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  1. Re:Amount could be reduced, not increased... on Apple Pay For the UK · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple wants to collect NO information, an amount the banks find untenable. They, of course, run big data analytics on all their customers to target new products.

  2. iPhone 3GS sold out on iPhone 3GS Is Number One In Japan · · Score: 1

    It's not just Japan where the iPhone is selling like hotcakes, the Globe and Mail reports that there is a worldwide shortage for the iPhone 3GS.

  3. XC60 has this already (almost!) on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    The Volvo XC60 (flash-needed) has optional:

    • blindside radar
    • lane departure warning
    • adaptive cruise control that senses the speed and distance of the car ahead
    • automatic braking in stop-and-go traffic ("City sense")
    • collision warning with automatic braking (at highway speeds)

    Whereas City Sense automatically brakes to avoid a collision, collision warning with automatic braking does not avoid collision but reduces the severity of the collision.

  4. Re:Do not rely completely on fMRI on Brain Scans to Identify Liars? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Basically, you're looking for signs of psychological stress.
    No, this is wrong. fMRI looks at blood oxygen levels (BOLD) in the brain - which indicate what part of the brain is being used. Lying requires more brain horsepower than telling the truth and the parts of the brain used for lying are known. They are different than just recall. This is indeed looking into the brain working and not a side effect like sweating. The recall parts of the brain are known too and thus can be used to determine if you've know a person. Flash a photograph of the person and if the recognition part fires, then it shows you've seen that person. You don't even have to punch a button...
    Having said that, near IR is a much easier technique to look into the brain and only requires strapping some IR emitters/detectors on the subjects forehead. A link is here. Cost is way less than the millions for an fMRI that requires a supercon magnet and Faraday cage. And the subject need not be as cooperative.

  5. Re:Learn it all for yourself. It's part of growing on What You'll Wish You'd Known · · Score: 1

    The best high school convocation speech I know of was given by Guy Kawasaki at Palo Alto High School in 1995 (no I wasn't there). I dig it out occasionally to read it. http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22guy+kawasak i%22+palo+alto+high+school/