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ForbesTech Sony files a patent that lets it pause your games to show you an ad. bit.ly/JM0gt8 1:16 PM May 29th via SocialFlow Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 36 others
"Unattended ground sensors" disguised as rocks will help the US keep tabs on Afghanistan for years, reports @Dangerroom wired.com/dangerroom/201… 1:18 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
paleofuture My latest @PaleofutureBlog post looks at predictions for educational TV: blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/20… 1:11 PM May 29th via web Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 6 others
hseas Computer science & law prof. @zittrain to head the FCC's Open Internet Advisory Committee hvrd.me/JLRxaf 6:51 AM May 29th via SocialFlow Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 24 others
nigelcameron Not just Google. RT @Calestous: Volvo's self-drive 'convoy' hits the Spanish motorway bbc.in/M1lLve 12:10 PM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 1 other
mattyglesias Apple spends much, much less on lobbying than Google or Microsoft. Will Washington take its revenge? slate.com/blogs/moneybox… 11:40 AM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 2 others
Woman whose boyfriend was texting her when he got into a car accident can't be held liable, says NJ judge digitaltrends.com/mobile/judge-t… 11:28 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
txchnologist Amazing! Artists Felix Hayes and Ben West have created a new kind of dictionary using Google Image Search. ow.ly/bdAAD 11:02 AM May 29th via HootSuite Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 1 other
Coming soon: mind-controlled video games, says @WSJ online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… 10:29 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
hastingscenter Turning #neuroscience into law may "lead to a compassionate outcome" bit.ly/JSCZE7 @guardiannews #science #law #neurolaw #bioethics 10:20 AM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FutureTenseNow
ICYMI yesterday: @evgenymorozov on what Richard Clarke and other fear mongers get wrong about #cyberwar slate.com/articles/techn… 10:26 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
iftf DARPA invests $3.5M in TechShop to create pop-up weapons factories - venturebeat.com/2012/05/24/dar… #Making 8:22 PM May 25th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 13 others
erikbryn The eye phone: apps projected onto eyeglasses on.wsj.com/KJmav0 "creating the Internet again but overlaid on the real world." 7:45 PM May 25th via bitly Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 3 others
The three best robot videos of the week: tidying up the place. by @atsneed slate.com/blogs/future_t… 7:07 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
drones The FCC wants to use drones as emergency flying cellphone towers bit.ly/JJvu28 10:50 AM May 25th via web Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 14 others
NASAKennedy "Looks like we caught a Dragon by the tail." - Astronaut Don Pettit after capturing @SpaceX Dragon capsule with ISS robotic arm. 6:57 AM May 25th via SocialEngage Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 750 others
The most expensive Internet in America slate.com/blogs/future_t… 3:27 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
beccarosen Take a (virtual) tour of the place on Earth where we may first hear from extraterrestrial intelligent life theatln.tc/MKOjZ3 12:15 PM May 24th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 2 others
HilliconValley Rockefeller questions cybersecurity of gas pipelines bit.ly/LdwIHe 11:41 AM May 24th via twitterfeed Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 1 other
EconSciTech Crowdsourcing is transforming the science of psychology ow.ly/b7UFc 9:35 AM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by FutureTenseNow and 11 others

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