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Generative Product Design
In generative design a designer does not create the final product but rather a system, algorithm or tool that in turn generates the final product.
Being a computer geek I’ve always been interested in generative design. But generative product design is an something I’ve hardly thought of. If personal fabricators take off some very interesting [...] -
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Golden Orb Spider Farm
02.26.10 | Permalink | Comments OffGolden Orb Spider Farm … speculates on a plausible near future where we become reliant on synthetic organs to replace body parts, in particular the womb. The project is based on research into how spider silk might become a material of choice for prototyping scaffolds on which to grow human tissue. … Golden Orb spider [...]
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Lego Taggers
02.22.10 | Permalink | Comments OffEverything in the Urban Culture and Lego group on Flickr is pretty neat, but the Lego graffiti tags by people like Shannon Ocean just might be the coolest thing you’ll see all week.
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twoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com
01.22.10 | Permalink | Comments Offtwoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com.
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A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter
01.21.10 | Permalink | Comments OffTitle: A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter
Year: 2009
Artist: Caleb Larsen
Dimensions: 8″x8″x8″
Medium: Acrylic, custom electronics, programming, internet connection, online auction.
Description: This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay.
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Neptune’s Pride
I have always been hoping a modern equivalent to the old BBS door game Trade Wars would one day appear online. I’m not sure if Trade Wars is the inspiration for Neptune’s Pride, exactly, but there are definitely some similarities. I just signed up for a beta game. Won’t you join me?
Neptune’s [...]
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Web 2.0 Suicide Machine
12.18.09 | Permalink | Comments OffSign out… forever.
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Meta-Nebraska
12.09.09 | Permalink | Comments Off426 – Mysterious Nebraska-Shaped Field in… Nebraska
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Go Boxee!
12.08.09 | Permalink | Comments OffMy current favorite in the race for the best media center software, Boxee (built on XBMC) previewed a new beta last night and it looks like its going to be more user friendly, more hackable, and run on even more machines than before.
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New to Me: Video Pizza
12.03.09 | Permalink | Comments OffHoliday gift: acquired.
The Original VIDEO PIZZA
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Revisiting Old-School Text Adventures as a Jaded Modern Gamer
12.02.09 | Permalink | Comments OffRevisiting Old-School Text Adventures as a Jaded Modern Gamer | Cracked.com
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Marriage is Illegal in Texas
11.25.09 | Permalink | Comments OffBarbara Ann Radnofsky, formerly a partner with Vinson & Elkins and now a Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General, has pointed out the uncomfortable fact that a 2005 amendment to the state constitution, which was designed to ban gay marriage, may in fact ban ALL marriage. Certainly this is in part an effort to [...]
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Good Stuff from Wikipedia on Metafilter
11.24.09 | Permalink | Comments OffMetafilter user jjjjjjjijjjjjjj made a list of all the good stuff on Wikipedia. Indeed, it is all good reading. Now you have everything you need to idle your time away before the holiday.
Good Stuff on Wikipedia | Metafilter – jjjjjjjijjjjjjj’s comment.
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Overgrowth
11.15.09 | Permalink | Comments OffOvergrowth, by Wolfire games, is a promising looking rag-doll fighting game whose hand-rolled 3D engine has some nice features. Watch
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Adam Koford’s Twitter Avatars
11.13.09 | Permalink | Comments Off.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
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Fun set of Twitter avatar remakes by the creator of Laugh Out Loud Cats. All of the avatars stay within the shape of the default Twitter avatar.
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starcraft_aiide_2010
11.12.09 | Permalink | Comments OffAnother contest to write an AI to control a video game. In this case, the game is Starcraft, and the AIs are pitted against each other. Perhaps they should send someone from Blizzard to watch just in case that StarCraft 2 AI needs any help….
starcraft_aiide_2010 [Slug Wiki].
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Succeed Blog
11.09.09 | Permalink | Comments OffA collection of the world’s most epic, awesome, mind blowing Succeeds.
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Fall Leaves
11.02.09 | Permalink | Comments Off.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
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Taken in Halo 3.
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George Starostin’s Music Reviews
10.21.09 | Permalink | Comments OffCarefully hand-rolled and curated personal music review websites like this are one my favorite things on the ‘net. I could spend hours here.
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“American Police” Origin
10.19.09 | Permalink | Comments OffApparently the cover for one of many books a Japanese author obsessed with the US police force wrote.
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Raphaël Ball
10.17.09 | Permalink | Comments OffDemo for the Raphaël JavaScript vector graphics library. Reload for different colors.
Raphaël · Ball.
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