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Submitted 29-10-14 11:47
““There were these businessmen with these bricks and you thought it so geeky and who’d ever want to use that. I believe it is going to be perfectly normal that people will be friends with robots, and that people will have sex with robots.” (NewsWeek: http://bit.ly/ZKYSUp )
Adrian David Cheok, Professor of Pervasive Computing at London’s City University and co-developer of the ‘Kissinger Kiss System’ equates the rapid technological developments in robots to mobile phones.
Long distance Love Links:
Kissenger: Kiss Messenger: ‘Kissenger version 2.0 system consists a pair of robots to transmit kiss over internet in real-time via a server. In version 2.0, each Kissenger robot can be connected to a computer via USB port. The client software on that computer connects the Kissenger device to the server’:
Couples kiss while apart (Lovotics: The Kissenger Pt 1):
“Lovense is a pair of sex toys that can be controlled by each other through the Internet. Named Max (for men) and Nora (for women), when one toy moves, the other reacts, enabling lovers to share a deep and pleasurable connection . . .”:
“I was so fed up and scared. ‘We can’t go on like this. It’s not that it’s all behind me, it just hasn’t happened. What the hell am I thinking?’ I said.” (Guardian: http://bit.ly/1yRyg4D )
Rick Smith of Underworld remembers breaking down in tears as he contemplated total failure in 1990 (a year when he earned just £200 and had ‘massive debts, no record deal and an existential crisis’).
Underworld Links:
Underworld - King Of Snake (Everything...):
Underworld - Live Session @ KCRW 2011 :
UNDERWORLD - BBC ESSENTIAL MIX, 1996:
Born Slippy:
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“My mother always told me it’s not polite to discuss money, but it’s true, I’m very proud. I’ve worked hard. I love music. It’s my passion.” (New York Post: http://pge.sx/1pHfKCO )
Paris Hilton confirms she now earns $1million per DJ set (EUR790,000)
Paris in DJ action:
Guest DJ Paris Hilton!: (“I use a Traktor S4 and CDJS too’:
Paris Hilton The Pool after dark Harrahs AC:
PariS Hilton amazing night celebrating with the beautiful birthday girl Carine Roitfeld !
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“We voluntarily decided to close The Gutter yesterday evening as a precautionary measure while we gathered more information. We are working with the NYC Health Department to have the bar cleaned and sanitized under their supervision and expect to be open sometime today after that is completed. Doctors advising the Health Department have told us that our staff and customers were at no risk.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegutterbrooklyn
New York's CMJ Music Marathon festival venue the Gutter explaining why they shut down after suspected Ebola victim Dr Craig Spencer visited their Williamsburg venue on Wednesday night.
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"We know that social interaction is one of the most important determinants of human happiness, so if people are talking with each other, being nice to one another in the line, it's going to be a lot more pleasant experience than if they're being mean to each other which is what's (more) likely to happen when people are waiting for material goods." (the Atlantic: http://theatln.tc/1CRZXZF )
Cornell doctoral candidate Amit Kumar comments on new research confirming that waiting for an experience (such as a night out dancing) elicits ‘more happiness, pleasantness and excitement than waiting for a material good’.
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“Many young people I’ve talked to describe their frustrations with the mainstream EDM scene in the same way we talked about the disco and nightclub circuits of the Seventies: stale, commercialised, samey and exploitative.” (Guardian: http://bit.ly/1wwhPHq )
Wigan Casino regular turned Channel 4 Economics Editor today Paul Mason recalls how Britain’s first all night rave scene Northern Soul first emerged as
a backlash against the throwaway pop of the 70s.
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