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iOS AutoComplete Essay!
A New Zealand professor has been asked to present a talk at a US event based on Nuclear physics, yet there is a lot of gibberish throughout!
The academic paper was written by Christoph Bartneck an associate professor at the Human Interface Technology laboratory (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) after an email asked him to submit a paper to the International Conference on Atomic and Nuclear Physics in the United States in November.
Written only in iOS auto complete Christoph said he “resorted to iOS autocomplete function to help” when writing the paper. Writing on his blog he said:
“Since I have practically no knowledge of nuclear physics…I started a sentence with ‘atomic’ or ‘nuclear’ and then randomly hit the autocomplete suggestions”
Here is an extract from Christophs paper:
“The atoms of a better universe will have the right for the same as you are the way we shall have to be a great place for a great time to enjoy the day you are a wonderful person to your great time to take the fun and take a great time and enjoy the great day you will be a wonderful time for your parents and kids,”
Christoph decided to submit the paper under a fake identity, it was accepted three hours later and he was asked to pay a fee of $1099 US dollars to register at the conference. It was at this point that Christoph decided that enough was enough and his fun was over as the University would not have liked to pay for him to go to such an event.
Christoph told Guardian Australia: “My impression is that this is not a particularly good conference…. reasonably certain that this is a money-making conference with little to no commitment to science” due to such a high registration fee and the fact that his paper was accepted in such a quick amount of time…not least forgetting it was full of text that didn’t make any sense!
What’s the funniest autocomplete you have done? Let us know tweet us @howtokillanhour
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Beats Studio Wireless!
Nick Bright recently bought an iPhone 7, which by now we all know doesn’t come with the 3.5mm headphone jack. So to combat that he also got himself a pair of Beats Studio’s — But in wireless!
It’s the same headphone as the regular Beats Studios that we all know and love, but just doesn’t come with all those pesky wires. (Although there is an option to use a wire if you so wish. Just plug in the 3.5mm aux cable into the cans then the other end into a piece of hardware that has a 3.5mm jack in it)
Has all the features of a regular Beats Studio so thats Adaptive Noise Cancellation, ReChargeable battery and top quality sound. The Bluetooth tech inside the cans can control calls, skip songs and change the volume all within 30ft so you can walk around and do whatever without worrying about getting the wire caught on the door handle and your expensive headphones going for a flying lesson.
To Buy your own Beats Studio Wireless headphones please click here!
To listen to Nick talk about his experience with the Beats Studio Wireless Headphones please click here!
Pineapple Pen!
Marcus was feeling a little bit poorly recently so had a lot of time to kill and some of that time was killed by playing a game which is poor but it’s so poor it’s good. This is one of those games. Pineapple Pen.
It’s simple, all you got to do is stab the pen into the pineapple. Tap on the screen to throw the pen to try and hit an apple or a pineapple. Simple. Easy and Fun. Kinda.
Download and hear Marcus’ thoughts on the game below!
To download Pineapple Pen please click here Apple / Android
To listen to the guys talk about Pineapple Pen please click here!
Triller Music Video Maker!
This week Marcus is reviewing an app which can make you just like your favourite artists and feature in your very own music video all from an app on your phone!
The app is called ‘Triller Music Video Maker” and has a community that is 10 million strong! All you got to do is pick a song that you wish to feature in, shoot a few takes and then with a simple touch of a button Triller splices them all together to create a music video that even Rihanna will be jealous of (maybe). Share your videos on Triller to become Triller famous or check the rest of the communities creations.
Download Triller below!
To download Triller please click here: Apple / Android
To listen to Marcus talking about Triller please click here!
