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The medium, or process, of our time — electric technology — is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and re-evaluate practically every thought, every action, and every institution formerly taken for granted. Everything is changing: you, your family, your education, your…
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new-aesthetic: My week as an Amazon insider | Technology | The Observer The first item I see in Amazon’s Swansea warehouse is a package of dog nappies. The second is a massive pink plastic dildo. The warehouse is 800,000 square feet, or, in what is Amazon’s standard unit of measurement, the size of 11 football…
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The Future of the Book As someone who made the leap from print to electronic publishing over thirty years ago people often ask me to expound on the “future of the book.” Frankly, I can’t stand the question, especially when asked simplistically. For starters it needs more specificity. Are we talking 2 years, 10 years…
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Gamasutra: Daniel Lau’s Blog – The Science Behind Kinects or Kinect 1.0 versus 2.0
Gamasutra: Daniel Lau’s Blog – The Science Behind Kinects or Kinect 1.0 versus 2.0 Science is Awesome!
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wired: shortformblog: Welcome to the Millennial generation Ur doin it rite.
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Autonomy is a tricky term to handle because in the field of art it has come to denote almost the opposite of what it set out to name. Literally, auto / nomos means to determine one’s own laws. When art slowly but surely pried open a new social space for itself in nineteenth-century European society,…
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Inspired by Oliver Byrne’s 1847 version of Euclid’s Elements, these designs are a startlingly modern interpretation. Helen Friel uses her expertise to turn the grandfather of mathematics’ working into beautiful diagrams in three dimensions. (via Here’s looking at Euclid Luxe Business Cards)
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Here’s Looking at Euclid – Helen Friel
Here’s Looking at Euclid – Helen Friel
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jtotheizzoe: via blushingcheekymonkey: Helen Friel – “Here’s Looking at Euclid” (paper sculptures of mathematician Oliver Byrne’s illustrations of Euclid’s Elements, 2012) Byrne’s illustrated Euclid is one of my favorite vintage science reads (you can leaf through it online for free!) and the fact that the Mondrain-esque artwork has been made into paper sculptures makes me happier…
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thisistheverge: Turn a regular paper plane into a smartphone controlled drone Do you ever worry that your paper planes just aren’t high tech enough? PowerUp is here to help. The device — known in full as the PowerUp 3.0 Smart Module — is an insert that slips into a regular paper airplane, letting you control…