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Smart Highways: Safer Roads Coming Next Year

Friday 10.26.2012 , Posted by

For anyone who has had the pleasure of driving through a seasonally cold area in the hot summer time, you were probably treated to one of the funny anomolies of such areas: road signs warning of icing on a hot day. It might be a scorcher outside, but that sign is still warning every car going by to watch out on the next curve… it could be icy ahead. Now, as part of the first prototypes for his ‘Smart Highway‘ project, Dutch designer and innovator Daan Roosegaarde has come up with an interesting solution for alerting drivers of a cold road – and it’s far smarter than the signs of the past. [Read more...]

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Re-Ply: A Stylish, Laminated Chair from Cardboard

Thursday 10.25.2012 , Posted by

San Francisco designer, Dan Goldstein used to play with paper and make origami; now he’s making furniture. Also fascinated with the way laminated furniture was created using a vacuum mold, he combined the two techniques, adding some of his love for re-using materials and began experimenting with ways he could create a chair using a very underrated product: cardboard. His new Re-Ply chair, which is gaining traction as a project on Kickstarter, combines origami like folds and plywood like lamination with the often discarded material – creating a modern and stylish shell chair which is deceivingly durable. [Read more...]

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Reddit + Face Painting = Bizarrely Addictive Music Video

Friday 10.19.2012 , Posted by

It’s a modern tale of love found through the internet. The story of a rock band who found a face painter and together created addictive, visual magic like we’ve never witnessed before. [Read more...]

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The Robot Revolution is Upon Us

Wednesday 10.17.2012 , Posted by

In less than ten years we will have full fledged androids moving about in our society. For those who can afford one, they will be helping with the tasks that have to be done so that they can spend more time doing the things they love to do. They will allow the elderly to stay in their homes; offering them companionship and assistance. They could even work alongside humans, taking factory jobs back from China and thus boosting our economy. The possibilities are truly endless and it is imperative, as we figure out new applications, that all of the ethical implications are considered. In this fascinating video clip, Reporter Carolyn Jarvis of the 16:9 show on Global News Canada meets with some of the leading experts in Robotics, showing how far the technology has already come and what the future will hold. [Read more...]

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Timeline Photography: Space and Time in One Image

Tuesday 10.16.2012 , Posted by

These photographs may look like simple photoshop experiments, but they are actually images taken straight from a camera… a very special camera. The work of photographer Jay Mark Johnson, each image was created with an $85,000 rotating slit camera; the type normally used for capturing vast landscapes. The camera works by capturing light only through a small slit in its rotating head, effectively exposing the image slowly from one side to the other. When you capture still landscapes this is registered as a normally appearing image, but in the case of Johnson’s images which feature moving subjects, you get a highly unique result which captures both space and time. [Read more...]

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Artwork Jumps to Life on the iPhone, in Real-Time

Monday 10.08.2012 , Posted by

What if each time you looked at a static picture, painting or even object, it popped into bright and detailed motion, telling a new and unique story. No, I’m not talking about an LSD trip, but the new ARART app which was recently displayed at Sapporo’s ATTIC space. Using iPhones and iPads to detect pre-programed images, viewers were treated to a new system which detects imagery and then overlays the image with an animated image in its place. The exhibition used examples of van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, as well as CDs, LPs and modern artworks. [Read more...]

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Supercharger: Drive for Free, Forever, On Sunlight

Wednesday 09.26.2012 , Posted by

“Drive for Free. Forever. On Sunlight.” Don’t worry, you read that right. If you haven’t heard of Tesla Motors, your ears will be ringing with the name soon. The revolutionary California based company has been changing the face of the automotive industry one step at a time, and they’re doing it with electric cars. Now, in perhaps the most stunning move yet, they have introduced Supercharger, an electric car charging system which promises to eliminate all the major concerns about owning an electric car. [Read more...]

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Interactive Crystals React to Light and Sound

Monday 09.24.2012 , Posted by

It seems the near future of technology will be all about how it interacts with the humans it serves. Cars which can drive you where you want to go without touching the wheel; computers which search the web without lifting a finger; and music and lighting which knows when to come on as you enter a room. Even artwork is harnessing these expanding technologies, providing interactive experiences for observers which go beyond the traditional museum fare. [Read more...]

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Bio-Art: Scientist Creates Photographs in a Petri Dish

Friday 09.21.2012 , Posted by

What happens when the worlds of art and science merge? In the case of these brilliant images from microbiologist come artist Zachary Copfer, the result is some surprisingly different photography. Over the past 4 years he has diligently worked on creating a technique for exposing photographic images in petri dishes – using a process much like dark room developing. [Read more...]

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Print Polaroid Pictures From Your iPhone

Monday 09.10.2012 , Posted by

If you love Polaroid pictures, then you will love the latest Kickstarter by The Impossible Project. Impossible bought the old Polaroid factory in Amsterdam, Holland and with the help of a talented team of designers created an instant photo lab that transforms your favorite iPhone pictures into analog instant photos. Instant film can be pretty expensive so it was always a bummer when a photo didn’t turn out well, but with this awesome new invention every picture you develop will be exactly what you wanted- the retro Polaroid feel with the perfectly cropped image of your choice. [Read more...]

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