While this is a departure from the nomadism project I've been posting up here, I thought it would be all right to share this essay I just finished, on the ethics of community service. The Ethics of Service Y.J. Wu, 2009 Abstract The aim is to demonstrate that the fundamentals of community service, as distinct from those of other forms...

The modern computer has been essential to coming to understand how the Social Brain works,...

nBots: all projects: home page:

By Clara Moskowitz When physicist Vitaly Efimov heard his theory had finally been proven, he ran...

weather report; 32°C, no wind at all

In case you missed the Intensive Fields Conference @ USC last Saturday (12.12.09) the discussions...

Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next

This is a quick copy and paste of a post on my portfolio's blog. After I hit "Publish", I...

skyglance

a saturday evening's weather change

Let’s start with what most people probably can agree. Information is accumulating online. The...

Astronomers have spotted the most Earth-like planet to date, a massive ocean world that probably...

This is an excerpt from a New Zealand show. In it we meet a woman who seemingly spends alot of...

“I cannot understand why human beings should be so little individualized. Why they should...

we have decided not to die. by daniel askill a beautiful short film with a modern...

A Gemini in the Future (This post takes for granted that astrological signs have some relevance in reality [which is not my belief] but eventually strays into solid scientific theory.) I've been forced to consider lately the reasons I'm so apt to announce that I am a gemini (and proud of it) in light of the fact that this weekend was the...

(University of Michigan) A, Ideal local packing motifs built from tetrahedral dice stuck...

The New York Times Magazine 12.13.1009 Once again, The Times Magazine looks back on the past...

July 7-11, 2010 (Wednesday-Sunday) Portland, Oregon, USA The Genetic and Evolutionary...

Part of the Viewer Series, 2009

December 8 2009 - April 11 2010 Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 +44 (0)20...

With the release of the movie "2012" a curiosity of the date has humans across the globe. What does it mean? When will it happen and Why?. First we look at the date December 21st 2012. The date in which a major astronomical event occurs. This is when our little piece of space dust aligns with the center of the Universe. This is a...

Now, when the tears find no ink but a keyboard to excite. Now, when the arch of life is...

Misleading Euclidean Geometry can cause total chaos in the future of humanity. It is quite obvious...

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

[August 9th 2007, Soto & 4th, Los Angeles Food For Less] [Waiting in a line]...

Via Lisa Katayama @tokyomango BoingBoing ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ Sex...

You are all Stardust

interface from di3it on Vimeo. this project shows a typical scenario in 4 different...

bicentennial man from di3it on Vimeo. the setting is turn of the century los angeles, complete...

My Friend Pietro wrote me an e-mail this morning, just got the chance to read now: "Do...

Sound + Science Symposium March 5 + 6, 2009 10am-7pm UCLA California NanoSystems Institute...

3V: “what do you mean this is your banana?” NotMarie: “what do you mean, what do I mean?” 3V:” I mean, in what sense did you appropriate the reality of this banana into your existential phase space? “ NotMarie: “I didn’t!” 3V:” this makes no coherent sense then, when I wanted to observe and deconstruct this banana,...

At the end of every school semester our teachers ask us to fill in a teacher/course evaluation. I was so inclined to write more than what was optional and will be handing the following in anonymously sometime this week. I thought it would be a good idea to share it here to at least gain some criticism. And to give you a better idea of it all,...

i am humble, therefore, i deserve to uphold the light Light is electromagnetic radiation,...

It is a true amphibian half aquatic and half terrestrial city, able to accommodate 50,000...

Here is the text and slide share of a lecture I gave at ECCO research group seminar at the free...

Physicists from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) have demonstrated what they...

You can go here to talk to anonymous strangers from around the world. I've met many different kinds of people from around the world and had many interesting conversations. I have learned things about other cultures and even some things about myself. What will you experience?

Via NewScientist.com 1. Farthest North - Steve Jones, geneticist 2. The Art of the Soluble -...

hello space cadets, has anyone read anything by stanislov grof? i was turned on to the...

Great survey of 56 ethnic groups in China

Revolution entails perceiving the status quo for what it is, here and now, rather than through the...