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Perceptual chronomter tells you when time slows down
via MAKE Magazine by Collin Cunningham on June 17, 2008
Ladyada's Ranting featured this very simple yet completely awesome project from a forum member, Magician13134 explains - So, what is a perceptual chronometer? It's basically a device that flashes numbers very quickly on an LED matrix or a 7-segment display. The human brain isn't able to make out the numbers since the LEDs forming the number flash, then the LEDs invert (the ones that...
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You'd Be Fired for That Anywhere Else in the US
via Overheard in New York by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
Woman: I'd like a latte with percent milk.Barista: Percent? You mean "two percent"?Woman: No, just regular percent milk.Barista: (...)Woman, condescendingly: There's whole milk, and there's skim milk, and then in-between, there's percent milk. Got it?Barista: You're gettin two percent. I hope that works for you.--StarbucksOverheard by: CarolAlsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down...
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Mazda to unveil new Nagare concept car
via Pink Tentacle by Edo on June 17, 2008
Mazda has released sketches of a new concept crossover sport utility vehicle to be unveiled at the 2008 Moscow International Automobile Salon in late August. The concept vehicle is designed especially for the SUV-hungry Russian market, one of Europe’s fastest growing markets. The show car, whose name Mazda intends to announce soon, is the latest addition to the automaker’s line of Nagare...
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I'll Have My Secretary Do It
via Overheard in New York by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
30-something guy to group: So yeah, I mean my ex-wife found out I bought a new car, a Benz, and that my new girlfriend was driving around in it. So she got all pissy and told me to buy her a car. So I bought her the shittiest Toyota I could find at the used car lot. No joke, this thing is a death trap. I hope she burns alive in it.Friend: Um, don't you have kids?30-something guy: Yeah,...
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This Wednesday Night: Nuclear Fairy, IRLO and Omar at New York's Romanian cultural institute
via Wooster Collective by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
While gentrification in New York City and the politics of cleansing tend to erase legendary traces of graffiti that inspired artists all over the world, street art flourishes in Eastern European cities. One of these spots is Romania. New York is lucky to have three artists from this former East Block country visiting to paint the walls of the Romanian cultural institute. These three young...
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Radiohead on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum
via MAKE Magazine by Phillip Torrone on June 06, 2008
... do something that they're not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to.Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Guitars (rhythm & lead)Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer - DrumsHP Scanjet 3c - Bass GuitarHard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers - Vocals & FXRead more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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Bicycle that blows bubbles as you pedal
via MAKE Magazine by Phillip Torrone on June 06, 2008
Lovely bicycle that blows bubbles as you pedal via Guy.The Bloom device is meant to be a subversive and inspirational tool for our concrete jungles. Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling. Seeds are co-mingled with a bubble mixture and upon pedaling to your destination , you release the floating...
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More archaic case art from Alex CF
via MAKE Magazine by Gareth Branwyn on June 06, 2008
Alex CF has struck again, this time aging and antiquing his way to this amazing "Lycanthropy Research Case," this one a commissioned piece. One of these days, after I write the great American novel (or the super-successful stinker), I'm going to commission an Alex CF case of my own. The Art of Alex CFRead more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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What Was Wrong With "Bob Dylan"?
via Overheard in New York by (author unknown) on June 06, 2008
Literature prof: Carlos Fuentes and Octavio Paz were two Mexican intellectuals who wrote essays concerning what it meant to be Mexican. Can anyone name some equivalent American intellectuals who were concerned with what it means to be American?Student #1: Steven Spielberg?Student #2: J. K. Rowling?Student #3: Bob Dylan?Student #4: C. S. Lewis?Student #5: Stephen king?[silence]--Fordham University...
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Emoticon mask will make you smile
via MAKE Magazine by Jonah Brucker-Cohen on June 06, 2008
The "Mask of Emotion", a project from the Digital Media Design Dept at Hongik University in Korea, trades facial expressions for LED emoticons. The default setting is no expression, but if people shake hands with the wearer, the mask smiles. The project was designed to hide personal emotions by eliciting a different set of public facial expressions that could be used to generate conversation and...
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