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Quote from George Steiner, the greatest evolutionist in language. Found in...
From wilfriedhoujebek
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We call wildflowers weeds, and we pull them out of our tame tidy gardens. The butterflies go away...
From feanne
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Project:
Emergence and Navigating Space
 
Sometimes a simple process is enough to achieve a rich effect. Paper marbling is a technique I have...
From b10
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image 1: in the context of space collective: The underlying spirit of Erwin Wurm's sculpture is described, in the online catalogue, as a "dynamic act" as opposed to a "static object." For the most part, I guess it is perhaps the evidence of a 'process' behind the car's obesity that gives this static piece its dynamism,...
From geson
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Emergence and Navigating Space
 
Skyscraper Airport of Tomorrow - via BoingBoing .. a 200 story building capped by and...
From wwayneee
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Emergence and Navigating Space
 
Ahh... Space Collective here I am. The first assignment was to find two images and research and...
From etaymor
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Project:
Emergence and Navigating Space
 
A magnectic particle simulation done in processing by Robert Hodgin. Particles follow simple...
From kyle
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An excerpt from an older, but still intriguing, article about what may happen to the human race in...
From Uppy
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FILL / SPACE Develop a generative, emergent process to fill space (2D or 3D) using only black lines. Modify a known process or invent your own. Implement your process as object-oriented, full-screen software, in Processing. You may work individually or with a partner. There are five phases: research, concept, prototype, refine, document....
From reas
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Project:
Emergence and Navigating Space
 
I present in this post two pictures of the Internet. Both depict data and the inherently invisible...
From HackerLastPip
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3x4' Watercolor, pen, pencil, and whatever else I had in my desk.
From TheLogos
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3x4' watercolor, pen, pencil, whatever else I had in my desk.
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From joakim
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Computer Models The first nCUBE machines to be released were the nCUBE 10 of late 1985. These were based on a set of custom chips, including a 32-bit ALU and a 64-bit IEEE 754 FPU with 128kB of RAM combined onto a board known as a module. Each module delivered 2 MIPS, 500 kiloflops (32-bit single precision), or 300 kiloflops (64-bit double...
From bpwnes
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From Andy Gilmore
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Here is the question: can we think without language? A recent piece on Cognitive Daily (one of the...
From wilfriedhoujebek
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A couple of days ago I laid out a handful of perspectives in Part I of a Manifesto for the...
From Rourke
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Presentation given at "Physics of Consciousness" conference, Virginia, 2004, in which...
From Wildcat
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From Andy Gilmore
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I found this article in Wired Magazine on the net that discusses two creative types: Conceptualists and Experimentalists. The idea was new to me. I hope it's not old news to most of you. “Picasso and Cézanne represent radically different approaches to creation. Picasso thought through his works carefully before he put brush to paper. Like...
From Orizyn
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The great enhancement debate
 
Redefining human identity …. By August 3rd 2092, John B. Derrick will be 25 years old. He is...
From Spaceweaver
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This graph represents a genealogical distribution of Knowledge based on the French...
From mslima
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"And at the end, like the crack of a whip he said: "I think that one day, the part of...
From Wildcat
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Where is God in our future? As I'm sure most of humanity would agree, God is either one of two...
From joushlol
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From aaron kinney
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"Experimental Studio no.1" 2005 bonemeal, glue 157 x 270 x 17 cm The...
From First Dark
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"The brain acknowledges and remembers shapes first. [...] Color is the second in the...
From brendan
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From 3LSZVJA9
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Project:
Start your own revolution
 
Experiment, never interpret. It is possible that writing has an intrinsic relationship with...
From aeonbeat
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We are used to doubt even our shadow. we move because of appearances, we go through the threshold...
From zetasam
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unfortunately i have not yet read “Love + Sex With Robots” by David Levy however the issue strikes a very deep cord , a thread of sensation which i still have to think about and truth to tell come to terms with. Yes I want the robots here, but love making? here are some excerpts from an interview Levy gave to andiamnotlying.com It...
From Wildcat
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From pacocamino
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Eyescapes is a series by Rankin, an incredible photographer that has represented a vast array...
From mslima
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Chondrophore or Porpita porpita is a gelatinous Cnidarians superficially resembling...
From mslima
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From Orizyn
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From Wildcat
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The Total Library
 
Long ago... No one tore the ground with ploughshares or parcelled out the land or swept the sea...
From First Dark
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In the early 1900s, the newspapers in America used data visualization and cartogram techniques to...
From rodneyw
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The word bullseye can also refer to any design or pattern featuring prominent concentric circles,...
From rodneyw
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Adam GazdalskiHarry G. Frankfurt’s ‘Freedom of Will and the Concept of a Person’ and it’s applications to Free Will Harry G. Frankfurt believes that people are more than just a specific species with a genetic code that determines what it is to be a person. Rather he believes that a complex system of wills and desires is the...
From TheLogos
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Project:
Emergence and Navigating Space
Due 9 January 2008 1. Find an image at the Space Collective that you find fascinating. 2. Search for and find an image within the context of the Space Collective that has not been posted. Research both images and verbally present your findings in class on the 9th. When you get your Space Collective account, make this information your...
From reas
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Lesser of the Evils: Utilitarianism Adam J. Gazdalski 2005' The basis of this paper is a comparative analysis of three major views on ‘punishment’ in our society, as well as the defense of what I believe is the most rational and practical of the three. Which is Utilitarianism. The sides of Jeremy Bentham, Herbert...
From TheLogos
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Project:
Emergence and Navigating Space
CONTEXT + Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, & the Economic World by Kevin Kelly + Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds by Mitchel Resnick + Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson + The Computational Beauty of Nature:...
From reas
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This is a still life I did for a watercolor course. It is titled "Still Life" and...
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