futuramb:

Study: Kids Think Technology is Fundamentally Human

Taking a deeper look at the stories the children created, the survey found that unlike many adults who see technology as separate from humanness, it seems that “kids tend to think of technology as fundamentally human: as a social companion that can entertain, motivate, and empower them in various contexts.”

While this dreamy perspective is partially the result of childhood imagination (something kids from any generation can have), it is clear that kids are eagerly anticipating new ways that tech can enhance their lives.

Sure, it’s easy to dismiss how children look forward to the future and dream without inhibitions, but that’s exactly what some of the greatest innovators of our time have done. Children don’t just react, they imagine, and that’s why this study can’t be overlooked.

It is easy to both draw these implications too far as well as dismiss them for the reason that there are many examples of the opposite. I think there really are deep implications of this for the future and that the rate of accelerating technology development these young generations are grown up in will have profound implications for how these young people are shaped.

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neuroticindian:

Some dude found a way to create a 3D holographic image by hacking a Kinect camera.

The end results are nothing short of creepy. Watch from 40 secs in to really see the magic.

Holograms won’t quite be real until someone perfects the projector, but doing this type of 3d imaging in real time is still super cool.

This is a brilliant little hack, repurposing a cheap little router to provide a remote control switching interface for any mains socket, via your device/browser of choice. And it uses an arduino, which we’re always in favour of.

via lifehacker

This is pretty exciting, to be honest. North Yorkshire and Tees Valley paper the Northern Echo has run a pretty big piece on us in its business section today.

If you’re in the area, check out Lisa McCormick’s afternoon show on BBC Tees radio tomorrow, she’ll be doing an interview with us.

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Welcome to the Squirrel Audio blog. We’ll mostly be filling this with interesting stuff to do with electronics, music, technology, and toast, but there may be some stuff about Squirrel in here too, who knows.

To get us started, here’s a fun video of QOTSA. Nigel Godrich’s Live From the Basement videos are basically music videos for musicians, and the bands on there are always awesome. Enjoy.

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