March 2010
20 posts
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L.O.L.
The Reputation Market Gets Closer with Film Futures →
theawl.com
bunch: ”The Future™: Where we can all live off whuffie and dreams!”
I have no idea what this article is talking about. OH, because you need to read this NYT piece first.
Disney Monorail Trains to Feature TRON Art http://tr.im/RmTE
Cisco's cookin'
Cisco unveils ultra-fast Internet technology “…downloads of up to 322 Terabits per second…the router will be able to provide download speeds of 1 Gigabit per second for everyone in San Francisco, download the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress in 1 second and stream every movie ever created in less than 4 minutes.” (via)
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“The thing that does the thinking is bigger than your biological body,” he said. “You’re so tightly coupled to the tools you use that they’re literally part of you as a thinking, behaving thing.”
Asked whether computer malfunction — say, the iPhone’s notorious keyboard lag — could thusly be viewed as a discontinuity in our selves, Chemero said, “Yes, that’s exactly what it is.”
” —Your Computer Really Is a Part of You | Wired Science | Wired.com (via embody) (via notational)
“Apple’s choice to sell devices that only run approved software, and only software sold in its own store, could ultimately make people wonder whether the cameras in the company’s infamous “1984″ commercial may have been pointed in the wrong direction.”
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Veil Lifts Slightly on Apple’s Secret Plan to Control the Universe | Wired.com
Oh snap, Apple
via sds: danielholter
(via davereed)
The giant screen in my mind just blew up.
(via thecount)
Every dictatorship starts as a revolution.
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“Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products.”
—Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything (via 2020)
via @mobilehotspot great futuristic look into wifi enabled smart tools or internet of things http://bit.ly/a7QoqG #spimes
Car 2.0 – How a Community Builds a Car →
wikinomics.com
An interesting example of bottom-up organizing. This car was the result of a mass collaboration process by 2.900 community members from over 100 countries!
