Doggish Kind

The quadruped canine, be it the street dog or any fancy dog, hangs around and responds to your affectionate call when you throw a piece of bread or bone towards it. With the instinct not to be distrustful, it licks your shoes with all the love, affection and indebtedness....

Conference: 'Churches must use the Internet more'

Churches must use more Internet. But religious Internet sites must be interactive. That was the most important message during IKON-conference concerning the internet pastoral which took place on 26/3/2009. “The Internet lends himself sticking out for pastoral activities....

Map of war

Maps of war Vrede in het Midden-Oosten lijkt een utopie. Hoe zit dat eigenlijk in het verleden? Wie overheersden het Midden-Oosten in de loop der jaren? Het blijkt zo goed als iedereen. Egyptenaren, Turken, Joden, Romeinen, Arabieren, Persen, Europeanen .... de lijst gaat...

In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot

""I am talking about loving relationships about 40 years from now," David Levy, author of the book "Love + sex with robots", told AFP at an international conference held last week at the University of Maastricht in the south-east of the country. "... when there are robots...

In 2050, your lover may be a robot

" MAASTRICHT, Netherlands — Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction—researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex. “I am talking about loving relationships about 40...

Would You Like to Marry a Robot?

A researcher has been awarded a doctorate for a paper on marriage between robots and humans.

Innovation Journalism: Detecting Weak Signals

The tune of society’s conversation with itself sounds increasingly like punk rock music, said Stanford University researcher David Nordfors at the European Journalism Centre’s three-day conference on innovation journalism.To Nordfors, who coined the phrase ‘innovation...

Privacy Up in Smoke: "Coffeeshops" to Store Customer ID

Maastricht's cafés licensed to sell decriminalized marijuana are attempting to appease critics and avoid forced closure by collecting and retaining fingerprint and ID data from customers. Netherlands...

Hotel evacuated after chlorine leak in cellar

"Hotel evacuated after chlorine leak in cellar At least 15 people were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after chlorine fumes spread through Hotel L’Empereur in central Maastricht late on Wednesday...

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