Joe Valenti, aspiring filmmaker, recently directed a short movie called The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman, starring a cast of 5-year-olds in all of the major roles. It's a nice piece of quality work with above average production values, though I have to wonder, how much longer will it be before DC Comics has a fit and demands this be removed from the net?
So much for the stereotype of anti-social gamers. According to new research conducted at UC Davis, video games and other high-tech experiences can promote community-building, a sense of identity and higher-level planning.
"There is a lot of hemming and hawing among educators about the introduction of technology in the early grades," said Cynthia Carter Ching, associate professor of education at the University of California, Davis. "But the worst-case scenarios just don't pan out. Technology can facilitate creativity and social awareness, even when we don't design the use of it to do so. And when we do design technology activities with these things in mind, the possibilities are endless."
If it weren't for people yelling at me through my Xbox Live headset, I'd have no social life whatsoever, single-handedly validating this research.
This study shows that rather than technology being something that children merely use, it can be a creative tool for increased reflection on social networks, friendships, relationships with teachers and a sense of self within the world of school," Ching said.
Now all you WoW addicts can print off this report and hang it near your monitor so the girlfriend/wife/significant other can see it.
According to new research conducted by the University of Vienna, men should be mating with women who are 4 to 5.9 years younger. Better yet, in some cases a 15 year age gap proves to be the most beneficial. This all assumes you have an interest in siring children.
In what is probably the most obvious statement you'll hear all day:
"Men want women younger than themselves because they are physically attractive," says Martin Fieder, University of Vienna.