Fujitsu devised this promotional video for what it calls “the Internet of Cows”: . Fujitsu’s more formal name for the innovation is “ox walk SaaS“. Fujitsu’s promotional activities turn on the phrase “I am the connected cow”, as you can see in this photo: Michael Byrne wrote a short essay about this cow news, for Motherboard. […]
Month: April 2016
Cops Consumption of Psychic CSI Concepts from TV
Cops, psychics, and TV cop shows with psychics all figure, if that is the word, into this study: “Sci., Psi, and CSI: Police Officers and Students’ Paranormal TV Consumption, Real-Life Experience with Paranormal Phenomena, and Perceptions of Psychic Detectives,” Susan H. Sarapin and Glenn G. Sparks, Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Volume 30, Issue […]
Little Red Riding Hood and the Credibility Trees
Long long ago, you might have heard the story of ATU 333 – though you’ll probably know it by its more usual title: ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. And later, you might have wondered (as some have) about its phylogeny – or even its ‘Phylomemetics’. In which case, Dr Jamie Tehrani who is a Senior Lecturer […]
A molecular basis for classic blond hair color in Europeans
If you have wondered whether there is a molecular basis for the blond hair evident on many northern Europeans, some degree of enlightenment is available. See the study “A molecular basis for classic blond hair color in Europeans“, published in 2014 in the journal Nature Genetics. The F1000 Prime blog discusses that study in brief.