Art (for art’s sake) and technical experiments.
“I am convinced that this is not going to be an extension of cinema or 3-D cinema or video games. It is something new, different, and not experienced yet,” the filmmaker Werner Herzog said of virtual reality. An interview by Patrick House with the filmmaker about simulation and experience.… Read more “Werner Herzog Talks Virtual Reality”
Researchers at Southampton University in the UK have now written a series of major works to small glass discs– including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Newton’s Opticks, the Magna Carta and the Kings James Bible. The density of the data aboard these discs suggests that they could squeeze a total of 360 terabytes onto a single piece of quartz.… Read more “Optical Data Storage Squeezes 360TB on to a Quartz Disc — Forever”
I wonder how long it will be before this form of e-parody explodes.
How will #Beyoncé technology transform banks? @wef https://t.co/MnYdIwsiM1 #feminism #fintech #cryptocurrency pic.twitter.com/RTx35yFkLs
— Beyoncéchain (@blkchninstitute) February 12, 2016
If you look on Twitter, you will find that someone set up the Blockchain Institute.… Read more “The Blockchain Institute: Beyoncé vs Bitcoin”
They say a picture is worth a PhotoShop montage (or two!).
via worth1000.com
On April 1st 2001, fools dropped money in over fifty locations in the USA. Other campaign highlights include the annual Buy Nothing Day, and TV Turnoff Week. Has the wild human spirit been tamed? Is an oppositional culture still possible?… Read more “Foolish Videos”