We never got our hologram future, but this seems to be the closest thing. I’m not sure what problem this is trying to solve, but it’s pretty damn cool.
From Mother Nature Network:
Samsung’s OLED “light-up” ePassport
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Belgian firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures have designed a vertical farm based on the wings of a dragonfly. Located along the East River at the south edge of…
A dragonfly inspired vertical farm for New York
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Swedish software and design company The Astonishing Tribe are currently developing Augmented ID, an augmented reality concept for mobile phones. This utilizes facial…
Augmented ID – a coming AR identity app for the phone
Read more "Augmented ID – a coming AR identity app for the phone"No Future, no Progress, just a Transition to Nowhere; that is Bruce Sterling’s summary of the next decade:
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Bruce Sterling’s Reboot 11 closing talk
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Featuring 260 dinosaur specimens, the display makes us of a virtual reality viewer — one for each person roaming round the exhibit — putting the dinosaurs at a…
From New Scientist:
The interplanetary internet now has its first permanent node in space, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The new software will make sending data from space…
First node in the interplanetary internet added to the ISS
Read more "First node in the interplanetary internet added to the ISS"Glenn Beck, of Fox News, recently seen discussing how Osama Bin Laden can save America, wants you to read The Coming Insurrection:
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Glenn Beck wants you to read The Coming Insurrection
Read more "Glenn Beck wants you to read The Coming Insurrection"In his article for The Atlantic, Get Smarter, Jamais Cascio points out that only by embracing all forms of intelligence augementation might we have a chance of surviving, and ultimately taming,…
Jamais Cascio says Getting Smarter is the only way out of this mess
Read more "Jamais Cascio says Getting Smarter is the only way out of this mess"New Scientist brings us the work of UK-based designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau. They believe that “if robots are ever to be welcomed into people’s homes, they’ll need to fit in with…
Read more "Carnivorous house bots"Parkour? Check. Android? Check.
The Runner -Exploit yourself- from BLR_VFX on Vimeo.
via Richard Kadrey
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 