Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under 3D, Art, Computers, Conceptual, Design, Music, Science, TED talks, life, web
MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables - cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?
link to this TED talk / Devid Merrill’s Siftables project / Devid Merrill at MIT Media [...]
History of the Internet
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Computers, life, web
“History of the internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL icons on picol.org , which are available for download soon. On blog.picol.org you can get news about this project.
Voice-over by Steve Taylor http://voice-pool.com
You can get more information on this [...]
Golan Levin: The truly soft side of software
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Computers, Conceptual, Music, TED talks
Engineer and artist Golan Levin pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with audiovisuals and technology. In an amazing TED display, he shows two programs he wrote to perform his original compositions.
Mindnever Inspiration - TED.COM
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under 3D, Art, Computers, Conceptual, Photography, Science, TED talks
Arthur Ganson sculptor and engineer talks about his work, kinetic art
that explores deep philosophical ideas. Some great conceptual
thinking and thoughts implanted in machines. Truly Amazing.
George Dyson takes us back at birth of modern computer, also he
tries to redefine concept of life by talking about evolution of
Barricelli universe. Can you imagine what will computer look like
in [...]
