"TechnoSphere is a 3D model world inhabited by artificial lifeforms created by WWW users. There are thousands of creatures in the world all competing to survive. They eat, fight, mate and create offspring which evolve and adapt to their environment. When you make a creature it will email you to let you know what it has been getting up to in its world. Using the creature tools you can find out how your creature is surviving, what it is doing at any time, and where it is in the terrain" As an anthropologist you might ask: " Do those little lifeforms show any kind of rituals or culture ?" Link: www.technosphere.org.uk

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"Today in Japan there are over 40,000 sites that can be viewed on Internet-capable mobile phones. A recent addition has been an Internet service via cell phone that calls on smokers to "enjoy the challenge of quitting smoking." When a smoker who has been hit by the desire to smoke presses a few buttons on his or her phone, words of encouragement and advice show up on the screen, complete with illustrations." :-)) The japanese seem to love it because : "Sotsuen Netto was launched on February 1, 2001, and in just a month close to 2,000 people applied for membership" You can find it at: jin.jcic.or.jp

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