this image from the ingenious cartoonist Angeli says it all... here in Brazil there's a lot of...

Whether you call her Pscipolnitsa, Poluudnica,...

Life is out of balance. There are two worlds competing, demanding our attention: the constructed...

The people behind the "Shift happens" series has revealed a new video about how media is...

by Irek Kielczyk

I like to work with cosmology in this theory in that cause and effect is a fundamental in all of...

Took a much needed vacation!

“The deterritorialization of the self is the essential feature that marks human entry into...

Ever since I can remember I want to be an artist. Well, inventor originally, but ever since I...

Dear friends, and loved ones! Listen to the new geometry based on fluid physics vortex-,...

Finally launched my new site, had a blast working on it using Paper Vision and some of the new...

"This week, we look at some radical ideas for transforming society and changing the way...

I do not understand cargo shorts. Or plaid shorts, let alone consumerism and our infidelity to our higher faculties. I do not understand a lot of things--there is some Chinese saying about how it is an 'honor' to live in such 'interesting' times and that is really great, I suppose, but I'm a little resentful. On good days I am something more...

A system of ten parts in three movements. Ten agents improvise the ten parts at will through...

Advances in biotechnology and micro-robotics have shrunk the industrial base of society down to the scale where anyone can make almost anything. With self replicating matter printing systems, and adolescent with a biological printer and laptop becomes a species level threat. Additionally, such systems place an unprecedented burden of self control...

Young brains can forget painful memories, but old ones tend not to… Now an enzyme can cut through imprisoned memories… "In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Joel and Clementine's relationship ends so sourly that the couple elects to have their mutual memories swept away via a non-surgical procedure called "targeted...

As the world's information sources steadily - if not exponentially - move from physical to digital media, what will become of libraries as we know them today? Will they disappear altogether? I would like to think that they will not. But what role can they fulfill? I believe that they may become simply centers for public internet access, or -...

This post will describe how to construct a pair of goggles which can be used to induce...

A creationist with whom I was speaking made the following point: A humanist believes that human beings have inherent value, and that life is an important, special thing to be cherished and protected in many situations. A scientific, secular worldview leads one to the conclusion that even the most sentient and sapient of life is ultimately...

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the...

“Maths Dreamed Universe” is a quantitative visualisation of the manner in which elemental...

Even though the brain contains about a trillion glia—10 times as many as there are neurons—the assumption was that those cells were nothing more than a passive support system. Glia, in fact, are busy multitaskers, guiding the brain’s development and sustaining it throughout our lives. Glia also listen carefully to their neighbors, and they...

Looking far into the future, wars will probably be fought between unmanned robots and vehicles....

What would it be like if there was no night sky? What if the only thing up there was just blackness? Would we have ever tried to cross the oceans? Would we have ever landed on the moon? Would we ever look up?

CreativeApplications.Net [CAN] was launched in October 2008 by architect, lecturer, and a new media...

by KEVIN BEWERDORF Here's some snippets from an interview with Kevin Bewerdorf. The full...

Modern Human beings are unquestionably more intelligent than animals, not that animals are not...

A series of images from a short book on journeys. Each image has been corrected on a grid to give...

September 1, 2009 6:20 PM Bye bye to the 100W bulb Shanta Barley, reporter Europeans bid farewell to the 100 watt bulbs today. From now on, Edison's brainchild can no longer be legally made in or imported into the European Union, thanks to a Union-wide ban which kicks off today. Shed a tear, but don't let your sentimentality tempt you into...

"Can surgery cure obesity?" It does several more wonders, pointing to the activity of hunger hormone Ghrelin. "Ghrelin plays a significant role in neurotrophy, particularly in the hippocampus, and is essential for cognitive adaptation to changing environments and the process of learning."

Since at least the fifth century, generations of Buddhists have memorized and chanted the Diamond Sutra, a short Mahayana Buddhist scripture. The work, which offers meditations on illusion and perception, was originally written in Sanskrit and first translated into Chinese in 402 A.D. Despite the text’s longevity, Stanford religious studies...

Thesis continues: When discussing the brain, neuroscientists modulate between expertise and...

Why do creative and/or intelligent people often suffer from some kind of mental illness, or at...

The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving. Saves on...

old subducting plate melting at an ocean trench volcanic arc forms

The Aesthetics of Failure's 10 basic principles: 1. Failure is a shade of beauty born from imperfection - yet is a portrayal of perfection 2. Failure is an involuntary consciousness - as well as a manner of comprehending and apprehending reality 3. Failure is organic - never a deliberate mechanical process or a technical effect alone 4....

Apparently the RZA had a very valid vision of the future circa 1997? Pick apart and appraise at will. Lots of truth in here and it reads (and listens) like wonderful poetry. Your thoughts? You can also listen if you have it on your hard drive/mind drive. Just click le link. Wu-Tang Clan - Impossible RZA's verse: Fusion of the five...

CELEOCANTH | & other ancient memories from the future - 2009 from Jason Gleeson on Vimeo.A...

Maybe this explains why aliens abduct Earthlings for sexual experiments.

It's not new but novel. Can't be undone but not completed. In the net I believe is already...

I'm curious as to what the Space Collective thinks about this subject; namely, Bohm's thoughts that...

With all the hype flying around Augmented Reality lately, it's easy to assume the nascent tech is just another flash-in-the-pan destined to burn out in a fury of marketing gimmickry & sensational posturing. Yet, it's informative to consider the drivers pushing this trend and to tease out the truly adaptive value percolating beneath the...

The Serious ARG (Alternate Reality Game) In a 2007 article, columnist Chris Dahlen (of Pitchfork Media) voiced a much-discussed ARG concept: if ARGs can spark players to solve very hard fictional problems, could the games be used to solve real-world problems?[37] Dahlen was writing about World Without Oil, the first ARG centered on a serious...

As I began this project, so I begin the post - with the Koan, Hoshin's Last Poem: The Zen...

About spidrondeformation: 1. it is not a folding in a traditional sense, as there is no stage...

I hope you have heard about the past Esquire E-Ink cover. I hope this because last October, to...

well there is more to it i just cant seem to find the whole thing,this might be the whole things. but here is the link