My own dear sister, Abi Palmer, is headlining Bang Said the Gun, one of the best poetry nights in London, on the 18th February. Click here to view event details.
Abi Palmer at Bang Said the Gun
February 1st, 2010 § 0
The Seeing Eye
January 20th, 2010 § 0
I saw this yesterday and thought it may be of interest to Chin
It’s at the Wellcome Collection, across the road from the Bartlett, on the first floor. Come with me; I can get free coffee!
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Collective Animal Behaviour
January 20th, 2010 § 0
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Mostly Harmless
January 20th, 2010 § 0
A nice antidotal quote to all the Pask I’ve been reading…
Anything that happens, happens. Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
- Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
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Physical Virus Overview
January 19th, 2010 § 0
Here’s the presentation I gave in Copenhagen last week regarding my Physical Virus project. The project is an architectural conversation about invasive species; the first step is to create a ballet performance using ants, using a series of modified printers to print pheromones and influence ant behaviour. This presentation shows briefly the main stages involved in the execution of the project, a few influences, and some videos pilfered from various places.
You can also see the first batch of ants on flickr here.
Yuletide Blog
December 20th, 2009 § 0
Perhaps we’re too cheap to send real cards. Or maybe we’re freaking eco-warriors, saving on trees.
TED / Open_Sailing
December 14th, 2009 § 1
Open_Sailing is pleased to announce that our own dear Cesar Harada has been made a TED Research Fellow. This means that Open_Sailing will be one of the many glorious ideas being bandied around Long Beach between February 9-13 2010.
Needless to say, the whole team is excited – our large open source project will be open to a truly global audience. The more, the merrier!
Oh, and while I’m on the subject, we were interviewed for El Pais, the Spanish national newspaper the other day whilst running a workshop at the CCCB in Barcelona. Click here to see the article – scroll down for English.
Happy sailing!
Camera / phone
November 23rd, 2009 § 0
I made my own addition to my phone. Why use a fixed camera when you can simply add one of these beauties?
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Sending stuff to space
November 17th, 2009 § 0
Hmm, it’s getting cheaper to send things into space…
Project Icarus at MIT sent a camera to near space for $150 (more).
Toshiba made this film sending a chair to near-orbit (more).
Steve Truglia is planning to leap from a balloon at a silly height. He has lots more money, though.
He’s been inspired by Kittinger – whose jump can be seen in this video by the Boards of Canada…(you may also want to check out my earlier blog post)
Playing with space might be fun. Anyone agree?
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Burtynsky
November 17th, 2009 § 0
Amazing photographs / inspirational landscapes.
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