Archive for the “Science & Technology” category
Full-face transplant
From BBC: Oscar was considered for a full face transplant after nine previous operations failed. A team of 30 experts carried out the More »
Pinker & Gopnik on Fora.TV
It’s the first time I’ve seen Adam Gopnik, he kind of dominates the conversation. I would’ve much rather heard more from Pinker. Either More »
NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth July 14, 2010
NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth July 14, 2010, originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video.
iPod Wall
The iPod Wall from welikesmall on Vimeo. This is a video showing the build of the Welikesmall iPod wall. It was made from More »
Copenhagen adopts green roof policy
’Copenhagen has set itself the ambitious target of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025. To meet this ambitious goal we More »
SF crime as elevation
Doug McCune has plotted a year’s worth of crime (from DataSF) onto a city map, whereby elevation distortion represents the frequency. It’s a More »
Apple vs Microsoft
Click image for original article at the NY Times.
Parsing Flickr can separate locals from tourists
Eric Fischer, a 37-year-old computer programmer from Oakland, Calif., created a map using geotagging data on the photo-sharing websites Flickr and Picasa to More »
It’s another fucking planet!
Click image to embiggen. The kid in me goes crazy for stuff like this. Look at that picture! It’s like you could just More »
Outdoor building projection.
Very cool OOH projection technology from NuFormer Media in the Netherlands. Below are some sample videos – excellent stuff. Imagine a Radiohead concert More »
25 year old vehicle with 120 million miles grounded
From Yahoo News: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis returned from its final voyage Wednesday, closing out a quarter-century flying career and More »
