This is how we should teach all science history. The world would be a much smarter (and funnier) place.
DIY Bookmaking 1 (via LOVE//Affair)
Putney House, Vermont, by Kyu Sung Woo
I love mornings like this on porches like this. This is such an amazing shot. It’s like I can smell and feel the damp air.
Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.
Given their extreme vulnerability, the vastness of city space, the dangers posed by traffic, suspicion of terrorism, and the possibility that no one would be interested in helping a lost little robot, I initially conceived the Tweenbots as disposable creatures which were more likely to struggle and die in the city than to reach their destination. Because I built them with minimal technology, I had no way of tracking the Tweenbot’s progress, and so I set out on the first test with a video camera hidden in my purse. I placed the Tweenbot down on the sidewalk, and walked far enough away that I would not be observed as the Tweenbot––a smiling 10-inch tall cardboard missionary––bumped along towards his inevitable fate.
This makes me so ridiculously happy, I’m ashamed.
I mean, even beyond the cute factor, I love the premise of the experiment. One of the best social art experiments I’ve ever seen. True interactivity.
Make sure to check out the previews of her other bots.
Meanwhile, as with most things Arrington-related, the latest leaked photos come with their share of drama. The photos were posted to Curtis’ blog, then taken down briefly — ostensibly at Arrington’s request — and are back online now.
(via Gadget Lab from Wired.com)
These pics make me think they are *extremely* close to production. If they end up under $500, I think they’ll replace MacBooks as the ubiquitous coffeehouse table decoration.
I know I’ll get one.
Frank Zappa as Michael Nesmith interviewing Michael Nesmith as Frank Zappa.
It is in this spirit of reinvention and mystical recursion that I wish you and yours a happy Easter.
I remember watching this first as a kid, and the again in the 80s during the whole Mokees revival thing. As a kid I just thought it was funny. As a teenager I was kind of blow away that Zappa would have even done it, and now as an adult I think it’s just pure brilliance on both of their parts.
From an old self-help book
by
Dale Carnegie…..but note the devil at work here…!
