Mitchell McKenna - tagged with language http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9264/deb-roy-the-birth-of-a-word

MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language -- so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video (200 terabytes of data!) to watch "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water." Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn.

This is one of the more interesting and visually appealing talks on TED and I was blown away with the videos and images presented. The research combines communication, child psychology, visual imaging, and complex networks. One aspect of their research that I personally found interesting focuses on the feedback loops between and around mass media and social media.

]]> Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:50:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9264/deb-roy-the-birth-of-a-word/deb-roy-the-birth-of-a-word RSA Animate - Language as a Window into Human Nature http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9098/rsa-animate-language-as-a-window-into-human-nature

In this new RSAnimate Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. Taken from the RSA's free public events programme www.thersa.org/events

]]> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:59:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9098/rsa-animate-language-as-a-window-into-human-nature/rsa-animate-language-as-a-window-into-human-nature The woman language translator http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8782/the-woman-language-translator

More on http://taci.ro If you don't understand women's emotions, you must be a man. Get your Manslator today!! :D

]]> Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:59:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8782/the-woman-language-translator/the-woman-language-translator Kinetic Typography of Stephen Fry Talking About Language http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8562/stephen-fry-kinetic-typography-language

Matt Rogers created a wonderful Kinetic Typography animation of Stephen Fry talking about language.

"Using the wonderful words of acclaimed writer, actor and allround know it all (I mean that in the best of ways) Stephen Fry I have created this kinetic typography animation."


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