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woolichooks:

I decided to play around with Processing.  I downloaded the program a couple of years ago, but didn’t do anything with it.  Now, I’m going through the tutorials and examples so that I can eventually create something.  This is a screenshot of my first creation.  

woolichooks:

I decided to play around with Processing.  I downloaded the program a couple of years ago, but didn’t do anything with it.  Now, I’m going through the tutorials and examples so that I can eventually create something.  This is a screenshot of my first creation.  

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edgur:

vaginafor1000alex:

lovethyhippie:

lost-and-searching-in-america:

Is this a mosquito? No. It’s an insect spy drone for urban areas, already in production, funded by the US Government. It can be remotely controlled and is equipped with a camera and a microphone. It can land on you, and it may have the potential to take a DNA sample or leave RFID tracking nanotechnology on your skin. SourceActual research paperActual footageAnother sourceAnd another

edgur:

vaginafor1000alex:

lovethyhippie:

lost-and-searching-in-america:

Is this a mosquito? No. It’s an insect spy drone for urban areas, already in production, funded by the US Government. It can be remotely controlled and is equipped with a camera and a microphone. It can land on you, and it may have the potential to take a DNA sample or leave RFID tracking nanotechnology on your skin. 
Source
Actual research paper
Actual footage
Another source
And another

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Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy, completely booked, in demand every hour of the day…. I can’t help but wonder whether all this histrionic exhaustion isn’t a way of covering up the fact that most of what we do doesn’t matter.

The New York TimesTim Kreider takes down the ‘busy’ trap (via explore-blog)

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prostheticknowledge:

Graffiti & Street Art Flowchart Timeline by Pantheon Projects

prostheticknowledge:

Graffiti & Street Art Flowchart Timeline by Pantheon Projects

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smarterplanet:

Innovation Excellence | The Rise of Social Innovation
Many different flavors of social collaboration explained in this paper provide an overview of the possible, the probable and the actual from a somewhat theoretical perspective. One interesting take-away: Social Innovation includes two directions, partnerships and revised value chains as well as “user integration” into product design.

smarterplanet:

Innovation Excellence | The Rise of Social Innovation

Many different flavors of social collaboration explained in this paper provide an overview of the possible, the probable and the actual from a somewhat theoretical perspective. One interesting take-away: Social Innovation includes two directions, partnerships and revised value chains as well as “user integration” into product design.

(Source: ibmsocialbiz, via stonerichnau)

futurist-foresight:

Networks are becoming more and more important in this ever connected world, as well as the ability to understand the relationships therein.
ibmsocialbiz:

Networks and complexity. Organizations and societies evolved from tribes to institutions to markets to networks, each stage triggered by major societal changes in communications. The written word enabled institutions, the printed word fostered regional and global markets, and the digital word is empowering worldwide networks.

futurist-foresight:

Networks are becoming more and more important in this ever connected world, as well as the ability to understand the relationships therein.

ibmsocialbiz:

Networks and complexity. Organizations and societies evolved from tribes to institutions to markets to networks, each stage triggered by major societal changes in communications. The written word enabled institutions, the printed word fostered regional and global markets, and the digital word is empowering worldwide networks.

Allen Ginsberg

—Kral Majales (King of May)

Allen Ginsberg - Kral Majales (King of May)

drum-taps:

Holy Soul Jelly Roll:  Poems and Songs 1949-1993 (Rhino 1994).

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glitchee:

Image created by creating a 5000px by 5000px blank white canvas in photoshop, saving it as a PDF file, converting that to a RAW image file, opening the file as a 500px by 500px, 3 channel, interleaved image, converting it to indexed colour format, resizing it to 1000px by 1000px, cropping the top left and top right corners at 500px by 500px and layering them as an animated gif.

glitchee:

Image created by creating a 5000px by 5000px blank white canvas in photoshop, saving it as a PDF file, converting that to a RAW image file, opening the file as a 500px by 500px, 3 channel, interleaved image, converting it to indexed colour format, resizing it to 1000px by 1000px, cropping the top left and top right corners at 500px by 500px and layering them as an animated gif.

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igoumeninja:

Circular Spectrograph Representation.
Inspiration from Jon-Kyle
ofCode
                    ofPushMatrix();                        ofTranslate(ofGetWidth() / 2, ofGetHeight() / 2, 0);                        //ofRotateZ(1);                        ofRotateZ(rotCircSpect*ofGetFrameNum());                                                for (int i=1; i<513; i++)    {                            data[i] = m.getArgAsFloat( i );                            glColor3f(rotCircSpectRed*data[i],rotCircSpectGreen*data[i],rotCircSpectBlue*data[i]);                            ofEllipse(0,i,2,2);                                                    }                        ofTranslate(-ofGetWidth() / 2, -ofGetHeight() / 2, 0);                        ofRotateZ(-rotCircSpect*ofGetFrameNum());                        ofPopMatrix();
All code at https://github.com/igoumeninja/livePerformance/commit/214b155b79a47cd0f4aa33496ff9f8ba64a8a6cf
Aris

igoumeninja:

Circular Spectrograph Representation.

Inspiration from Jon-Kyle

ofCode

                    ofPushMatrix();
                        ofTranslate(ofGetWidth() / 2, ofGetHeight() / 2, 0);
                        //ofRotateZ(1);
                        ofRotateZ(rotCircSpect*ofGetFrameNum());                       
                        for (int i=1; i<513; i++)    {
                            data[i] = m.getArgAsFloat( i );
                            glColor3f(rotCircSpectRed*data[i],rotCircSpectGreen*data[i],rotCircSpectBlue*data[i]);
                            ofEllipse(0,i,2,2);
                           
                        }
                        ofTranslate(-ofGetWidth() / 2, -ofGetHeight() / 2, 0);
                        ofRotateZ(-rotCircSpect*ofGetFrameNum());
                        ofPopMatrix();

All code at https://github.com/igoumeninja/livePerformance/commit/214b155b79a47cd0f4aa33496ff9f8ba64a8a6cf

Aris

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In fact, Lessig argues, the Internet is quite possibly the most regulable technology ever invented, and if we don’t realize that fact, and protect ourselves from it, we’re in for some serious pain down the road. And for Lessig, the government isn’t the only potential regulator. Instead, Lessig argues, commercial interests may become the most pervasive regulators on the Internet.

Comment by Gerd: this is a very real danger IMHO - your thoughts ?

Larry Lessig on Facebook, Apple, and the Future of “Code” | John Battelle’s Search Blog (via futuresagency)

Really an interesting aspect - and I definitely agree with Gerd that are facing a very real threat here - even if I am not at all sure if the statement about ‘the most regulable technology’ holds true. But as an opposing thought to the naive crowd who thinks that technologies are redefining the world in a technologically deterministic way it is really worth underlining and repeating!

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