I’m about as far into the world of blogging as you can get, with over 170 feeds in my news reader (which as of a week ago is now Google Reader, btw) and three active blogs of my own, but I still read the newspaper. I was reading three papers (albeit online) on a daily basis, but recently stopped reading the New York Times as it felt too redundant with the other two: the local Daily Camera and the Wall Street Journal.
I have quite a few other newsfeeds in my RSS reader, including the BBC and Reuters, but those are the two newspapers that I check every day, along with Google News, a smart news aggregator. Why those? Because I believe that it’s very important to keep up with local, business, and world news.
And yet, aren’t newspapers becoming irrelevant? Well, surprisingly, no. The local paper, the Daily Camera, has figured out the secret to staying relevant and it offers something that no local Boulder Colorado citizen blogger could offer.
How Newspapers Stay Relevant: Comments!
Boston University researchers are developing brain-reading computer software that is in the early stage of translating thoughts into speech, starting with vowels. An implanted electrode picks up nerve signals related to movement of the mouth, lips, and jaw. These signals are sent wirelessly to a computer, where software analyzes them for patterns that most likely denote a particular sound, generating formant frequencies (the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract). These are converted into sounds via a speech synthesizer and played through a speaker for feedback and training. (Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/21037/) A Prosthesis for Speech
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