Tag Archives: Cognitive science

Ancient Turkish Whistling Language Uses Both Sides of the Brain

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German and Turkish scientists discover an ancient whistling language. The language is native to the mountains of north-east Turkey. According to the researchers the language utilizes both sides of...

Old World Monkey Oldest Skull Shows Small Brain

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The fossilized remains of Victoriapithecus skull made a great specter in the headlines when it was discovered in 1997 in Kenya’s Lake Victoria. Sai to have lived 15 million years ago, the monkey’s...

The Eye Tribe Brings Eye Tracking to Smartwatches

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The Eye Tribe shows at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona its new eye tracking software solution for smartphones and new Eye Tracking SDK for Android. The company also demonstrated a smartwatch with...

Mitch Kapor’s Next Killer App: Latino Entrepreneurship

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@Kapor’s “Latin@s in Tech” was one of the best pre-events this year at SxSW Interactive.  Here’s why. History lesson for the young-un’s:  Lotus 1-2-3 was the first “killer app” for the PC,...

Using Big Data And Game Play To Improve Mental Fitness

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By Bonnie Feldman This article was written together with Ellen M. Martin and Melinda Speckmann. Games have been part of human culture for millennia. It is no surprise that elements of play can be...

Richard Florida: Economic Trends All Entrepreneurs Should Follow

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Richard Florida wears many hats, including being an editor, professor, author and thought leader. He is currently a Senior Editor at The Atlantic and the author of the classic best-seller “The...

Behavioural Economics: Giving Insights to Help the Advertising Industry

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The idea that the advertising industry might benefit from a greater appreciation of economics is one of the oldest jibes around. Profligate advertising being curbed by economic realism is a script...

How Creativity is Enhanced by Technology

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I recently wrote a post about how marketers will need to learn to rely less on judgment and intuition in the era of big data.  It’s a controversial subject, especially since many marketers pride...

Will Your Eyes Replace Your Keyboard?

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So much will soon be obsolete as the Age of Context changes how people and technology interact. Among the most imminent victims are the keyboard and the mouse.Not only are they both too cumbersome...

How Facebook Memes Evolve And Spread

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As a publisher, understanding the flow of information online is as important as a civil engineer understanding traffic congestion. Unfortunately, so much of what takes place online has been...