Neil Burgess’s TED talk on how the brain processes space is a fascinating look into the machinations of our minds but also treads some familiar ground. Burgess introduces the main component of how the brain processes and remembers space—the hippocampus—and then explains that each individual neuron w
Letting kids play can have some beautiful results. For her exhibit Look Now, See Forever, artist Yayoi Kusama painted an entire room white and handed out dots to all the children who came to see. The results are positively Seussian. -Josiah Harrist [via Flavorwire]
Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown give a good, long look at how people are learning today. Our schools—our playgrounds, classrooms and public forums—have a very real digital reflection. Over at Boing Boing, Thomas and Brown wax: MMOs draw in players from every walk of life, of every age, and acros
The following is more or less a family tree of controller evolution throughout the years. It’s pretty rad to see these juxtaposed like this; we’ve never really considered the Dreamcast controller’s influence upon the original Xbox controller, but it’s plain as day. And hey, remember the Virtual Boy?
Yes it’s still in production. No, no one knows why. But now Adam Sandler has signed on to the project, and it’s left Universal and been picked up by Columbia. It’s got a few decent names attached to it (Kevin Lima of Enchanted is directing, and Robert Smigel and Etan Cohen have given the script rewr
The new Tumblr virtualgeographic has a gallery of landscape photos taken in the style of Ansel Adams, probably with a little bit of help from good ol’ Instagram. On a related note, is the ease with which Instagram makes taking vintage-y looking photos ruining photography? Or democratizing it? All I
Jesse Kuhn is bringing his artwork to life in The Departure, a mobile game based on one of his illustrations. Granted, beautiful artwork doesn’t guarantee a great game, but with a simple design and singular charm, this one definitely has promise. He’s got some great incentives to give on his Kicksta
We’ve curated a section of the February issue of Popular Science, focusing on the future of fun, which games are on the cutting edge of everything, and what even counts as a “game” these days anyways. Today, Felipe Salgado discusses the best games you can find on your web browser. While big-budget g