…Said to Match Quality of Film: “If Carver Mead is right, photographic film is an endangered species.
Dr. Mead, who is 67, was a pioneer of the modern computer chip industry in the 1970’s. But he has never stopped inventing. And on Monday his Silicon Valley start-up, Foveon, plans to begin shipping a new type of digital image sensor that outside experts agree is the first to match or surpass the photographic capabilities of 35-millimeter film.” NY Times
Dashboard surfing for the masses
Philips Semiconductors has introduced an integrated microprocessor it says will take the emerging niche of dashboard electronics beyond the realm of the luxury car.
Philips, a division of Dutch technology giant Royal Philips Electronics, claims to be the first to bring to market a fully integrated “telematics”–or dashboard electronics–processor combining all key hardware blocks onto one chip. The SAF3100 telematics processor is less expensive and smaller than many other back-end telematics bundles. CNET
Disgust, Morality, and Human Identity: Heather Looy:
“Theologically, the Judeo-Christian tradition uses disgust and related concepts of abomination and impurity in conjunction with moral codes designed to preserve communal identity as the people of God. Psychosocial research reveals disgust as a universal emotion that enables evaluation and regulation of one class of moral behaviors, and serves to express and preserve cultural identity. Neurobiology is beginning to trace the neural circuitry involved in disgust and morality, suggesting emotions are the basis for moral judgement, and revealing intriguing relationships between disgust, morality, and other aspects of the psyche.” Metanexus
Men Overestimate Women’s Sexual Interest: Study. ‘The phenomenon seems connected to a kind of psychological self-projection, according to researcher Robyn LeBoeuf of Princeton University in New Jersey. “They say, ‘Well, if I were to smile at a woman, I would be interested in having sex with her. So if she’s smiling at me, then she’s probably interested in having sex with me as well.”‘ ‘ Yahoo! News
