In response to New York City’s ‘If you see something, say something‘ campaign for mass hysteria, Alyssa Wright has made hero reports, a site where you can say something about all the good deeds that are passing unseen. Right now it only works inside the Medialab building, but she hopes to expand it to Boston, […]
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connecting flights
dopplr is a social network for keeping track of you and your friends’ trips – and making sure you see each other when you get a chance. saul griffith talks about making sure you combine business and pleasure on trips to reduce your carbon footprint – so sign up and make your travels known!
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collaborative conscience
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Clay Ward, founder of thoughtandmemory.org, an on-line resource for tracking supply chains and developing user-generated ratings of companies based on social and environmental performance. The site is built off a hefty back-end where anyone can contribute reviews of companies big and small, and the reviews get ranked by […]
Posted in blogogracy, marketing, open objects, possessed products, product design, supply chain, traceability
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barter for good
Inspired by the OLPC’s ‘Give one, Get one‘ campaign and Product (RED), brandnext‘s THE STORE FOR TOMORROW is an exploration of how consumerism could be transformed into a meaningful activity. The store’s only currency is time, which can be exchanged for products ranging from gadgets to travel or an ISBN number. Some examples of trades […]
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one accessory per child
The brilliant Mike Lee invented a viewfinder for the OLPC‘s built-in digital camera (a perfect example of futurecraft) and has already made rapid prototypes – check them out below:
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personal climate
Saul Griffith has made available his notes and slides for a powerpoint entitled ‘The Game Plan‘ detailing the necessary steps to be taken as individuals and society to reverse climate change. He begins with a logical framework (including an introduction to energy measurement) to talk about climate change based on the temperature increase we are […]
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material memory
in 2005 filmmaker bilge sehir presented a hoax thought experiment called ‘vases sonores‘ (sonorous vases) which hypothesized that the sounds occurring during the etching of ancient pottery were recorded by the ceramic itself as it spun on the wheel, and they could be played back to hear – albeit faintly – the voices of the […]
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sad toy story
It’s a rainy first day of Spring here in Boston, a good time to watch Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior’s video on working conditions in the Hung Hing factory in Shenzhen.
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