I Run ‘Facial Recognition’ on Buildings to Unlock Architectural Secrets Peter Christensen, The Conversation Arts & Culture, Society & Culture, Uncategorized About a decade ago, a modest update to Apple’s iPhoto software showed me a new way to study architectural history. The February 2009 update added facial recognition, allowing users to tag friends and loved...
With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There’s a Likely Culprit Jean Twenge Arts & Culture Around 2012, something started going wrong in the lives of teens. In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression –...
What Might Explain the Unhappiness Epidemic? Jean Twenge Arts & Culture, Sociology We’d all like to be a little happier. The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are genetically predisposed to see the world through rose-colored glasses,...
New Technologies and the Changes They are Forcing in Business Kevin Gardner Politics & Economics Technology is changing the way business gets done. Computers are becoming faster and more affordable, improving the way the world works. The most important skill now may be to simply keep up with it all. If...
A Short History of the Vaporizer Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine Cannabis is a herb that has been used in the world over for centuries. Humanity shares a love for the herb, be it for its recreational, medicinal or health purposes. In places like Jamaica, it is highly...
5 Ways Drones are Going to Transform the Face of Business AJ Delorena Science & Medicine The word “drone” elicits many responses – excitement, curiosity, and even confusion. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are still a mystery. It may seem like they’ve burst onto the business...
The “Internet of Things” is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages Joshua Fairfield Arts & Culture Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness....
