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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…
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(via Bratz copyright lawsuit tossed – Boing Boing)
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Forwards Professor Anthony Dunne Head of Programme, Design Interactions “In this project with Microsoft Research, Cambridge, and the Microsoft Office Team, we explore new ways design can make technology-supported writing and authorship more meaningful and relevant to our lives, both now, and in the future, by thinking not only about new applications but implications as…
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iPad: ‘Wild West’ of Medical Apps Seeks Sheriff
What would you do: pay $150,000 to get your medical iPad app approved by the FDA, or just go to market and cash in? This article explores this ethical dilemma. After all, there are consequences to both options… http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/fda_apps/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29
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new-aesthetic: New Aesthetic Shed, via Dan W. tetra-shed | A new modular building system | Designed to be a modern garden office/atelier | David Ajasa-Adekunle
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The fact that we support an emerging field of practice differentiates us from other arts institutions and makes us more reliant on the community we serve,” Salditch wrote. “We need the artists we support to give back to our efforts.” In turn, proceeds from Rhizome’s 2011 $25,000 pledge drive will go toward an annual Commissions…
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… There are bigger things at stake here than God — there’s the far more important issue of whether the sanctity of modern professional football will survive Tebow’s barbarian assault. The real miracle of Tebow is how multifaceted his polarization powers are. Bennett can see only the political/religious side. But within the game of football,…
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mattermedia: When we speak of social wholes with a high or low degree of hierarchization, we are basically dealing with a parametrization of the concept of assemblages. To parametrize a concept is to assign to it ‘control knobs that can have different settings at different times’ as DeLanda puts it. In his recent book Deleuze: History and…