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To put these aid agencies’ $200 million financial shortfall in depressing perspective: that’s the cost of only 100 troops in Afghanistan for a year, just three and a half hours of FY2012 US military spending, or the cost to EA Inc. of developing the “Star Wars: The Old Republic” game. Steve Hynd at The Agonist. Six…
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To put these aid agencies’ $200 million financial shortfall in depressing perspective: that’s the cost of only 100 troops in Afghanistan for a year, just three and a half hours of FY2012 US military spending, or the cost to EA Inc. of developing the “Star Wars: The Old Republic” game. Steve Hynd at The Agonist. Six…
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minusbaby: “MANEKI NEKO” [2009] by David Taylor
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Avant Garde in Digital Media: Live Park
Avant Garde in Digital Media: Live Park lindadigitalmedia: Live Park is a 4D theme park that has 65 different attractions in over 7 stages or sections. It uses 3D video, holograms and augmented reality to immerse guests. The park opened in December by a new media entertainment company named d’strict at the KINTEX exhibition center…
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jenlindblad: Hey museum people— have you heard about the WALL? A project of the Museum of Copenhagen, it’s a 12 meter long, 2 meter high interactive multitouch screen showing both archival images from the museum’s collection and user-contributed photographs of the city. The wall travels to different squares in Copenhagen (you can track its itinerary…
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Blake Matheny: Tumblr Firehose – The Gory Details
Blake Matheny: Tumblr Firehose – The Gory Details mobocracy: Back in December I started putting some thought into the tumblr firehose. While the initial launch was covered here, and the business stuff surrounding it was covered by places like techcrunch and AllThingsD, not much has been said about the technical details. First, some back story. I knew in December…
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Twenty-five thousand screaming fans fill a darkened stadium, forming a sea of bodies and frantically waving glow sticks. Lights and fog dramatically set the stage. Cymbals clash; then suddenly, she rises up: the girl they’ve all been waiting for, belting out one of her chart-topping Japanese dance hits. Her name is Hatsune Miku. And she’s…
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criticaltoys: Papercraft Yellow Narcosubmarine (in)Action Figure, hand built, donated to silent auction for Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village (suburb of Denver), Colorado. 18” x 8” x 10”. Epson six color inkjet onto 2-ply Strathmore vellum bristol board. Created for University of Denver Faculty Triennial Exhibition.
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Papercraft Yellow Narcosubmarine (in)Action Figure, hand built, donated to silent auction for Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village (suburb of Denver), Colorado. 18" x 8" x 10". Epson six color inkjet onto 2-ply Strathmore vellum bristol board. Created for University of Denver Faculty Triennial Exhibition.