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roachpatrol: archiemcphee: Forget Google Glass, Android Wear, Smartwatches or contact lenses that give you night vision. Instead let’s talk about the awesomeness that is this 17th century Chinese abacus ring. It’s wearable tech from the Qing Dynasty, perhaps the world’s oldest smart ring. Measuring a mere 1.2 centimeter-long by 0.7 centimeter-wide, the miniature abacus is…
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From the novel, Cacao (1935):
iandeleonarts: “Not even the children touched the cacao fruit. They were afraid of those yellow berries, so sweet on the inside, which enslaved them to this life of breadfruit and dried meat.” and from The Violent Land: "i was a lad in the days of slavery. My father was a slave, my mother also. But it…
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design-is-fine: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Sketch & reality. Entrance hall, staircase with milk glass wall at Villa Tugendhat. (1928-30)
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prostheticknowledge: Lenticular Encryption This is a small project I have put together for the Widget Art Gallery, combining lenticular display methods and the animated gif: This is an experimental project that examines the aesthetics of lenticularization and extends the creative possibilities of the GIF format. Lenticularization of an image allows the viewer to be presented…
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(via Andy Warhol’s Amiga computer art found 30 years later | The Verge)
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How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
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(via gaming in color) Gaming In Color is a full length documentary exploring the queer side of gaming Out of the closet and into the arcade! Gaming In Color is a full length documentary of the story of the queer gaming community, gaymer culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.…
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Playful Arts Festival 2014 | OpenCall (EN)
Playful Arts Festival 2014 | OpenCall (EN) Playful Arts Festival 2014. 19-22 June 2014 ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL) Open Call for Playful Projects The Playful Arts Festival will partly take place in the newly renovated Willem II Fabriek. There we will curate a collection of ‘Playful Arts’ and playful, interactive & performative experiences. We are still looking…
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LEGO hat!
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heatheriswatching: Get paid to work on an open source project for which you’re the lead maintainer for three months, plus meals and hang-out time and talks with Stripe’s lovely team at their San Francisco office in The Mission. Stripe Open-Source Retreat. Application deadline: May 31, 2014.