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Feb 10

The Pocket Spy: Will Your Smartphone Rat You Out?

THERE are certain things you do not want to share with strangers. In my case it was a stream of highly personal text messages from my husband, sent during the early days of our relationship.

…Greetings. Technology won’t slow down forpersonal security. A person can insulatethemselves from others treachery , by justbeing careful. Life has always been like that. It is a part of everyones Human Nature , tostir things up a bit , and see if anything fun , or profitable can be found. We all do it , at least a bit. Those slimey scheeming nosey people , whoare out there , are not going to just go away. So rise above them , and say to yourself” SO WHAT “. It could be seen as a compliment , that someone goes to the time and effort tosmear you. Friends , family or workmatesthat are worth caring about , will see rightthrough any nasty smear campaign. Otherswho fall for such an old ploy , show them-selves , as easily mislead. Life has alwayshad Human treachery in it. About money , the world is full of schamersand tricksters. If one has ANY wealth ,others will try to get it from you. We livein an imperfect world. Be happy with thegood things in our world , and enjoy yourphone , but be a cautious adult. Take…

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Feb 10

Mind-reading headsets will change your brain

In the coming months, cheap headsets that let you control technology with the electrical signals generated by your firing neurons will go on sale to the general public. Our relationship with technology – and our brains – will never be the same again.

…I don’t think the main use in games will be control, as joysticks and pads do a decent job of this already. Also, I think it might be tiresome to make your mind think a certain way just to control something. But detecting mood might serve to adjust facial expressions of online avatars. Also, having the game respond to one’s emotions might draw one further into the game as there will be in game benefit to letting yourself actually feel emotions in response to game scenarios. Imagine non player characters reacting to your emotions the way a real person might react to your body language….

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