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The situation at U.S.C. is a small scene in a much larger drama, one concerning the place of art in the new, more corporate university order. Traditionally, art education has been a little too vocational to fit in with the rest of the humanities. But lately it seems that art education isn’t vocational enough. Or,…
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futurescope: Electroloom – First 3D Fabric Printer Interesting 3D printing use case with potential. Electroloom uses an electrospinning process to convert liquids into solid fibers which are then deposited onto a 3D mold. It’s basically a machine that shoots fibers onto a 3D shape, where they bond together. The Electroloom Developer Kit is a tool…
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vjeranski: Robert BarryOne Million Dots (detail) via
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vjeranski: Corinna Belz’s documentary depicts Gerhard Richter at work. CreditKino Lorber Films
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Ben Vautier, [via the absolute ART blog…]
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Design itself has moved on. It’s the design of the largely invisible and infinite crystalline network structures of interactions and services, or the planetary-scale manufacturing and supply chains that drive Tesla’s business, that could be seen as cathedrals, or perhaps even something closer to the mystical forces that cathedrals were built in thrall to. Essay:…
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Scientists develop a self-destruct button for DNA
Scientists develop a self-destruct button for DNA futurescope: CRISPR could protect genetic intellectual property by self-destructing synthetic sequences: “A lot of efforts have been made around creating [biological] kill switches. We’re building on that, so that [a bacterium] wouldn’t just kill itself, but delete its synthetic DNA before doing that.” It’s like the biological version…
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GM says you don’t own your car, you just license it
mostlysignssomeportents: GM has joined with John Deere in asking the government to confirm that you literally cannot own your car because of the software in its engine. Like Deere, GM wants to stop the Copyright Office from granting an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that would allow you to jailbreak the code in…
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“We were worried that people would mistake the game for a shallow game for beginners, because it’s kind of cute looking,” Amano said. Splatoon began as tofu blocks and rabbits, 14 years after Nintendo’s last new characters | Polygon
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Heads Up: we are going nomad. I have been awarded a sabbatical, we’ve given up the lease on the house we’ve been renting, and will be traveling until December. We’ll be in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia. I’ll be making a game. Karin will be working on one (or more) book projects. I’ll be hoping to…