Interesting Links for 27-6-2011

[andrewducker]

• So, why do some roads cost over £100m per mile?
  (tags: transport roads cars uk)
• Five fake sounds designed to help humans.
  (tags: psychology sounds)
• The present - seen through the lens of science fiction. Seriously - this is how life looks from the long ago year of...1995.
  (tags: scifi technology awesome)

Comments

[simont]

My inner spelling pedant[1] is liking the careful distinction in the third link between "People kept music on little plastic discs" and "People kept files on little plastic disks". :-)

[1] OK, not very inner.

fake sounds

[eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com]

look and feel is important! almost more important than function.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Liked the Reddit piece, and the 3rd article it "drew inspiration" from.