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Coding Freedom: an anthropologist understands hacker culture Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net Biella Coleman is a geek anthropologist, in both senses of the epithet: an anthropologist who studies geeks, and a geek who is an anthropologist. Though she’s best known today for her excellent and insightful work on the mechanis… RT @BoingBoing: Coding Freedom: an anthropologist understands…
#cc10 Featured Content: Cory Doctorow on Rudy Rucker Elliot Harmon, creativecommons.org Cory Doctorow / NK Guy / CC BY-SAIn celebration of Creative Commons’ tenth anniversary, we asked various friends of CC to write about their favorite CC-licensed content. Today, blogger and science fiction author Cory Doctorow writes about the… #cc10 Featured Content: Cory Doctorow on…
Radishes moan when groped Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net World’s Best Ever says: “The Sekuhara (translated: Sexual Harassment) Interface is a group of daikon radishes that have been hooked up to electronic sensors to emit moans and groans when groped.” It would be easy to construct a Sekuha… http://flip.it/6AAPQ Related articles Radishes: Love ‘Em and Leaf ‘Em…
The Insourcing Boom Alexis C. Madrigal, Megan Garber, and Rebecca J. Rosen, theatlantic.com For much of the past decade, General Electric’s storied Appliance Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, appeared less like a monument to American manufacturing prowess than a memorial to it. The very scale of the place seemed to… The Insourcing Boom – Charles Fishman…
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net If you’re in London this weekend, you should know that the Wellcome Trust is sponsoring a two-day bioscience hackathon with prizes awarded for the best ideas in four categories: Open Me — collecting data on yourself and making it use… RT @BoingBoing: Open science event in London this weekend http://flip.it/kqy0Y Open…
How consumer brainwashed are you? – Salon.com By Andrew Leonard, salon.com The perfect marketing campaign: A free game app that tests our recognition of corporate branding For his 15th birthday, I gave my son an iPod Touch, a piece of technology that would have seemed like the purest magic to me when I was his…
On Sale At Last: Twine, Your Gateway To The Internet Of Things By John Pavlus, fastcodesign.com The hit Kickstarter product hopes to popularize “the Internet of things” with thoughtful product design. A year ago, two MIT Media Lab graduates raised half a million dollars on Kickstarter to create Twine, a cigarette-pack-sized chunk of… RT @core77:…
frog’s 20 Tech Trends for 2013 core77.com Click for full-sized image. Download the full poster here.With 13 offices spread across the world, the designers, strategists and technologists that make up the world of frog have a unique global perspective on trends that effect business,… RT @core77: What #Tech trends should you be on your radar?…
Beautify your Twitter Cover in One Click lifehack.org A few weeks ago, Twitter released new header image options for each user’s profile. As a result. users may now change their Twitter “cover” if they want. TwitrCovers has the best collection of Twitter covers available that I’ve seen. … RT @lifehackorg: Beautify your Twitter Cover in…
Patagonia’s New Wet Suit is Made from Plants ecouterre.com Did you ever think you’d be wearing plants while hanging ten? Outdoor adventurist brand Patagonia has been making strides with their experimentation with eco-friendly wetsuits. They’re latest line borrows from the plant world-… http://flip.it/hmSeJ Related articles A Study: Patagonia Outerwear (northofsoutheast.wordpress.com) Earthwatericeglacier4panoramaPeritoMorenoPatagoniaArgentina (fractalsteve.wordpress.com) Make Your Own…
7 Winter Home Improvement Tips to Save You Money and Energy In the Cold Season | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Mark Boyer says:, inhabitat.com This year’s record breaking summer high temperatures and general worrisome warming trend don’t necessarily mean that the coming winter will be a walk in the park.…
E. chromi Designer Bacteria Will Color Your Poo According to Your Illness | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building natural run says:, inhabitat.com E. chromi is an experimental collaboration between designers and scientists working in the field of synthetic biology. Royal College of Art graduates’ James King and Daisy Ginsberg, together with…
inhabitat.com Starting in April, sixty shipping container shops will open their doors on the former shipping industry pier under the unified name “Incubox”. For the first two years of operation (basically until the entire pier makeover is complete)… http://flip.it/hF0GX Pier 57 “Incubox” Shipping Container Mall Set to Open Next April in NYC Youngwoo Pier57
Egg-Shaped Mobile House Extension is No Ordinary Blob | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building caeman says:, inhabitat.com Believe it or not, this adorable egg-shaped “blob” is actually a house! Originally built as a home office extension for Xfactor Agencies, the unique design was vehemently opposed by Belgian authorities. In order to…
How Can Designers and Architects Use Biomimicry to Stay on the Cutting Edge of Innovation? | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham says:, inhabitat.com Shortly before his death in 2011, Steve Jobs said, “I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and…
Drew Olanoff, Cancer Survivor, gets Tattoo of Biggest Donor’s Twitter Handle Jay Scott, huffingtonpost.com The name Drew Olanoff may be one that you have heard before. If you are a twitter aficionado (like me!), you may have once utilized the hashtag #blamedrewscancer. If you haven’t, well here are a few things you should know: after…
This $200 iPhone Case Is An FDA-Approved EKG Machine Co.Design, huffingtonpost.com Most iPhone cases just protect your phone from drops. If you’re getting fancy, it may have a fisheye camera lens or a screen-printed back. But what about diagnosing coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, or congenital heart defects? The… http://flip.it/tkpwY Related articles EPI Life: World’s first…
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With Scriptkit, Code Simple iPad Apps In The Time It Takes To Read This Post By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com Even non-coders can use Scriptkit for iPad to prototype web-powered iPad apps, all without ever touching a keyboard. I’ve never coded a day in my life before 15 minutes ago, and as I write, I’m looking…
Kickstarting: A Wi-Fi-Connected Light Socket Connects Any Bulb To Your iPhone By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com The Spark Socket takes a modular approach to internet-connected home automation, one bulb at a time. We should live in the Jetsons era by now, but despite all our innovations in computing power and the cloud, our houses remain pret……
Create A Timelapse Film With Your Thumb With New Step App fastcocreate.com Step allows users to create timelapse and stop-motion movies—and it’s so easy even a kid can use it. When it comes to designing an app experience, making it easy enough for a kid to use is a great place to start. As design…
New Online Marketplaces Smooth The Sustainable Building Process BY MICHAEL J. COREN, fastcoexist.com Gone are the days when building owners have to stress about finding solar providers or efficiency auditors. Now you can find all the ingredients for a fully green building at the touch of a button. Green building is growing up. As green…
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This Makes Perfect Sense: The Wheelbarrow As Television Stand By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com CW&T used repurposed bicycle parts to build the TV Barrow, elevating the humble TV stand into the realm of surprisingly functional art. Most televisions live on a shelf. The proudest among them are hung from a wall. But in most cases, howev……
How To Build An Antifragile Career By Drake Baer, fastcompany.com When the economic future feels more iffy than ever, randomness should not be something to fear but rather, something to exploit. Author-provacateur Nassim Taleb talks with Fast Company about the concepts behind “Antifragile: Things That Gain from… RT @erin719nyc: Go one step further than looking…
LittleBits Releases Holiday Kit, Encourages More DIY Hardware Hacking Alexandra Chang, wired.com Open source hardware company littleBits has released its Holiday Kit and launched a campaign to encourage people to build their own projects during the consumption-heavy holiday season. http://flpbd.it/fAU5t Related articles The Problem-Solving Electronic Toys You Want Your Kids To Play With (fastcompany.com) Ayah…
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