Cat Vincent tipped me off to this funny photo Jan Chipchase took in Long Beach, California.

Which brings to mind the Lupe Fiasco song “Kick, Push” which he dedicates to all those…

No Grinding in Long Beach

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Music by Messer Chups

Video by Ryan Oakley

Length 1 minute 49 seconds.

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From Blorge:

Researchers combined a mobile projector with a webcam and mobile phone to create a device that draws information from the environment. The wearer can also interact with the sixth…

MIT’s Sixth Sense

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My friend Skot Deeming has just come up with this neat design for the tx:style carpet design competition; QaRpet:

As a design concept, QaRpet becomes a physical link to virtual…

QaRpet

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Here’s a clip of sex blogger Violet Blue on Attack of the Show talking about the Future of Sex:

Violet Blue on the Future of Sex

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Via MAKE comes this intriguing Instructable for creating ‘An Algae Bioreactor from Recycled Water Bottles‘.

This video gives a decent rundown of the concept:

DIY Algae BioGenerator with Recycled Water Bottles

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“grim meathook funnies” by Blackbelt Jones

A comprehensive map of all possible human futures

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From Hack a Day, this video demos “reading and logging unique IDs of random tags and Passport Cards while cruising around San Francisco”:

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RFID Wardriving demo

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Forgotten Detroit:

Detroit is known for one of the most stunning collections of pre-depression architecture in the world. The past two decades have seen several of these treasures sit vacant,…

Images of a Forgotten Detroit

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Bruce Sterling’s written a great piece in Seed on the Crisis ahead:

Here’s but a taste:

Insurance and building codes. Every year, insurance rates soar from mounting “natural” catastrophes,…

Bruce and Bruno give us the year ahead

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