this 18th century prism mount from the museum of history of science in florence allows you to measure and visualize the angles at which light splits, just like this interface in the luminous room by john underkoffler (1998).
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generative furniture
generative design allows computers to play a part in the appearance of furniture – often to make the objects stronger and more functional, but sometimes to allow for unpredictability and complexity that would be otherwise difficult to achieve. these are some of the approaches being used to design furniture through generative algorithms: Aseem Agarwala proposed […]
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opera moderna
orpheus x at the american repertory theater in cambridge (ma) is remarkably entertaining: the dynamic lead vocal (who wrote the opera) plays orpheus as a rock star and euridice is a minor poet who was run over by his taxi cab. aside from the angrogenous persephone/music agent character, the 90-minute opera was energetic and beautiful: […]
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berlusconi blunders
for the first time 3.5 million italian expatriates are voting in this election – here is a web page dedicated to videos of berlusconi and his party’s most fascist moments (some are in english). via walter nicolino
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digital camouflage
in 2004 the us armed forces switched to new camouflage patterns designed according by computers using fractal-based algorithms that create large and small-scale textures using only four colors of dye. these have a 40% lower chance of being detected from 200 meters away that traditional olive drab. guy cramer “designed” these patterns for hyperstealth, they […]
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talking toothbrush
persuasive technology (aka captology) can be a bit heavy-handed at times but not in this case: an electric toothbrush capable of making sounds, paying music or talking to make toothbrushing more entertaining for children. via gen-eric
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string theory
before the spanish conquest, the inca empire (1476-1534 AD) spanned farther than any on earth at the time – from argentina to colombia. but there is no evidence of a written language to communicate across these vast distances. instead, the inca are survived by a unique language of knots called quipu that was used to […]
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molecular seats
feel seating is made of stitched-together upholstered foam balls that can be configured in a variety of ways.
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