TechAndComputer (Mar. 6, 2012) In most cases, your profile photo on Facebook tells viewers what they need to know to form an impression of you -- no words are necessary, new research suggests.
College students who viewed a Facebook photo of a fellow student having fun with friends rated that person as extraverted -- even if his profile said he was "not a big people-person."
"Photos seem to be the primary way we make impressions of people on social networking sites," said Brandon Van Der Heide, lead author of the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State University.
The exception is when a photo is out of the ordinary or shows someone in a negative light. In that case, people do use profile...
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With the right photo, your Facebook text profile hardly matters
- 06 March 2012
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Unraveling a butterfly's aerial antics could help builders of bug-size flying robots
- 02 February 2012
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TechAndComputer (Feb. 2, 2012) To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, the researchers hope to help small airborne robots mimic these maneuvers.
U.S. defense agencies, which have funded this research, are supporting the development of bug-size flyers to carry...
U.S. defense agencies, which have funded this research, are supporting the development of bug-size flyers to carry...
Scientists study 'galaxy zoo' using Google Maps and thousands of volunteers
- 03 November 2011
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TechAndComputer (Nov. 3, 2011) The reddest galaxies with the largest central bulb show the largest bars -- gigantic central columns of stars and dark matter -- according to a scientific study that used Google Maps to observe the sky. A group of volunteers of more than 200,000 participants of the galaxy classification project Galaxy Zoo contributed to this research.
More than two thirds of spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, display a...
TechAndComputer (Nov. 3, 2011) The...
More than two thirds of spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, display a...
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Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy
- 07 October 2011
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TechAndComputer (Oct. 7, 2011) Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.
Marketing professors Dinah Vernik of Rice and Devavrat Purohit and Preyas Desai of Duke used analytical modeling to examine how piracy is influenced by the presence or absence of DRM restrictions. They...
TechAndComputer (Oct. 7, 2011) Contrary to...
Marketing professors Dinah Vernik of Rice and Devavrat Purohit and Preyas Desai of Duke used analytical modeling to examine how piracy is influenced by the presence or absence of DRM restrictions. They...
TechAndComputer (Oct. 7, 2011) Contrary to...
Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy, study suggests
- 07 October 2011
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TechAndComputer (Oct. 7, 2011) Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.
Marketing professors Dinah Vernik of Rice and Devavrat Purohit and Preyas Desai of Duke used analytical modeling to examine how piracy is influenced by the presence or absence of DRM restrictions. They...
TechAndComputer (Oct. 7, 2011) Contrary to...
Marketing professors Dinah Vernik of Rice and Devavrat Purohit and Preyas Desai of Duke used analytical modeling to examine how piracy is influenced by the presence or absence of DRM restrictions. They...
TechAndComputer (Oct. 7, 2011) Contrary to...