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Exploring the exploding internet - New Scientist
The internet has grown at a remarkable speed since its inception. We trace how much it has grown, and how it was possible
Old Map App
NYU ITP Project allows an iPhone user to explore the effects of time on geography & urban development
Mystery Man on Film: A Long Time Ago..
32 years ago today a little film called Star Wars was released in only 32 theaters. To celebrate, I thought I’d repost a favorite article from a couple of years ago for Ed Copeland’s Star Wars Blog-A-Thon.
Two great lessons about SW that I hold dear to t
Top 20 YouTube and Video Memes of All Time
Even before the rise of YouTube as a central hub for video, we’ve been obsessed as a culture with sharing funny and amazing videos with our friends. While most videos get a couple views and fade into the background, a select few not only gain tens of mill
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Emoticons :) - Neatorama
Surely you've used emoticons before, or at least encountered them while surfing the Intertubes, but did you know that they've been around since the 1800s? Or that a computer scientist came up with the smiley emoticon? Here are 10 Things You Didn't Know Ab
Revealing the Link
Ida is the most complete early primate fossil ever found, and scientists believe that she could be one of our earliest
ancestors. She is a remarkable link between the first primates and modern humans and despite having
lived 47 million years ago, her feat
Visible Past
Visible Past is a location-aware learning environment geared toward the delivery, discovery, and storage of information, but using the spatial and temporal characteristics of that information as the organizing structure. It is being developed at Purdue Un
Forging Ahead - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBay
Our greatest fear was that the Internet would democratize antiquities trafficking and lead to widespread looting. We feared that an unorganized but massive looting campaign was about to begin, with everything from potsherds to pieces of the Great Wall on
Hyperland
Hyperland is a 50 minute long documentary film about hypertext and surrounding technologies written by Douglas Adams and produced by BBC Two in 1990. It stars Douglas Adams as a computer user and Tom Baker, with whom Adams already had worked on Doctor Who
Edge: THE SECOND COMING — A MANIFESTO By David Gelernter
Everything is up for grabs. Everything will change. There is a magnificent sweep of intellectual landscape right in front of us.
Yale computer scientist David Gelernter entered the public mind one morning in January '92 when The New York Sunday Times ra
Simulating History
The “Simulating History” project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, is exploring the “ best potential” for educational computer simulations (sometimes called computer “serious games”) to teach Canadian history.
The Engelbart Mural
Featured at the 40th anniversary celebrations of Douglas C. Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos", this 4-foot by 27-foot mural traces the evolution of culture and technology from 1925 to present, from the perspective of the life of Doug Engelbart, inventor o
Kevin Kelly -- The Technium on What is Technology
This simple set of words almost masks how profound a statement Kay made, almost on the order of Gibson;s observation of the unevenly distributed future-------
"Alan Kay, a brilliant polymath who has worked at Atari, Xerox, Apple, and Disney, came up with
Peter Hirshberg on TV and the web | Video on TED.com
In this absorbing look at emerging media and tech history, Peter Hirshberg shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much more than "better TV."
Stories That Fly
Our effort will improve the public understanding and awareness of general aviation through the creation of digital narratives and stories designed to appeal to all. Video production for 2008 is complete.
The Why Here, Why Now Project
This project is an attempt to explore community and lived experience by looking at a particular place and the people who live there. It begins in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and even more particularly with the families of this place (you will find no definition
TED | TEDBlog: What can fossils teach us? Paul Sereno on TED.com
Strange landscapes, scorching heat and (sometimes) mad crocodiles await scientists seeking clues to evolution's genius. Paleontologist Paul Sereno talks about his surprising encounters with prehistory -- and a new way to help students join the adventure
Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation at The Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder was created to promote the progress of science and useful arts by providing a showcase for innovation. Our only mission is to provide inspiration to the "inventor" in all of us.
Richard Howe - THE MANHATTAN STREET CORNERS
The Manhattan Street Corners is my working title for a project to produce a comprehensive photographic portrait of everyday life at street level in daytime Manhattan. Between March and November, 2006, I systematically photographed each and every one of th
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