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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029402.800-reprogrammed-bacterium-speaks-new-language-of-life.html?full=true#.UoN0DGR4bnJ

The end of #anonymity: suggests ubiquitous #biometrics (eg in 5s) may improve online behavior
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029400.700-the-end-of-anonymity-a-way-to-stop-online-abuse.html via @pro2rat #privacy

The Secret Web: Rather scary account of the Silk Road explaining its use of #bitcoin & #tor
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156271,00.html via @smthwrld #privacy

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156271,00.html

#Emergent Sensing of Complex Environments by Mobile Animal Groups: Fish swarm into dark patches from speed adjustment
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6119/574.abstract

An interesting discussion of how fish swarms reflect collective behavior. The basic idea is that fish like to swim in dark patches of water as opposed to light patches and one question is how a swarm finds this quickly. It turns out that it is not related to individual fish swimming away from light and dark but rather that the fish in light water swimming more quickly than those in dark water and the fish also trying to stay together as a swarm. The latter acts essentially as almost an axle between two wheels that are moving at different speeds forcing the fish to naturally turn into dark areas. A very intuitive discussion of this topic and a nice comparison to how this type of collective behavior is what one sees in the nervous system as well – One would not want to be making mental decisions on the basis of an individual neuron.

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/new-dilemmas-for-the-prisoner

New Dilemmas for the Prisoner: Weird things happen with repeated iterations of the #PrisonersDilemma
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/new-dilemmas-for-the-prisoner #gametheory

http://www.nature.com/gim/journal/v15/n10/full/gim201372a.html

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MT @Gizmodo Tour through the glassy halls of Apple’s future: Don’t flashy new offices symbolize a company at its peak
http://gizmo.do/j7yhOJq
http://gizmodo.com/take-a-tour-through-the-glassy-halls-of-apples-future-1462254191

Stop Carrying Two Cell Phones
More companies are letting employees bring their own technology to work By Victor Luckerson Monday, Nov. 11, 2013

Not all gizmos are created equal. As the fall gadget season shifts into gear–Apple and rivals Amazon and Microsoft have all recently unveiled glitzy new smartphones and tablets–consumers are finding themselves shopping for tech they will use at home and for work. That’s because an increasing number of workplaces are adopting bring-your-own-technology policies–BYOT, in the parlance of corporate types–that allow employees to work using personal devices….

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156254,00.html

Stop Carrying Two Cell Phones: BYOT, the new corporate rationale for letting employees buy their own laptops
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156254,00.html #tech

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/new-dilemmas-for-the-prisoner

New Dilemmas for the Prisoner: Weird things happen in with repeated iterations of the #PrisonersDilemma
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/new-dilemmas-for-the-prisoner #gametheory

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/6/one-familys-search-to-explain-a-fatal-neurological-disorder

Family’s Search to Explain a Fatal Neurological Disorder: from #ataxia phenotype, to #RFLPs & gene, to mouse models
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/6/one-familys-search-to-explain-a-fatal-neurological-disorder