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    singularitarian:

    The Morph concept device is a bridge between highly advanced technologies and their potential benefits to end-users. This device concept showcases some revolutionary leaps being explored by Nokia Research Center (NRC) in collaboration with the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre (United Kingdom) nanoscale technologies that will potentially create a world of radically different devices that open up an entirely new spectrum of possibilities.

    Find out more:
    http://www.nokia.com/A4852062

    Source: singularitarian

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    Associate for Psychological Science: “Well-being Is Related To Having Less Small Talk And More Substantive Conversations”

    Matthias Mehl, Shannon Holleran, and Shelby Clark, psychological scientists from University of Arizona, and Simme Vazira from Washington University in St. Louis examined whether happiness is related to the types of conversations we engage in.

    “The happiest participants spent 25% less time alone and 70% more time talking than the unhappiest participants. In addition to the difference in the amount of social interactions happy and unhappy people had, there was also a difference in the types of conversations they took part in: The happiest participants had twice as many substantive conversations and one third as much small talk as the unhappiest participants.”

    Don’t be afraid to bypass the small-talk and have a meaningful conversation with someone.  This might also be a good argument for spending less time in the blogosphere.  The researchers conclude:

    “These findings suggest that the happy life is social and conversationally deep rather than solitary and superficial.”