Tags archives: technology

 

 

Sherlock Holmes could have invented Google

 
 

In this video, Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, explains how you can think of Google as “this vastly expanded Holmesian filing system.” Ask yourself: What are the things that you want to remember? Then focus on remembering how to access them.

 

 

 

Paper - how it's recycled

 
 

We use paper every day and as a nation 12.5 million tonnes is used each year. Paper is collected either at local recycling sites or more usually by a local authority recycling collection

 

25 biggest false predictions concerning technology

 
 

Technology is a distinctive marker of development. When we think about the future, we often imagine a world where every task is simplified by machines, and where robots who are smarter than human beings rule. Several years ago, several predictions were made concerning technology—how human interactions will be made better by technological advancements, and how the advent of machines will make digital interfaces a lot like telepathy. Decades since those predictions were made, human beings are now near to believing that everything was but just a false forecast. Here is a list of the 25 biggest false predictions concerning technology.

 

 

Partial Solar Eclipse with Airplane

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Image Credit & Copyright: Phillip Calais

Image Credit & Copyright: Phillip Calais

It was just eight minutes after sunrise, last week, and already there were four things in front of the Sun. The largest and most notable was Earth’s Moon, obscuring a big chunk of the Sun’s lower limb as it moved across the solar disk, as viewed from Fremantle, Australia. This was expected as the image was taken during a partial solar eclipse — an eclipse that left sunlight streaming around all sides of the Moon from some locations.

 

10 worst polluting countries

 
 

They’re responsible for emitting more carbon dioxide than the rest of the world combined, these are the 10 worst polluting countries.

 

Speed of Light

 
 

The little “c” representing the speed of light is perhaps the most famous symbol in physics and astronomy.