last weeks’ human 2.0 conference at the media lab was astonishing: hugh herr and john hockenberry banded together to paint a picture of a future where disability can be leveraged as a way to gain super-human capacities. i highly recommend watching the streaming video; both the morning and afternoon broadcasts are available. the most amazing […]
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sewing circuits
leah buechley makes some beautiful electronic fabric with clever solutions to long-standing problems, such as washing and flexibility. the best thing, however, is that she has detailed do-it-yourself instructions for sewing your own clothing 2.0: via edgy product
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self-maker
when IBM announced that it was going to implement a new self-assembly process to reduce computer chip feature size, increase processor speed by 35% and reduce manufacturing energy by 15%, i looked into exactly what was meant by “self-assembly.” one-time medialab colleague saul griffith’s phd thesis proposed completely physical systems for self-replication inspired by biological […]
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cell chop
does this look like the future of electronics? i think so. this cell phone by mehmet erkök is just a stripped-down nokia, modified with a few choice elements to make it his own. at the same time as the phone becomes a unique craft object rather than a cheap commodity, it gains interestingness(TM), hackability, customization, […]
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roving products
according to bill gates, robots are here to stay. already we have robots that do serious things like shoot rockets and clean the floor. but recently we have also had robot versions of normal products: a robot boom box, a robot alarm clock. given all of today’s concern with energy and pollution, how can we […]
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framed graffiti
seeing this clever subversive hilton advertisement by vinchen brings to the foreground an idea i’ve been toying with for a couple of weeks – framing graffiti – or how to make guerilla art acceptable. andy warhol once said that people don’t really like art, but it’s hung very nicely in museums. by the same token, […]
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killer pollution
thanks to the true cost clearinghouse i came across this program made by the ontario medical association that allows you to calculate the costs of air pollution according to numerous criteria and very precisely. i always thought pollution should be measured in terms of health and money, not some future flooding and imperceptible global temperature […]
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parasitic entertainment
while advertising has always seemed like the parasite of television, televisions are become parasites of our attention and visual field: today we can get television in our telephones music players gas pumps vending machines and everything else then soon television will have to convince us to watch it. newsbreaker is a cognitively taxing version of […]
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