Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Appeal of Physical Interfaces, Prospero the Robotic Farmer

Prospero Robot Farmer
Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.

Read:

Are Physical Interfaces Superior to Virtual Ones?
But in the meantime, millions of years of evolution are going to waste. It's no secret that mnemonists - the mental athletes of the world of competitive memorization - use tricks like placing facts and sequential information on the walls of mansions they imagine walking through. And why? Because our brains are exquisitely well-tuned to remember where things are.
'Angry Birds - Letters from the Front Lines
Our fortunes have taken a turn for the worse this week. The enemy has now taken to placing boxes of TNT inside their own camps. Every night, I am haunted by visions of innocent green pigs senselessly killed by these horrific explosions. They're using their own people as human shields, Adeline. What kind of god would allow such beastly, immoral acts?


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Know:

  • Rock, Paper Shotgun interviews 'Minecraft' creators Mojang about 'Scrolls,' their recently announced game that has more in common with 'Magic: The Gathering' than pixelated mining. [From: Rock, Paper Shotgun]
  • Apple updated iTunes to 10.2 today, so Mac and Windows users can grab it here. [From: Apple]
  • Foursquare lead designer Mari Sheibley's Mobile UI Patterns blog compares mobile design trends on everything from splash screens to notifications. [From: Mobile UI Patterns]

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