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Fine art reimagined with science fiction themes Woman's infected jaw removed, 3D printed replacement implanted 16-y-o girl, accepted to MIT, sends her admission letter into space HOWTO do Converse fingernail paint Rebecca MacKinnon talks about her book "Consent of the Networked" Map shows NYC's energy consumption, building-by-building Avería: an "average" font Impromptu to do today in SF: Johann Sebastian Joust in Yerba Buena Gardens On the horrors of getting approval for an ice-cream parlour in San Francisco Improving on the knit Dalek Playing Black Sabbath on Tesla coils with an iron guitar, standing in a Faraday suit Canadian musician outsources his indie video to Bangalore, beauty ensues Fine art reimagined with science fiction themes
By Cory Doctorow on Feb 05, 2012 04:00 am Tor.com's Irene Gallo gathers together an absolutely fantastic gallery of science fiction artwork that quotes famous works of fine art. I'm all over John Mattos's Mos Eisley reimagined as Picasso's Three Musicians. Art History Through Sci Fi-Colored Glasses
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 05, 2012 02:50 am An 83-year-old woman with a badly infected lower jaw had the entire thing replaced with a 3D printed titanium/bioceramic replica. The surgery was performed by doctors from the University of Hasselt (Belgium) in collaboration with Dutch surgeons. The 3D printer prints titanium powder layer by layer, while a computer controlled laser ensures that the correct ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 05, 2012 01:45 am Chris sez, "My name is Chris Peterson. I run web communications for MIT Admissions and have been a loyal BB reader for years. For the last several years we have been sending our admitted students their acceptance letters in cardboard tubes. First because we sent a poster, but now it's its own thing. 2012 is ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 05, 2012 12:24 am I don't know an awful lot about fingernail painting, but this seems like a pretty straightforward painting task, and the effect is pretty awesome. Converse Nails (via Super Punch)
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 11:19 pm Joly sez, "Rebecca Mackinnon discusses her new book 'Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom' (Basic Books) with Mark Whitaker, managing editor for CNN Worldwide, at The New America Foundation NYC on Feb 1 2012." I've got a copy of this book at the top of my read-for-review pile. I can't wait. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 07:17 pm Gmoke sez, "This statistical model uses 'zipcode-level energy consumption data to estimate the average annual energy use for every tax lot—at practically building level—through all five boroughs of the city.' Included are estimateans for space heating, space cooling, water heating, and base electric applications such as lighting. 'This map will enable NYC building owners to ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 07:05 pm Dan Sayers ("I am not a type designer") decided to explore "generative" type-design by seeing what happened when he "averaged out" a large number of fonts. Once he got his teeth into the problem, he realized that "averaging out" is a complicated idea when it comes to shapes, and came up with a pretty elegant ...
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By Dean Putney on Feb 04, 2012 06:31 pm This afternoon some friends and I will be playing this new game we really like in Yerba Buena Gardens, and you're welcome to join us. Johann Sebastian Joust is basically like high-tech tag. Each person has a Playstation Move controller, and the object of the game is to jostle other people's controllers so that you're ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 06:03 pm The NYT's Scott James recounts the insane red-tape endured by Juliet Pries, an entrepreneur who decided to open an ice-cream parlour in San Francisco's Cole Valley. She had to pay rent on an empty storefront for over two years while the necessary permits were processed, and tens of thousands of dollars in fees (including the ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 04:14 pm I blogged "Extermiknit!", a knittable Dalek, back in 2007, but it turns out that an even cooler knittable Dalek of the same name was created on Feather and Fan in 2010, with an opening hatch containing a Kaled mutant, and here it is. After completing the top of the Dalek as specified, I created an ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 03:08 pm If you need me to explain why you should spend 1:26 watching a man wielding an iron guitar in a Faraday suit playing Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" on MIDI-compatible Tesla coils, you are in the wrong place, pal. ArcAttack is performing a Tesla Coil version of Iron Man by Black Sabbath. The Guitar Player is ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 04, 2012 02:00 pm Derryl Murphy sez, "Drew Smith's lovely new song 'Smoke and Mirrors' needed a video, so he decided to outsource it. The result is wonderful." So I outsourced my video to Bangalore, India. Why? Well, I figured the last thing the world needed was another low-budget singer songwriter video. Fortunately, the first Virtual Assistant I found ...
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