Cinema City: a series of fictions about the future of cinema. (above)
The parable of the the PDA: predicting the smartphone’s future.
Cinema City: a series of fictions about the future of cinema. (above)
The parable of the the PDA: predicting the smartphone’s future.
Setgo Transport Urban Bag from Yanko Design (above).
Thermopower waves: MIT scientists discover new way to produce electricity.
Obama appoints Edward Tufte to advise on stimulus transparency.
Demolishing density in Detroit: can farming save the motor city?
Whales, like trees, slow warming.
With artificial photosynthesis, a bottle of water could produce enough energy to power a house.
Incase’s Courier Collection (above) looks sweet.
Oxygen-enriched booze makes for less-intense hangover.
Trapcode ProLoop is a powerful and flexible loop player for iPhone.
A brief history of monome production.
Physicists look for the arrow of time, biologists find it.
A conversation with Robert Henke: Silence, Technology, and Process.
In Disobedient Rooms: China Miéville On J.G. Ballard.
“On average, bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists.”
A Tree in Jars, an art installation by Naoko Ito (above).
Synth Britannia and Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany are two great BBC Four documentaries, but you’ll need to find torrents to watch them, as they’re not streamable online (even to rent) due to music licensing restrictions.
On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno
Old cast-iron radiators, transformed for electric heat.
Tending the Garden of Technology, an interview with Kevin Kelly