Month: September 2011

  • Which is more popular, Android or iOS? (via Android > iOS (And Other Statistics) – Blog – Stack Exchange)

  • Twitter density… each rectangle represents an equal number of geotagged tweets (via Rectangular subdivisions of the world)

  • Giant 3D Laser Cutter… construction very similar to Chris Coleman’s project in the Lab.  (via 3D-printable laser cutter – Hack a Day) Editor’s note: Chris Coleman and Laleh Mehran are constructing a very large CNC Plotter for use in Laleh’s exhibition “Ways of Knowing – Part 1” opening October 7th, 2011 in at the Gallery…

  • Notes Toward a Postcyberpunk Manifesto by Lawrence Person “Critics, myself included, persist in label-mongering, despite all warnings; we must, because it’s a valid source of insight-as well as great fun.” – Bruce Sterling, from the introduction to Mirrorshades Bud, from Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age, is a classic cyberpunk protagonist. An aggressive, black-leather clad criminal…

  • The 2012 Power Racing Series Trailer (by Power Racing Series) Grownups transforming toys, playfully. There’s a kickstarter for that. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

  • Warco: an FPS where you hold a camera instead of a gun

    Warco: an FPS where you hold a camera instead of a gun Who would have guessed that someday the first person shooter would spawn the “first person journalist?” Using the elements of an FPS game, Defiant Development’s “Warco” puts players in the position of a broadcast journalist covering a war. Players are armed with a…

  • International Space App Challenge

    International Space App Challenge “ Today, many of us carry smartphones that have 512 megabytes of active memory, 32 gigabytes of storage, weigh less than 200 grams, and can form a real-time connection instantly to anywhere in the world. Our investments in space exploration have generated incredible amounts of data and resulted in the development…

  • Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by William Zimmer Introduction BOOK ONE: THE ARTIST’S ROADMAP TO SUCCESS: by Katharine T. Carter STAGE ONE: Local and State Career Development Chapter 1 Driver Education: Rules of the Road Communicating Your Ideas • How Much Work is Enough? • City, County, and Statewide Goals Chapter 2 Carpooling: Who Should…

  • Allows anyone with a digital camera to create near accurate 3D models from photographs using the web. Utilizes common point and shoot digital cameras. Harnesses the power of cloud computing to translate photos into detailed 3D models. 3D models can be manipulated by design software (e.g., AutoCAD, Inventor, 123D). Allows sharing through YouTube, iPad, iPhone,…

  • pbsarts: “On the back of your ID card, you can sign away your organs, so it seems like you should be able to sign away your intellectual property.”  Evan Roth, artist and F.A.T. Lab member.