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smarterplanet: Smart Sutures That Detect Infections – Technology Review Surgical sutures are mindless threads no more. Researchers have now coated them with sensors that could monitor wounds and speed up healing. The electronic sutures, which contain ultrathin silicon sensors integrated on polymer or silk strips, can be threaded through needles, and in animal tests researchers…
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protoslacker: The Forbidden Education: documentary on alternatives The documentary is divided in 10 thematic episodes. Each of them present a different aspect of education in the school context and outside of it. Topics like history of school system; authority and power in schools; evaluation and segregation of students; social function of educative institutions; role of…
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15 Years ago, games were really focused on shooting and jumping on platforms and I thought, “No, I think this medium can become much more than that. It can actually become a way to tell a story and to trigger emotions.” David Cage (via notgames)
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51 percent of respondents, including a majority of Millennials, believe stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing. Citrix press release: Most Americans Confused By Cloud Computing According to National Survey (via Ian Gowen). (via blech)
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rafaelfajardo: Education. Kahn Academy precursor. Available at any office supply store near you. At a price point that is considered “remainder” for traditional book publishers.
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Education. Kahn Academy precursor. Available at any office supply store near you. At a price point that is considered “remainder” for traditional book publishers.
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What is a publisher anymore, anyway? A blog is a magazine. A magazine a blog. A newspaper a WordPress install. A Twitter account a journalist. Craig Mod, Our New Shrines (via explore-blog)
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http://vimeo.com/47595653 dinosaurparty: The No Quarter Exhibition, 2012 (by NYU Game Center) Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to have been invited to write some wall text for No Quarter, my favorite annual exhibition of games, which happens at NYU. Here’s documentation from the opening. I’m in a couple shots, one of which is at the…
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theavc: The future won’t look like this: 11 unintentionally ridiculous depictions of virtual reality Would you use any of these ludicrous devices?
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prostheticknowledge: EXO by Tabor Robak Part first-person game, part demoscene, part ‘experience’, all Sci-Fi, all worthy of 35 minutes of your time, available for free for PC and Mac. Here is a silent preview, embedded below: If you don’t want to download the game, there is a 35 minute video to guide you through the…