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Listen to twitter #tweetscapes

#tweetscapes converts all German tweets into sounds and images - live and in real-time. Listen to #tweetscapes live around the clock on http://tweetscapes.de...

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Using Twitter to predict financial markets

Using Twitter to predict financial markets | Science News | Scoop.it
A University of California, Riverside professor and several other researchers have developed a model that uses data from Twitter to help predict the traded volume and value of a stock the following day.

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Can Twitter Bots Facilitate Social Bliss?

Can Twitter Bots Facilitate Social Bliss? | Science News | Scoop.it

Researchers found that Twitter bots, in a community of 300 Twitter users, increased follows by 43 percent over a control group composed only of humans. In other words, normal patterns of human-to-human communication were amplified—new introductions were made between users and those users started communicating. Imagine if bots were able to connect human communities across artificial boundaries where the stigma of fraternization is often the major impediment to a more constructive and empathetic conversation.

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Plant Sends Tweets for Water : Dean's Corner

Plant Sends Tweets for Water : Dean's Corner | Science News | Scoop.it

Botanicalls Kits let plants reach out for human help! They offer a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates to your mobile phone. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love. It comes as a kit so that you can hone your soldering skills (or teach someone else) while you build a line of communication between you and your houseplant!
This kit comes with everything you need to get your plant tweeting in no time. The ATmega328 comes pre-programmed, but you can customize it with your own messages. The only thing you need to provide is a plant, network connection (and ethernet cable), and a power outlet.

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Brain Surgery Live on Twitter

On May 9, 2012, neurosurgeon Dr. Dong Kim gave an inside look into the OR during brain surgery with a live Twittercast.
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Twine, The Gadget That Senses Your Environment And Tweets You, Is Coming In May | Singularity Hub

Twine, The Gadget That Senses Your Environment And Tweets You, Is Coming In May | Singularity Hub | Science News | Scoop.it

Two recent grads of the MIT Media Lab, John Kestner and David Carr, had an idea for a handheld device packed with sensors that could email, text or tweet you if your basement was flooding, for example.

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Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan

Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan | Science News | Scoop.it
The elite forces of the U.S. military think they've found a new way to sway opinion in the Pentagon's preferred directions: a voice-based so...
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Study Shows Facebook is an Animal Instinct

Study Shows Facebook is an Animal Instinct | Science News | Scoop.it
Research from the University of Aberdeen’s School of Biological Sciences suggests the way we talk or share links on social networks mirrors the way animal groups, like dolphins, share information.
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