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This article is frightening. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/03/doc-says-he-can-change-brown-eyes-to-blue/ (via Laser Turns Brown Eyes Blue)
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Contributors: Andrea Grover, Régine Debatty, Claire Evans, Pablo Garcia, Thumb Projects Published by: Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Publication date: October 2011 The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University and the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry have co-published “New Art/Science Affinities,” a 190-page book on contemporary artists that was written…
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Apple has built a closed ecosystem where it exerts control over nearly every piece of the supply chain, from design to retail store. Because of its volume—and its occasional ruthlessness—Apple gets big discounts on parts, manufacturing capacity, and air freight. “Operations expertise is as big an asset for Apple as product innovation or marketing,” says…
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Another set of girls in the pilot experiment received their training through a simple computer game instead. In this game, a pair of faces appeared on a screen every few seconds: they would be either neutral and sad, or neutral and happy. Then a dot replaced one of the faces, and the “game” was to…
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“From a lawyer standpoint, an API is a very efficient contract,” says Lucchese. “It’s as if you said, ‘Here’s my stuff, and here are the rules, and as long as you play by the rules, we’re good to go.’ ” Legitmix accomplishes this automated licensing process in a particularly clever way. Rather than asking the…
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Ubicomp in Design Fiction and Real-life application
Unfortunately, I cannot embed either of these videos, but definitely check out the links… if you haven’t seen Idiocracy, it is an excellent satire on our technology based culture. From Idiocracy: http://youtu.be/NstQnUkU0dw From real life (start at ~1:00): http://youtu.be/t4fOU9bCz2A
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Can/Should we predict what the future of data processing technology will be like? (via Microsoft envisions the near future in technology and interaction) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has devised a bizarre plan for deploying its new XO-3 tablet. The organization plans to drop the touchscreen computers from helicopters near remote villages in developing countries. The devices will then be abandoned and left for the villagers to find, distribute, support, and use on their own. OLPC…
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kateoplis: Chacaltaya mountain in Bolivia with an elevation of 17,785 ft once had one of the highest glaciers in South America. The 18,000-year-old glacier had the world’s highest ski run – the first built in Latin America. After losing 80% of its area in the last 2 decades, it finally disappeared in 2009, much faster than scientists had predicted. All that remains is a bedrock. Photo…
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gingerhaze: thedailywhat: Nostalgia Overload of the Day: Walden Media, the children’s film production company behind The Chronicles of Narnia series, has purchased the right to adapt Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? for the big screen. Initial reports suggested that the role of the red-hatted rogue would be played by Jennifer Lopez, but it…