psychology
Music
How Mickey Mouse And Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion
9:00AM Rosa Golijan | Former Disney audio-experience engineer, Mr. Q, reveals how he assisted in developing a complex algorithm to arrange over 15,000 speakers around the Disney World theme park. All to achieve the ideal ambient music for “manufacturing emotion”. More »
Science
Scientifically “Haunted” Room Shows Ghosts Are Only In Your Head
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | Researchers wanted to prove that those who believe in paranormal experience are completely nuts, so they scientifically haunted a room using ultrasound waves and stuck people in there. Results? A lot of dizzy, tingly, aroused and gullible individuals. More »
Design
Smile! No, Seriously, Smile Or I’ll Jam A Spike Into Your Skull
6:20AM Adam Frucci | This is the Happiness Hat. It detects whether or not you’re smiling. If you aren’t, it jabs you in the back of the head with a metal spike. Nothing makes people happier than sharp skull pain! More »
Science
10:30AM Chris Oaten | What’s that movie where they worked out a way to grab an image from your brain or your retina or somesuch and thus possibly determine the last person you saw, who was probably your murderer? Well, scientists have actually figured out how to do this. Kinda. More »
What’s On Your Mind? Give Us A Peek
10:30AM Chris Oaten | What’s that movie where they worked out a way to grab an image from your brain or your retina or somesuch and thus possibly determine the last person you saw, who was probably your murderer? Well, scientists have actually figured out how to do this. Kinda. More »
Science
The Future Of Sex Is Torrenting Yourself
11:30PM Danny Allen | Are the rapid advancements in technology and science, in artificial-intelligence and genetics, leading us to a moment in time—a technological singularity—where ultraintelligent machines improve on their own designs, while we humans are free to edit our own evolution? More »
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