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Could new research capturing the behavior of light on film transform mobile technology?
Scientists at M.I.T Media Lab, through the use of an ultrafast imaging system, have discovered a new way to capture light lassing through liquid and objects by recording an image in less than two-trillionths of a second. The project has a long and storied history detailed by John Markoff in yesterda
PLEASE MAKE THIS: Lawnmower Wings
This is the next step in the venerable Pilotwings franchise. Controlled with a Wiimote or PS Move controller, naturally. And you’ll still have the best looking lawn on the block. [video: Youtube]
SIMS GLITCH OF THE DAY: Horror Movie Expansion
This Sims glitch highlights a pivotal scene from the new Expansion, The Sims: Movin’ to Elm Street.
What do the new Lego sets aimed at girls tell us about the sexes?
Lego has announced a new Lego line aimed at girls, and some folks on the internet are crying foul. (Imagine that!) A post on Jezebel called out the sets for dumbly stereotyping girls with “pink blocks” and a “Disney Princess” motif. The bits I found interesting, however, were the reasons why girls g
How are the many languages of high fantasy made?
The New York Times has an interesting piece out this week about languages constructed solely for the purpose of fiction. Invented languages have often been proposed to support anything from world peace to feminism, but few have been as successful as those of high fantasy and sci-fi. As with any new
The Louvre to replace audio guides with the Nintendo 3DS.
One of the world’s greatest art museums is replacing their audio guides with the Nintendo 3DS. Exciting stuff. We are the first museum in the world to do this,” Agnes Alfandari, museum’s head of multimedia told AFP. The Japanese giant Nintendo is supplying 5,000 of the latest-generation consoles, wh
PAUSE: Aftermath makes heads roll, or at least invert
Pulmonaire’s Aftermath series of paintings show what happens when Katamari gets a little too real. The result is unsettling. [pic: Pulmonaire]
Will Wright thinks Spore is like Reddit.
In a recent episode of PBS’s micro-documentary series Off Book, titled Generative Art – Computers, Data, and Humanity, Will Wright chimes in on “Spore and the Metabrain,” likening the world-evolving game to social media. Technology… is allowing us to group together in specialized online communities
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