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skunkbear: This Time, Humans Out-Perform Computers Computers are terrible at mapping the brain. Given a cross-section of a retina for example, computers have trouble distinguishing neurons from other cells and empty space. Humans, on the other hand, can perform this task with ease. Still, mapping the brain would be a monumental task for one human. …
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Writing on the “Wall”
Writing on the “Wall” manbartlett: A few years ago, author Teju Cole traveled to the Arizona border with a group of artists to learn what immigration and migrant life looks and feels like just south of Tucson, along the most brutally policed section of the 18-foot-high wall that spans 600 miles from California to Texas.…
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fetalcircuit: prostheticknowledge: Bear On Stairs Stop-motion looping animation by DBLG uses 3D printing to create models for each frame of a bear climbing stairs – video embedded below: DBLG’s in-house studio projects are a platform for us to experiment with creative ideas and above all have fun. For The Stairs Project we wanted to explore the use of…
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fuckyeahexistentialism: Felix Gonzalez-Torres | http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/152961 American, born Cuba, 1957–1996 “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), 1991 Multicolored candies, individually wrapped in cellophane Ideal weight 175 lb.; installed dimensions variable, approximately 92 x 92 x 92 cm (36 x 36 x 36 in.) Felix Gonzalez-Torres produced work of uncompromising beauty and simplicity, transforming the everyday into profound meditations on…
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This is much more like electricity. It should be available to all at a reasonable price because that’s the substrate, that’s the input into absolutely every element of American life. Social, economic, cultural. This is just the highway for every kind of transaction we want to engage in. Susan Crawford (via azspot)
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towerofsleep: jahsonic: Starting in 1959, French artist Yves Klein sold empty space for gold. The customer would receive a cheque certifying the purchase of a Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility. The cheque above was bought by Jacques Kugel December 7, 1959 [1]. It reads: “Reçu Vingt Grammes d’Or Fin contre une Zone de Sensibilité Picturale Immatérielle” In English: “Received Twenty Grams of Gold Leaf…