Archive for February 2008

the balloon project: ich liebe es

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND06VRnuelY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81TPfSpKXrA

i love this project and its’ documentation.
the combination of the terrestrial and aerial footage in the documentation really brought out the complex interactions that occurred as the elements of the event drift in and out of phase with the simple gesture and intention to release, follow and retrieve a camera attached to a bunch of [...]

Write (soon) to Protect The Spiral Jetty in Utah

Pearl Montana Exploration and Production LTD, of Calgary, Alberta, seeks a permit to drill oil wells in the Great Salt Lake about five miles southwest of Rozel Point and the Spiral Jetty. Drilling activities will be based on floating barges anchored to the lake bottom.
The public may comment on the proposal through Feb. 13 [...]

Lanier on the nature of the Turing test, and some recent observations on the nature of Octopi

from Jaron Lanier’s One-Half of a Manifesto
“…In Turing’s famous thought experiment, a human judge is asked to determine which of two correspondents is human, and which is machine. If the judge cannot tell, Turing asserts that the computer should be treated as having essentially achieved the moral and intellectual status of personhood.
Turing’s mistake was that [...]

Call For Makers: Maker Faire Bay Area 2008

We are now accepting entries for the Maker Faire Bay Area, May 3 and 4 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds.
Maker Faire Bay Area Entries: Deadline March 12, 2008
Key Points:
• Entries Due: March 12, 2008. Space is limited, please submit your entry early!
• Maker Faire Tryouts (See below): February 17, 2008, The Exploratorium, noon – 4pm.
• Notification of [...]