“In 1978, the Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori noticed something interesting: The more humanlike his robots became, the more people were attracted to them, but only up to a point. If an android become too realistic and lifelike, suddenly people were repelled and disgusted.”

“What can we learn from history flow? Here are some of the patterns revealed by the visualization.”

Nice collection of aerial photographs.

“In 2004, many firms will put customer-facing Web services into production. But will those services be successful? We’ve synthesized the best and worst practices of early adopters into tips that business and information technology managers should follow to avoid common pitfalls and build killer Web services.”