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  • ON THE GRID AND OFF THE LEASH

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    Electric cars with decent range are just around the corner. Paul Markillie takes one for a spin ...  read more »


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  • MIKE FIGGIS MAKES SOME CHEAP HOME MOVIES

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    The latest camcorders are very small and very cheap. But are they any good? The film director Mike Figgis tests them...  read more »


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  • DRIVING ECONOMICALLY

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    How thriftily can you drive? You'll need to ape the hypermilers, writes Paul Markillie, "who disdain the brake, coast into parking spaces and even turn the radio off. And, of course, they are deeply nerdy"...  read more »


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    • autumn 2008
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  • THE VIRTUAL FUTURE OF GAMING

    BRETT MCCALLON | AT PLAY | October 7th 2008

    Downloadable gaming is beginning to alter the videogame marketplace, much like iTunes and the music industry. Brett McCallon thinks this is a very good thing (especially if it involves fighting off green squares and purple bowties) ...

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  • THE DESIRE FOR FANCY WEAPONS IS ALL "TOO HUMAN"

    BRETT MCCALLON | AT PLAY | September 12th 2008
    "Too Human" For the last few weeks, Brett McCallon has been playing a violent version of dolly dress-up with a virtual avatar made of 3D polygons. And he is not ashamed...

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  • THE SOUL IN THE MACHINE


    ROBOTS GET CUDDLY | April 1st 2008

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    The snuggling Ifbot will sing to you, Actroid DER will greet you with a smile. Dominic Ziegler gets up close and personal with the tangle of actuators and wire that the Japanese count as friends...

    From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Spring 2008  read more »


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  • STROKE ME, I'M A PRIMATE


    I PROMISE NOT TO SUE

    Healing touches

    In a second report from the Pop!Tech 2007 conference in Maine, Evgeny Morozov discovers that after 40 million years of evolution we should be more enthusiastic about touching each other in public ...

    Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE  read more »


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  • REDESIGNING THE DINOSAUR


    MEET PLEO, THE POSTHISTORIC PET

    THE POSTHISTORIC PET

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    Evgeny Morozov reports from the 2007 Pop!Tech conference in Maine, on a toymaker who is reinventing the dinosaur. Except that these new dinosaurs, from the sound of it, will be smarter than the original ones. Not to say, better with children ...

    Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE  read more »


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  • PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH MY TROUSERS


    THAT'S WHAT I CALL SMART CLOTHES

    SMART CLOTHES

    CuteCircuit, an "interaction design" company, offers T-shirts that can massage you by telephone, and a skirt that knows when you're excited. A report from Evgeny Morozov at the MobileCamp technology conference in London ...

    Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE  read more »


    COMMENTS: 4 |
    • Lifestyle
    • SMART CLOTHES
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  • IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT CARS


    Car's pollution

    "Oil is the problem. Cars are the solution", say Iain Carson and Vijay Vaitheeswaran of The Economist in their new book, "Zoom". They predict another industrial revolution-- and they want the American government to spark it ...  read more »


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