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We are all cyborgs now
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on “external brains” (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines
We are all cyborgs now
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on “external brains” (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines
Impure
Bestiario, a tech start-up based in Barcelona have been exploring and inventing new interactive visualisation methods for the past 5 years. With a vast and hugely impressive back catalogue, their most recent triumph is a web application called Impure. Currently
Impure
Bestiario, a tech start-up based in Barcelona have been exploring and inventing new interactive visualisation methods for the past 5 years. With a vast and hugely impressive back catalogue, their most recent triumph is a web application called Impure. Currently
Behind TED
Video by m ss ng p eces Executive producer Jason Wishnow Produced by Ari Kuschnir and Ben Nabors Directed by Josh Nussbaum (m ss ng p eces) Filmed by Josh Nussbaum and Todd Banhazl Edited by Adam McClelland
Behind TED
Video by m ss ng p eces Executive producer Jason Wishnow Produced by Ari Kuschnir and Ben Nabors Directed by Josh Nussbaum (m ss ng p eces) Filmed by Josh Nussbaum and Todd Banhazl Edited by Adam McClelland
Culturomics
I’m a fan of Google Trends but this goes one better. A team from Harvard led by postdoctoral fellow Jean Baptiste Michel have recently released a paper entitled the Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books. The abstract is as follows:
Culturomics
I’m a fan of Google Trends but this goes one better. A team from Harvard led by postdoctoral fellow Jean Baptiste Michel have recently released a paper entitled the Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books. The abstract is as follows:
Open Source Banking
An interesting concept I have been reading about recently is a that of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, which is something that appears to be championed by a British company called Zopa – an enterprise that derives its name from the ‘zone of possible
Open Source Banking
An interesting concept I have been reading about recently is a that of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, which is something that appears to be championed by a British company called Zopa – an enterprise that derives its name from the ‘zone of possible
F L U X
Created by visual artist Candas Sisman and inspired by the work of İlhan Koman, F L U X is quite breathtaking. It is a virtual architecture in a contant state of morphosis, a form that transcends any manual or analogue equivalent.
F L U X
Created by visual artist Candas Sisman and inspired by the work of İlhan Koman, F L U X is quite breathtaking. It is a virtual architecture in a contant state of morphosis, a form that transcends any manual or analogue equivalent.
Apples could be the key to learning
Maths, English, Geography… whatever else people think about education, it’s taken for granted that children will attend classes in a range of disciplines. But what if they didn’t? What if they studied just one topic – such as apples –
Apples could be the key to learning
Maths, English, Geography… whatever else people think about education, it’s taken for granted that children will attend classes in a range of disciplines. But what if they didn’t? What if they studied just one topic – such as apples –
Incidental Media
Incidental Media is a film sketch by Dentsu London as part of their ongoing ‘Making Future Magic’ strategy: Making Future Magic was partly conceived as a way to avoid making horrible use of media that makes everyone feel like Chief
Incidental Media
Incidental Media is a film sketch by Dentsu London as part of their ongoing ‘Making Future Magic’ strategy: Making Future Magic was partly conceived as a way to avoid making horrible use of media that makes everyone feel like Chief
My little piece of privacy
Something of a modern day Heath Robinson, Niklas Roy’s recent project is a complete contradiction: it is complicated and clever, yet simple and ridiculous at the same time. He has produced a whole host of interesting and entertaining projects which
My little piece of privacy
Something of a modern day Heath Robinson, Niklas Roy’s recent project is a complete contradiction: it is complicated and clever, yet simple and ridiculous at the same time. He has produced a whole host of interesting and entertaining projects which
Local Code
Real Estates uses geospatial analysis to identify thousands of publicly owned abandoned sites in major US cities, imagining this distributed, vacant landscape as a new urban system. Using parametric design, a landscape proposal for each site is tailored to local
Local Code
Real Estates uses geospatial analysis to identify thousands of publicly owned abandoned sites in major US cities, imagining this distributed, vacant landscape as a new urban system. Using parametric design, a landscape proposal for each site is tailored to local
Race Online
“It’s a real testament to how mainstream the internet has become that Hollywood has made a film about Facebook. But even an old dotcom dinosaur like me can work out that the internet has changed life beyond recognition. In Britain
Race Online
“It’s a real testament to how mainstream the internet has become that Hollywood has made a film about Facebook. But even an old dotcom dinosaur like me can work out that the internet has changed life beyond recognition. In Britain
Crises of Capitalism
A part of the RSA‘s recent Animate series, social theorist David Harvey questions whether it is time for a new capitalism – a capitalism that could be both ‘responsible, just, and humane.’ With the empowering of financiers set to continue
Crises of Capitalism
A part of the RSA‘s recent Animate series, social theorist David Harvey questions whether it is time for a new capitalism – a capitalism that could be both ‘responsible, just, and humane.’ With the empowering of financiers set to continue