November 2011
28 posts
Lisa Randall: Physics, Science, And The Universe →
If you care about the big questions of the physical world, then Lisa Randall would be great company at a dinner party. Over drinks, the Harvard physicist could tell you what we know and don’t know…
Hod Lipson on Programmable Matter: Shape of Things... →
Hod Lipson of Cornell University discusses the future of 3-D printing in his lecture entitled, Programmable Matter: The Shape of Things to Come Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmPLeQLdfPA
Michael K. Williams: He's Only Playing Tough : NPR →
On HBO’s The Wire, actor Michael K. Williams plays Omar Little, a stick-up guy who robs only drug dealers. Omar has a scar running down his face. That’s not a prosthetic scar; it’s real. Williams…
Designing for Humans →
Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 23: Designing for Humans with Martin Gomez http://castroller.com/podcasts/LookingGoodNaked/2320753
Hannah Donovan — Designing without the browser →
After a decade of honing our newfangled browser-based skills, learn how to dust off and sharpen the tools of our roots….
Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn't Near -... →
Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn’t Near
The Technium: Environments Are Invisible →
“For example, natural selection should favor mildness in the parasite in its...”
– Carl Zimmer on the parasite Toxoplasma gondii - There’s just something about him… | The Loom | Discover Magazine
WatchJust favorited “Vuurwerk - Vuurmix” by Headphone Commute on Mixcloud.com
Next Nature intro by Bruce Sterling «... →
WatchJust favorited “Mathew Jonson – Live @ Tormenta Tropical, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid 31-10-2011” by TechnoLiveSets on Mixcloud.com
7 Billion: It's getting crowded in here! →
High density living is great for the environment, right? But what does it do to our heads and hearts? The Australian psyche was moulded by the myth of the ‘wide brown land’, so what might life packed…
