The Wood Spider, on drugs
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…yes I said yes I will. Yes.
— James Joyce, Ulysses
Jessica Hagy, Indexed Needles and haystacks and such
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Robot-like insects and insect-like robots are the stuff of science fiction and science fact. In science fiction, insects are frequently featured as robotic critters… . In reality, engineers look to insect movement, wing design and other characteristics for inspiration of new technology… . This hybridization of insects and technology from both fields, is where Insect Lab borrows from. Insect Lab celebrates these correspondences and contradictions. The work does not intend to function, but playfully and slyly insists that it possibly could.
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National Geographic, 50 years of space exploration
Click to zoom in or click to see large
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Intel’s rock star TV ad
Ajay Bhatt, inventer of the USB port, is a Rockstar inside Intel. How many companies celebrate their Rockstars, those heroes that make a difference?
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Best comic book Halloween costume is an actual comic book drawing, Ben-Day dots and all
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Hiroshi Sunairi’s Tree Project
The trees that still live from the time of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima are called, Hibaku trees (A-bombed trees).
In the winter of 2008, from a tree Dr. Riki Horiguchi in Hiroshima, I received seeds of Round Leaf Holly, Persimmon, Chinaberry, Firmiana simplex, Japanese Hackberry, Jujube trees that are the second or third generation of Hibaku Trees.
I have been giving these seeds to the ones that are interested in planting them both in the US and the world. By sharing these seeds, I would like to share the pleasure of growing plants, especially the plants from Hibaku seeds.
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Robert Samuel Hanson, Virtual classrooms in school buses, for NYT
