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- Guiyu: Largest e-waste site on earth
…”Guiyu Town is located within the southwest part of the coastal Shantou prefecture-level city, in eastern Guangdong province, People’s Republic of China. The Lianjiang river runs through the town.
Guiyu is the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site on earth[1]., and was first documented fully in December 2001 by the Basel Action Network in their report and […]
- FM3 Buddha Machine & Test Tube DVD001
Parallely from Portugal i have received today these two special purchases.
First is a half-post-ipod-consumer-gadget half-relax-meditation-toy. The FM3 Buddha Machine. Its hard to explain in a few words, but is a lo-fi “cheap” plastic gadget Made in China that comes with 9 pre-recorded ambiental loops that after switching on plays them endesly until you switch […]
- FL-909
…”FL-909 attempts to simulate the original sound of the Roland TR-909. This drumcomputer hits the market 1984 and was a long time the state of art in house and techno productions. “…
Andre Michele, the guy behind AM Lab, has created a great flash simulation of the eternal TR-909. Source code available.>>> http://lab.andre-michelle.com/
>>> via: www.analogindustries.com
- Sachiko Kodama, Yasushi Miyajima “Morpho Towers - Two Standing Spirals (video)
…”A ferrofluid (from the Latin ferrum, meaning iron) is a liquid which becomes strongly polarised in the presence of a magnetic field.”…Continue reading
…”Morpho Towers–Two Standing Spirals” is an installation that consists of two ferrofluid sculptures that moves synthetically to music. The two spiral towers stand on a large plate that hold ferrofluid. When the music […]
- Boom!! Apple news
Well, i im not the first to announce, but cannot asume to be the last one. The video of the new iPods keynote from the Apple CEO, Mr Steve Jobs, its available. So… Boom!!
- Tenori-On oficially released by Yamaha
…”Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON.
A 16×16 matrix of LED switches allows everyone to play music intuitively, creating a “visible music” interface.”…
>>> via and info
>>> Yamaha official Tenori-On website
- minimize your impact
…”RICHIE HAWTIN & MINUS announce combined Environmental Awareness Initiative: minimize your IMPACT
In response to the times we live in, and due to the ever-increasing amount of proof regarding the impact of human activity on our planet, I am pleased to announce our current environmental initiative. The aim of this strategy is to one day become […]
- The Nile Studies - Sketches and visual notes of the Nile River
…”With a length of 6.671 km - widely accepted as the longest river on Earth and often referred to as the most beautiful and most famous river of the world, the Nile becomes object of an experimental and unique photographic mapping and investigation.
Date: 2006-12-21 ::::: Camera: Sony DCR-PC100E ::::: Distance: 81.29 km
The Nile is a […]
- Automatic Graffiti Robot (video)
tagged Automatic Graffiti Robot
- Saving energy with your homepage
…”Apparently, an all white computer screen, such as an empty Word page, or the Google page, uses 74 watts to display, whereas a black screen consumes only 59 watts. So claimed Mark Ontkush in a post on the ecoIron blog in January. Doing a few back of the envelope calculations based on numbers of users […]
- Ideas Worth Spreading
Our near future…
Using photos of oft-snapped subjects scraped from around the Web, Photosynth creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation…
Check out this amazing demo presented by it’s architect and creator - Blaise Aguera y Arcas..via TED
.speaker Blaise Aguera y Arcas
tagged ideas worth spreading ted photosynth
