October 2009
74 posts
“This is a pressing issue for small island states, but in the case of physical...”
– Increase in sea levels due to global warming could lead to ‘ghost states’ | Environment | The Guardian
September 2009
48 posts
“Ray’s implant was installed in 1998, and he survived to start working with...”
– Seriously, this is such a ridiculously amazing article. It is from 2001! Wired 9.08: The Next Brainiacs
“When you think disability, think zeitgeist. I’m serious. We live at a time...”
– Wired 9.08: The Next Brainiacs
The Lost Drone Army →
Full text of “Drone Army descends on New Orleans” Published in NEWStream and syndicated to all ReutAssoc membersites (retrieved December 21 2012 @ 13:34).
Drone Army descends on New Orleans
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“The other type of interface seems chaotic compared to everyday screens. Packed...”
– Lee Maguire – Guided by the Whispers of Angels
Glimpses of a City →
9.
Halfway down the block there is a gap between the houses. If you walk down this tiny alley you find yourself in the half-overgrown backyard. Bending down, you see that the remains of a herb…
“Rescue Fiction is emotionally maturing - it removes the wish for magic, religion...”
– Thunderbirds will grow a generation of mad engineers
“‘We touch your life in every way’ is the terrifying slogan of the development...”
– Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte - Wouter Vanstiphout
“It is a symptom that shows that architecture still dreams of the social...”
– Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte - Wouter Vanstiphout
“Instead it has become the world’s most expensive shipping hazard, guarded...”
– Extravagant Dubai island project sinks under weight of the credit crunch - Middle East, World News - Independent.ie
“DIZ SENTENS IS WRUTEN WID TAUGHTS”
– Playing With Your Head: The Dawning Age of Mind-Reading Machines - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
“And after the sunshine laws, after Nixon, all of a sudden you could — because...”
– Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good » Nieman Journalism Lab
Soundtrack for a City →
Listen, Jerry can you get Louisa on the line? I’ve got an idea here you kids don’t want to miss. This’ll be a use of your VC dollars that’s way better than that ridiculous gene therapy tech that…
Iron Horsepower →
This has been a weird week. I’ve spent much of it reading things by people smarter than me who have – for want of a better word – scooped me on ideas that I’ve been tossing around for awhile.
Posterchild’s Blade Diary » Archive » Mellow... →
“It might not actually be a button, he then explains. It could now be some kind...”
– Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
“Then, like a spider at the centre of its web, the computer would watch and wait...”
– The Dead Hand | PD Smith | Kafka’s mouse
Glimpses of a City →
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Embedded in the sidewalk that runs along the outskirts of the park is a series of small copper plaques. Each one depicts a different species of fern (there are more than twenty in all) and gives…
Databar – Buildings That Protest 5 →
Part of a series: Buildings That Protest
In 4 posts, we moved from smart homes as haunted houses you can patch to a totalitarian vision surveillance and crowd control. Which, frankly, strikes me…
“The work paid off: today, as you walk through Disney World, the volume of the...”
– Day 10: How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion | The 30-day flight
“He eats web 2.0 food now. His food has a social-software element.”
– Vernacular Video | Beyond The Beyond
“It’s both totally nuts and completely sensible at the same time. This is...”
– Coming Back From China? Throw Your Phone Out - China - Gizmodo
“Since I read that, whenever I see a tourist attraction with a guest register, I...”
– Schneier on Security: Robert Sawyer’s Alibis
“[Erring] on the side of overestimating Soviet aggressiveness” and...”
– Candid Interviews with Former Soviet Officials Reveal U.S. Strategic Intelligence Failure Over Decades
“Alternatively the machine assassin may merely have succumbed to boredom or -...”
– Machine rebellion begins: Killer robot destroyed by US jet • The Register
anARchy →
Ingredients
15 Lombard Street is a meticulously researched manual for breaking into a London bank. Read about it on BLDGBLOG.
Augmented Reality. Hip and sexy new tech. Lots of active…
Glimpses of a City →
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The grass on the hill is even and lush. Your friend tells you that it was not always so. She tells you about the day when the city woke to find that someone had dumped huge quantities of…
The Free Freeways →
Excerpts from “Ashphalt Veins – The Freeway States” Published in NEWStream and syndicated to all ReutAssoc membersites (retrieved December 21 2012 @ 13:34).
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We have a lot of serious-sounding concerns →
I managed to get an interview with Toronto Street Artist Posterchild and I’m still working out what to do with the nearly 3 hours of incredibly thought-provoking material. In the…
Giant rats, tiny parrots found in 'lost world' →
Glimpses of a City →
6.
Inside the government building is a grand gallery lined with pillars. Where each pillar meets the arches of the ceiling, there is a carving of a head. Were you more familiar with the history of…
Glimpses of a City →
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Proceeding along the canal, you find a place where the path diverges to accommodate a weeping willow that dips its leaves into the gently flowing water. If you duck under the branches you find…