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jtotheizzoe: Transparent Solar Cells: Clearly Amazing Imagine a skyscraper, gleaming with polished glass, that was generating electricity with every square inch of window space. Thanks to these UCLA nanochemists, that is a pretty realistic image. By impregnating plastic with silver nanowires (atomic-scale conductors) that are small enough to be invisible, and absorbing infrared light while…
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The idea of a meme is itself new. Coined in 1976, the word “meme” – something that spreads rapidly through a culture – was restricted to scientific contexts until the mid-1990s, according to the Nexis database. Since then the usage of the word has exploded, more than tripling in the last five years. Tumblr Posts…
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karsalfrink: An interesting example of a play-by-post (aka forum) RPG that is heavily slanted towards storytelling. This means: no experience points, skill checks and that sort of thing. In stead, it features mechanics (some quite clever) that control who gets to say what about the storyworld. Points are awarded for participation in stories, which in…
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Teaching: Philosophy Statement (extract, for @Notational)
I love to teach design. I feel as though I am genuinely working on the future of the discipline in the classroom. I approach my teaching with a scholarly rigor, attempting to understand the history of the methods of teaching design, and attempting to practice experimental pedagogy in order to continually adapt to changes in…
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rafaelfajardo: I’m in Boston to present at Scratch@MIT 2012, from tonight through sunday, 24-28 July.
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rafaelfajardo: I’m in Boston to present at Scratch@MIT 2012, from tonight through sunday, 24-28 July.
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rafaelfajardo: I’m in Boston to present at Scratch@MIT 2012, from tonight through sunday, 24-28 July.
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I’m in Boston to present at Scratch@MIT 2012, from tonight through sunday, 24-28 July.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group. Bertolt Brecht, ‘A Short Organum for the Theater’ (via aidsnegligee)
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These are well-worn images in part because they ring so true: Girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching their moms. A new study has not only corroborated that but also found that mothers are a strong predictor — even more than the amount of media consumption alone — of whether a…