Amazing Nokia Phone 3D Projection on Building

In a recent release for a new phone, and an effort to compete with the increasing popularity of iPhones and iPads, Nokia projected a striking event on a London building. As Ian Hughes says, "This on building projection is getting really popular and is really a giant augmented reality application that requires no headsets. Projecting onto the real world in any form makes it a good shared experience and the project technology is precise enough now to allow for the surfaces of building to be taken into account. According to the youtube information “Each of the 120 metre high building’s 800 windows were covered with vinyl as 16 powerful projectors, stationed 300 metres away on the other side of the river, beamed 3D images onto the structure”" [Feeding Edge: Nokia Lumia – Massive 3d projection]

Bre Pettis & Kio Stark Ask the Internets for Hats and Get ...

When Kio Stark gave birth to her new baby, her partner Bre Pettis put out a call to the Internets for cool hats for their newborn. Look what they got! Check out the annotated version on Flickr.

Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Designed by Scientific Phenomena

@PamMoran points us to this amazing article and collection of images about Scotland's "Garden of Cosmic Speculation."

The garden is in Dumfries in South West Scotland. According to Wikipedia "The garden is inspired by science and mathematics, with sculptures and landscaping on these themes, such as Black Holes and Fractals. The garden is not abundant with plants, but sets mathematical formulae and scientific phenomenae in a setting which elegantly combines natural features and artificial symmetry and curves. It is probably unique among gardens, and contrasts nicely with the historical and philosophical themes of the less spectacular but equally thoughtful Little Sparta."

[Design.org "A Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Where Science Meets Landscape Sculpture"]

Beautiful Animation of Brahms Concerto

Beautiful music animation by music animation artist Stephen Manlinowski. [The music animation works of Stephen Malinowski]

Science House and the Imagination Age in Brazil

Josh and I went to the National Biosciences Lab in Brazil this past week to discuss Science House and the Imagination Age. Let's just say they built their own particle accelerator on the site, and that's just the beginning...

"The Orphan" a Memorial by Steve Silberman

Steve Silberman, science writer and veteran online journalist, has written a lush and visceral portrait of the death of his father that should be required reading for all.

[Orphans]

Beautiful Folding Chair Made from Single Piece of Cardboard

A folding cardboard chair and desk. One sheet, no cuts.

I love innovations like this.

Via @JohnMaeda

Leonard Susskind on The World As Hologram

Ever since I attended the World Science Festival this summer in which I heard Saul Perlmutter -- who would a few months later win the 2011 Nobel Prize for physics -- speak on a panel, I have been struck by the fact that he along with another group of high level physicists explained Saul's discovery that the expansion of our universe is inconsistent with Eintein's theory by saying that we must be living in a hologram.

Wow. I thought. Oh. Wow.

Since then I've been trying to learn more about how a group of reality- and logic- and empirical-data-grounded mathematicians and physicists could make such an assertion. Enter Leonard Susskind the renowned theoretical physicist at Stanford University speaking about the possibility that the world -- that is the earth as we know it -- is a Hologram.

Enjoy.

 Via @Capnmarrrrk

Beautiful Elephant & Castle Remix

Elephant and Castle mix - Xfm 29/10/11 by Mary Anne Hobbs on Mixcloud

Warren Ellis, broadly recognized as the Lord of the Internet, just expanded my world, as he is wont to do, with the above remix of an amazingly, delightful listen on MixCloud, a site for music mash-ups.

Meghalaya's "Living Bridge": Sustainable Living Architecture

India's Meghalaya state region has a cultural tradition based on adapting and surviving in a radical environment: They train the roots of trees to grow into sustainable bridges that will adapt and grow over 500 years to create natural traverses for humans and will survive the torrential rains common in the region. via @pheezy

Spent: A sobering game about being broke

"14 million Americans are unemployed" the game begins telling you, words quivering against the backdrop of a spiraling void. The somber colors and subtle movements well-evoke feeling that emulates the hopelessness of an out-of-work person can feel, desperate for a path out of debt. If you choose to enter the game you are presented with three job options: Minimum wage restaurant worker; factory worker; or Office temp. The office temp requires you to pass an actual typing speed test. Fail that and you are back on the street. Or you can get a job in a factory ... Easy enough until you have to decide whether to buy health insurance, which could take a third of your salary. This is a beautifully-designed game about the real challenges of finding work when you are on the edge. [Play "Spent"] Via @savasavasava