Here are two short, but very sweet films to keep you amused while we wait for those damn scientists to build our upgrades:

via Planet Damage

the cyberpunk short-films of violet and martin

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voraciousbrain:

*faints* Pretty please, can these be town-sized research labs?!  Research waterscraper… like a small town, but full of scientists, complete with general store, farmers, doctors, and lovely non-scientists to balance out the INTJ-ness. My dearest bestest friend (you know who you are), I will need you to move into the waterscraper with me, husband & future kiddos… Imma need your fantastic nanny/chef skills, not to mention your sweetheart of a science brain.  Imagine, we could spend hours drinking wine and staring out an observation portal into the pelagic layer of the ocean!

Gorgeous waterscrapers: habitat for the coming Waterworld | DVICE

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It is with much interest that I have observed the rapid popularity of formspring.me. This is an extremely powerful service that simply let’s the user:

Create a box where friends can ask…

Post-Privacy and the democratization of celebr1ty

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Mashable have produced this infographic:

One thing it’s noticeably missing is when they turned-off features; like Track and IM.

We still love you twitter, you’re a simple idea that’s…

The path to 10 Billion tweets

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What exactly is a cyborg anthropologist?

Let Amber herself tell you, in this video from late last year on ‘prosthetic culture’:

Like to…

Amber Case: Cyborg Anthropologist

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Transhumanist pioneer and cyborg-in-progress, Kevin Warwick, will be in the fine city of Melbourne, Australia this coming Wednesday evening.

All the details are on the IEEE Victoria site;…

Kevin Warwick to speak at University of Melbourne this coming Wednesday

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The TED Talk that blew everyone away this year; not only have they figured out how to induce a form of suspended animation in humans, it’s already in clinical trials!

TED Talk: Suspended animation is within our grasp

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A novel way to interface with your devices, Skinput:

I can’t see this getting mass adoption; as some people have already commented, you’d…

Skinput

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To Age or Not to Age profiles the science of aging, it also addresses some of the moral, religious, practical and economic implications of increased, lifespan. Who will have access to the…

‘To Age or Not to Age’ – a documentary

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Chris Poole, founder of 4Chan, did a short interview with CNN.

He has some very interesting things to say about online identity and lifestreaming and, well, truth:

He also spoke at the TED 2010

4Chan founder speaks to CNN

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