May 2012
11 posts
A Fleeting Memory Of Carlos Fuentes →
Carlos Fuentes: RIP “You Have to See the Face of... →
Clay Shirky on the relationship between physical... →
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net
I really liked Clay Shirky’s essay on the relationship between physical space and creativity. It’s one of those classic, Shirkian riffs that includes a bunch of seemingly glib and merely clever ideas and culminates with a thing that…
Blog post about my (Alienology) design works at... →
April 2012
9 posts
Secret Alan Turing cryptanalysis papers released... →
Good luck guys! - Visual Effects Artists Seeking... →
Significant Objects | …and how they got that way →
Why Design is a JOB!!! Q&A With Author Mike... →
AlphaSphere, Spherical Music Controller, Becomes A... →
createdigitalmusic.com
Music trade shows are typically full of sensible and useful instruments. They may not always represent something revolutionary, but people find homes for them in their musical lives. Of course, the world’s fair futurist in us may…
npr:
A visualization of the world’s oceans.
From NASA:
This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through Decmeber 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience.
Or as FastCo.Design described it “Better Than Van Gogh”
March 2012
15 posts
Wind Map →
One billion stars →
scientificamerican.com
To say a picture is worth a thousand words would be selling this one rather short. Full image containing (at least) a billion stars. Click for a bigger version, see text for the really big version, or scroll down for zoomed in view.…
Truly awesome > 3D-printed adapter bricks allow... →
Complete Einstein Archives Online, to contain... →
RIP, Moebius... Jean Giraud is gone. Ow... another... →
Smithsonian building archive of printable 3D scans →
February 2012
11 posts
The Man Who Prints Houses > Documentary about... →
SF trade publication Locus Magazine goes digital,... →
Possibly oldest artworks ever found - first... →
The oldest thing in the world →
January 2012
11 posts
"Global Jukebox" envisioned by folklorist,... →
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - Oscar nominated animated short - full length
Online Gamers Achieve First Crowdsourced Redesign... →
scientificamerican.com
Obsessive gamers’ hours at the computer have now topped scientists’ efforts to improve a model enzyme, in what researchers say is the first crowdsourced redesign of a protein. [More]