RafaelFajardo

Category: words

  • smarterplanet: New DARPA RFP Calls for All-In-One HUD that Sees Through Smoke, In The Dark and In Broad Daylight DARPA wants a multi-band head-up display, which could be mounted to a helmet or a weapon scope, that combines several wavelengths of light into one image. Sunny? No problem—the camera can see in visible light. Smoke…

  • The facial detection technology the company uses now detects whether a person is male or female and his or her approximate age. It also keeps a running tally of the number of people in the bar, providing this info to the bar owner and to anyone with the app on their phone. The patent application,…

  • Aeron chair history: Herman Miller’s office staple was originally designed for the elderly. – Slate Magazine

    Aeron chair history: Herman Miller’s office staple was originally designed for the elderly. – Slate Magazine

  • nevver: Artists who vote done, forward.

  • Good GIF tutorial for photoshop users

    Good GIF tutorial for photoshop users

  • Technically, “skeuomorphic” design refers to software that mimics the elements in an older device that were functionally necessary for that device to work. In that way, the iPhone calculator’s three-dimensional buttons are an archetypal example of skeuomorphism. You needed three-dimensional buttons in physical calculators; on a flat screen, 3-D buttons aren’t necessary. (On the other…

  • thisistheverge: Read the full run of ‘Omni’ magazine at the Internet Archive Yup, there goes the rest of the day. How I spent my tween-age years, reading.

  • pbsthisdayinhistory: November 3, 1969: PBS is Founded On November 3, 1969, PBS was created to provide educational televisionprogramming and services that reflect the diverse interests of theAmerican people. Today, nearly 90% of U.S. television households tune into PBS memberstations, and we are expanding our public service mission to digitalmedia. In September 2012, Americans watched more…

  • Learn to listen. This is especially difficult for members of dominant groups. If someone confronts you with your own behavior that supports privilege, step off the path of least resistance that encourages you to defend and deny. Don’t tell them they’re too sensitive or need a better sense of humor, and don’t try to explain…

  • shortformblog: High resolution, small size: Here’s an image printed at 50×50 micrometers with a 100,000-dot-per-inch resolution, then blown up so it’s big enough to show to you guys on the interwebs. Cool, eh? Here’s the science involved.