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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Nicholas Negroponte – Founder and Director of the MIT Media Lab
Lets face it – it is pretty important to watch historical material dealing with a subject or ecosystem one is currently immersed in. This is why I’ve chosen to post this video. Hopefully it will serve as an amusing and relevant history lesson/historical perspective by the founders of one of the most interesting places currently [...]
Posted in activities, happiness, shiny things Tagged Being Digital, media lab, mit, Net Cafe, web archive, Wired Leave a comment
Join us for a Candy Factory Tour!
Join Us for a Candy Factory Tour! from Amber Case on Vimeo.
While driving around Denver, Colorado, my family and I saw a sign for a free candy factory tour. We called the number to get the address and arrived a half hour later.
However, it was Christmas eve, and there were no tours happening anymore.
But the [...]
A story about a Robot and his Dog (and a Duplication Machine)
A Story about a Robot and his Dog (and a Duplication Machine) from Amber Case on Vimeo.
What’s one to do when snow attacks your current place of residence, disallowing a flight back home? There’s only one thing a person like me can do — make stop-motion animation!
Warning: Contains violence, terror, and futuristic epicness.
Posted in activities, happiness, videos Tagged animation, claymation, dog, duplicator, future, robot, stop motion 1 Comment
Join Us on a Candy Factory Tour!
While driving around Denver, Colorado, my family and I saw a sign for a free candy factory tour.
We called the number to get the address and arrived a half hour later. However, it was Christmas eve, and there weren’t any tours happening anymore.
But! The owner saw our faces and took us on a behind-the scenes [...]
Looking At Solutions From The Ecologist’s Points Of View
Last time, I talked about how the designer and economist see and gauge the effectiveness of a solution.
This time, we’re moving into the third territory: the ecologist’s. We’re going to look at solutions that change the shape of the space they’re in. True to its name, I’m going to use the natural web of life, [...]
TaPuMa – a Tangible Public Map from the Tangible Media Group at MIT