status updates “than they usually post per week”. Some ignored the instruction – but those who did not said they felt less lonely. [...] We may simply feel satisfied with the illusion that someone is paying attention."(filed under: facebookpsychologydelusions)
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"[The] Greek finance ministry is using Google Earth software to track down the owners of the pools, which tax inspectors consider an indicator of wealth, and which have often been built illegally." [...] "All you need is a green-coloured cover and then the pool cannot be spotted from above."(filed under: mapssecretssurveillancewater)
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"So I extract the DNA in the lab and then I amplify certain regions of it using a technique called PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction. [...] Then I feed this information into a custom computer program I wrote which takes all these values which code for physical genetic traits and parameterizes a 3d model of a face to represent them."(filed under: geneticsartlitter)
"Goggles is the image search feature in the Google mobile app, and by layering the app’s best attempts to match his photos, Bland has created an artistic view of the world as seen through Google’s eyes."(filed under: photographyillusions)