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Monthly Archives: January 2011

This Is Your Art on Drugs

Monday, January 31, 2011

This slide show from the Good website documents work by artist Bryan Lewis Saunders, who for years has been executing rather intriguing self portraits while under the influence of various illicit drugs and prescription pharmaceuticals, and combinations thereof. Below, cocaine. Yikes!

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A Life of Their Own

Monday, January 31, 2011

Autonomous, kinetic beach creatures — strandebeests — constructed by Dutch artist Theo Jansen, from a new BBC One show called Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention. Wow, wow, wow.

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What Is a Hackerspace?

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Hard to say exactly, but “you know when you’re in one,” says Mitch Altman of Noisebridge in San Francisco’s Mission District. They have one rule: Be excellent to each other. Video by KQED Quest, via Boing Boing.

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The Art and Craft of Real Chinese Noodles

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Now I’m hungry. Great article from New York Times food section today. Cool video at Times’ site.

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Let There Be Light

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The new issue of MIT’s Technology Review includes this proposed design for Shenzen Airport in China, an example of the sort of undulating biomorphic structure made possible by parametric design software. This beautiful digital rendering is by New york architecture firm Reiser + Umemoto.

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Space Biology

Monday, January 3, 2011

Craig Venter discusses biological tool kits for future space exploration and more in this recent talk at NASA Ames Center. Update: Previous link was changed to password-protected. This video works for now, though is not as good quality.

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