Jason Wells

thoughts, ideas, creations and experiences.

April 5, 2012

Is mapping the connectome worth the money?

Counterargument article in Nature. (hint: it is!)

http://jason.wells.me/go/61/

March 26, 2012

Mapping Your Connectome

The ghost in the neurons. http://jason.wells.me/3740

March 22, 2012

Unseen Titanic

Haunting, beautiful new high-resolution images of the Titanic wreck. (National Geographic) http://jason.wells.me/go/59/

March 20, 2012

Nokia's Vibrating Tattoo Ink

Learn to read vibrations. Adult entertainment industry intrigued...

http://grinding.be/2012/03/18/nokias-haptic-tattoo-ink-patent/

March 14, 2012

Neuroscience and philosophy must work together (The Guardian)

Some topics I explored in my talk arise in this article... as neuroscience vectors towards consciousness, it enters philosophy of mind.

http://jason.wells.me/go/58/

March 8, 2012

My BIL Talk: “Our Machines, Ourselves” (Video)

Here’s the talk I gave last weekend at BIL 2012 on the nature of the relationship we have with nature through our technology... (more)

http://jason.wells.me/3646

March 5, 2012

BIL 2012 - LA Times

Decent coverage of the BIL 2012 conference and the people who participate.

February 13, 2012

The Philosophy of Cleverbot

An intelligent machine is posed some very, very tough questions...

http://jason.wells.me/2489

February 9, 2012

OK Go Video

OK Go These guys are just as much makers as musicians. Every single thing about this video is awesome.

http://jason.wells.me/go/49/

February 7, 2012

The Lesson of the Monkeys

I was first told of this experiment by a former work colleague, and later discovered this illustration of it. It’s both illuminating and disturbing...

http://jason.wells.me/3551