Goldfish

In January 2007, when Steve Jobs introduced the first-ever iPhone, just 3% of Americans owned a smartphone. Within a decade that number had skyrocketed to more than 80%.This widespread adoption changed everything. Smartphones put all the world’s knowledge in our pockets. They fostered social platforms and fomented revolutions. And they shortened our attention spans.In 2015 Microsoft announced the average human attention span was just eight seconds—shorter than even the attention span of a goldfish. This research, covered…

Malenia, Blade of Miquella, is one of the most formidable bosses in all of FromSoftware‘s games — let alone Elden Ring — but she has just been beaten by a goldfish. Twitch streamer and YouTuber PointCrow has spent some time training their goldfish to play Elden Ring. Explaining to their audience, PointCrow said that the tank that Tortellini the goldfish is swimming inside is split into a grid, and each cell corresponds to a certain command. As Tortellini enters different cells, a motion-tracking program relays this to…

via Marvel Studios Any actor who joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to spend the rest of their days being asked questions about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and even when they leave the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the questions will then focus on their potential return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In short; once you board the world’s biggest franchise, there’s a very real danger it can consume anything and everything else you touch. Luckily, as an Academy Award-nominated actor coming off the back…

Screengrab via YouTube/Marvel Studios Nobody can deny that the Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t been firing on all cylinders since Avengers: Endgame wrapped up the Infinity Saga in spectacular style, but the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has seen the franchise’s goldfish bowl rear its head again. While James Gunn has undoubtedly delivered a stellar conclusion to his sprawling intergalactic saga, let’s not forget that it’s still the worst-reviewed of the trilogy. Not only that, but it also holds…

Consumers are used to surveys that ask “How did we do?” after interactions with customer service, but some of those questionnaires now come with another query. “If we were to reward the person who helped you,” they ask, “what should we reward them with?”  The multiple-choice options can range from an inexpensive treat such as a coffee to a costlier thank-you like a spa day, with customers encouraged to pick their suggested gift based on its relative value. Even a goldfish or an expensive watch have been offered as…

In a recent experiment, scientists have taught a goldfish to operate a robotic car. The experiment was an attempt to test the navigational abilities of goldfish and study animal behaviour. The robotic car was specially designed to suit this purpose. The Fish Operated Vehicle (FOV), designed by scientists from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, comprised a rectangular platform with a set of wheels on each side. The platform carried a goldfish tank and a camera system that recorded and translated the fish's…