Pasts, Presents, Futures

transitmaps: Bus Map of Northern Sichuan, China Just in case...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:57:38 -0400

Bus Map of Northern Sichuan, China

Just in case you forgot you were looking at a bus map, we’ve helpfully added sixteen — yes, sixteen! — clip art images of buses to remind you.

Pair with a similarly ridiculous train map from Poland.

(Source: Philou.cn/Flickr)

And yet this map is curiously gorgeous… Hmm.

The Future Of Technology Isn’t Mobile, It’s Contextual

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:16:53 -0400

futuresagency:

In the coming years, there will be a shift toward what is now known as contextual computing. Always-present computers, able to sense the objective and subjective aspects of a given situation, will augment our ability to perceive and act in the moment based on where we are, who we’re with, and our past experiences. These are our sixth, seventh, and eighth senses.

Read more: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672531/the-future-of-technology-isnt-mobile-its-contextual

urbanination: Florence and and a highway interchange in...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:44:10 -0400

urbanination:

Florence and and a highway interchange in Atlanta.

hahaha

o1nichols: Goo 4 The Architecture of Emoticon Chocolate...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:52:17 -0400

o1nichols:

Goo 4

The Architecture of Emoticon

Chocolate Architectures

The Children of the Next Level

Drawing in General

30 pgs green newsprint 28” x 22.75”

available soon at the best bookstores

Oh my god I am in love. Take me to emoticonland.

prostheticknowledge: Evolució by Onionlab / Mapping Festival...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:45 -0400

prostheticknowledge:

Evolució by Onionlab / Mapping Festival 2013

From the mailbox, a projection-mapping project:

Hello!
I am contacting you to present Onionlab’s most recent piece, Evolució

You will also find some high-resolution pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67507166@N07/sets/72157633486998073

And here is a brief description of the project:

Evolució

Onionlab presents Evolució, a piece that revolves around the graphic and sound abstraction of the concept it is named after: evolution. It is construed as transformation, construction and alteration of reality through time; evolution as a discontinuous creation process as well.

Created with 3D projection mapping techniques, this time, Evolució was projected onto the façade of the Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève, though the piece takes the evolution concept even further: It was conceived as an open transformation process so that it can also be adapted to different façades and projection surfaces, and so that Evolució can continue its transformation process.

INCREDIBLE! I find stuff like this so exciting and inspiring.

"The assumption driving these kinds of design speculations is that if you embed the interface–the..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:20:32 -0400

“The assumption driving these kinds of design speculations is that if you embed the interface–the control surface for a technology–into our own bodily envelope, that interface will ‘disappear’: the technology will cease to be a separate ‘thing’ and simply become part of that envelope. The trouble is that unlike technology, your body isn’t something you ‘interface’ with in the first place. You’re not a little homunculus ‘in’ your body, ‘driving’ it around, looking out Terminator-style ‘through’ your eyes. Your body isn’t a tool for delivering your experience: it is your experience. Merging the body with a technological control surface doesn’t magically transform the act of manipulating that surface into bodily experience. I’m not a cyborg (yet) so I can’t be sure, but I suspect the effect is more the opposite: alienating you from the direct bodily experiences you already have by turning them into technological interfaces to be manipulated.”

- Your Body Does Not Want to Be an Interface, MIT Technology Review (via blaaargh)

smarterplanet: How The Internet Of Things Will Revolutionize...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:57:45 -0400

smarterplanet:

How The Internet Of Things Will Revolutionize Search – ReadWrite

As mobile devices dictate the terms of search and how results are being conveyed to end users, there’s another phenomenon that will greatly influence the future of search - very soon, we’re going to be swimming in more data than we will know what to do with.

The rise of the Internet of Things means billions of physical objects will soon generate massive amounts of data 24 hours a day. Not only will this make traditional search methods nearly impossible to use, it will also create an environment where instead of looking for things in the world, those things will be seeking us out to give us all sorts of information that will help us fix, use or buy them.

0078h: Rivers in the US. (par Nelson Minar)

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:24 -0400

0078h:

Rivers in the US. (par Nelson Minar)

androphilia: Delivering KFC by Tunnel Smugglers bringing KFC...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:02:55 -0400

androphilia:

Delivering KFC by Tunnel

Smugglers bringing KFC meals into Gaza from Egypt. Palestinians pay about $27 for a 12-piece bucket of chicken. (© Wissam Nassar for The New York Times)

the plot thickens!

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:54 -0400

the plot thickens!

Kudos to this person for being so gentle but I would NOT be...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:42 -0400

Kudos to this person for being so gentle but I would NOT be happy if I tried to save a bee and it tried to sting me in return.

I mean, it’s a perfectly natural instinct, but still! But still!!!!

Sup dude! :D

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:04:31 -0400

Sup dude! :D

clippie: math just got important

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:48 -0400

clippie:

math just got important

supermassiveasshole: i was teaching my grandma to use computer so we can talk on skype and such but...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:07:11 -0400

supermassiveasshole:

i was teaching my grandma to use computer so we can talk on skype and such but today she went kinda mad at me because “i didnt show her the knitting programme” and i was like what

and it comes out she accidentally opened ms excel and found out its a great way to create knitting patterns

my grandma is 82

Shipping containers serve as homes for Shanghai families The...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:52:21 -0400

Shipping containers serve as homes for Shanghai families

The containers, which house different families, were set up by a landlord who charges a rent of 500 yuan (£55) per month for each container.

Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

If I ever get married my wedding colours will be black leather and 4,000-year-old Carrara marble.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:56:54 -0400

SAME.

wildcat2030: A 3D PRINTED SPACESHIP ON THE SCALE OF A HUMAN...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:30:44 -0400

wildcat2030:

A 3D PRINTED SPACESHIP ON THE SCALE OF A HUMAN HAIR? HELLO NANOSCRIBE 3D PRINTER

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3D printing has become one of the most exciting and talked about technologies of 2013. The ability for the masses to make almost any object not only fuels imagination but challenges modern consumerism and its supply chain. While some enthusiasts continue to showcase the technology by producing toys, cars, and even guns in their garage, others look to 3D printing to manufacture the next generation of electronics, whether for mobile applications, medical devices, or wearable computing.

Regardless of the application, the challenge in manufacturing at the submicron scale is fabricating structures in a precise, rapid, and consistent fashion. Even though 3D printing is just getting started, the race for the fastest, most capable printer is already on.

Last year, a group of researchers at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria refined a 3D printing technique that allowed the construction of sophisticated structures (an F1 racecar and a cathedral) smaller than dust mites in about 4 minutes. Now, a company called Nanoscribe GmbH that emerged from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has made a 3D printer called the Photonic Professional GT which can produce detailed structures on a similar scale but faster.

In fact, the technique was able to produce a spaceship (from the Wing Commander line of video games) from a CAD file that measures 125µm x 81µm x 26.8µm (on the order of the width of a human hair) in less than 50 seconds. (via A 3D Printed Spaceship On The Scale Of A Human Hair? Hello Nanoscribe 3D Printer | Singularity Hub)

whybray: yesss

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:04:22 -0400

whybray:

yesss

Photo

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:09:23 -0400

business cards came in the mail~

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:24:00 -0400

business cards came in the mail~