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The personal website of Alex Weber

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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20120111

How the brain spots faces

via Ars Technica

Our brains are made to find faces. In fact, they’re so good at … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120111

US-born game developer sentenced to death in Iran

via Ars Technica

After a trip to visit family in Iran last August, an Iranian-American citizen was … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120111

Crank, bicycle, and waterwheel: hands-on with the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet

via Ars Technica

One Laptop Per Child unveiled its XO 3.0 tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120111

How ViaSat’s Exede makes satellite broadband not suck

via Ars Technica

On the first open day at CES in Las Vegas, in a temporary building outside the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120110

Will Twitter Predict the New Hampshire Primary?

via Mashable!

All of the candidates duking it out for the Republican nomination have a social media presence. But can the activity … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120110

The Surprising Path Of Artificial Intelligence

via TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence touches our lives in the form of chess computers that are better than most humans, computers beating … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120110

Microsoft Kinect coming to Windows on February 1st, up for pre-order now!

via Engadget

Straight out of the horse’s mouth: Kinect is oh-ficially coming to Windows starting on February 1st! We’ve seen Microsoft’s … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120110

Forget SOPA: Copyright owners must build a better BitTorrent

via Ars Technica

While copyright owners test the legal limits of website takedown processes and … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120110

This Week In Bots: Extra-Terrestrial Aircraft, Telepresence Cat-Stroking, And Robot App Stores

via Fast Company

Drones on TitanTitan, a moon of Saturn, is mysterious and fascinating to us: Its cloudly atmosphere and slushy liquid-methane … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120109

A Sneak Peek At The TVs Of The Future

via Fast Company

Each year begins for technologists and geeks with the annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for CES. It’s easy to write off this … Read More >>

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