Mechanical Turk articles

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  Feature

  OK, Cupid: giving your love life to Google Glass and the hive mind

  By Tim Maly on April 11, 2013 02:36 pm + 109 comments

  On January 20, 2013, sometime before 7:45PM, Lauren McCarthy sat down at a table. She was early. She Continue reading…

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  Article

  Amazon Mechanical Turk workers not as anonymous as they think

  By Carl Franzen on March 7, 2013 04:33 pm + 15 comments

  Amazon's Mechanical Turk allows users to sign up for quick, low paying, online-based jobs like Continue reading…

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  Article

  The Descriptive Camera turns your photos into someone else's words

  By Bryan Bishop on April 24, 2012 07:22 pm + 10 comments

  While most camera innovations are aimed at higher megapixel counts or new image capturing techniques, Continue reading…

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  Article

  Twitter users getting sadder, university study shows

  By Jamie Keene on December 21, 2011 09:17 am + 29 comments

  Users of Twitter are becoming less happy over time, according to a study published in science Continue reading…