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atelier-e: Jessica Eaton’s series, “Cubes for Albers and LeWitt”
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theatlantic: The Ashaninka, A Threatened Way of Life The Ashaninka are one of the largest indigenous groups in South America, their ancestral homelands ranging from Brazil to Peru. Since colonial times, their existence has been difficult — they have been enslaved, had their lands taken away or destroyed, and were caught up in the bloody…
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laughingsquid: Soft Guerilla, Harmless Weapons by Kyle Bean
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People who think the Web is killing off serendipity are not using it correctly. Steven Johnson talking about his online research techniques (via austinkleon)
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Game Studies: 2012 PCA/ACA National Conference.
Games Studies Game Studies: 2012 PCA/ACA National Conference. The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers, panels and completed papers on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held Wednesday, April 11, through Saturday, April…
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The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had over 50,000 purchases and had earned $250,000, breaking even on the cost of production and website. As of Today, we’ve sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have…
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The Right Fit
lareviewofbooks: ROSTEN WOO on how the spacesuit was made. Spaceman © Ed Emshwiller, courtesy of the Emshwiller family Nicholas de MonchauxSpacesuit: Fashioning Apollo The MIT Press, March 2011. 380 pp. Not long ago, I spent an afternoon inside Biosphere II, a 3.14-acre vivarium designed as an experimental “self-contained” ecosystem. Biosphere II hosted two missions —…
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emergentfutures: Paul Higgins: I know that this is not exactly true but shouldn’t research be looking for the truth, not getting on one side or other of the argument? I have a scientific background with a veterinary degree and a research degree and I was always taught that we should be testing a hypothesis. The framing of…
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bashford: World’s first QR code coin (via zeroinfluencer)
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Auger Loizeau : Blog: Abstract: Why robot?
Auger Loizeau : Blog: Abstract: Why robot? augerloizeau: One of the enduring objects used to represent our technological future is the robot. This legacy means that its promise has the ability to evolve in accordance with our societal and cultural dreams and aspirations, it can reflect the current state of technological development, our hopes for…