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The #spanishrevolution or rewriting FinancialFailure exception try-catch block

May 21, 2011

try { society.democracy(); } catch ( FinancialFailure e ) { youth.charge(NO_FUTURE); workers.charge(ALL_AS_POSSIBLE); pensioner.charges(REDUCE_BENEFITS); politicians.charge(AVOID_RESPONSABILITY); managers.charge(AVOID_RESPONSABILITY); banks.charge(AVOID_RESPONSABILITY); }Read More

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Harvey Fineberg: Are we ready for neo-evolution?

May 14, 2011

by arantzazu

Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally — or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smarter, faster, better.

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The Beauty and The Beast

May 13, 2011

by arantzazu

Brendan I. Koerner (brendan_koerner[at]wired.com) wrote in Wired Magazine an article title “The Trouble With Humanoid Droids”. The article is really cool and show as how humans behave with robots. In this article Victoria Groom, a robotics researcher at Stanford University says “The humanoid form is such a powerful social cue, If you see this humanoid shape,...Read More

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Post-scarcity economy, 3D Printing, FabLabs and Hackerspaces

May 10, 2011

by arantzazu

What is Post-scarcity economy? From Wikipedia (): Post scarcity or post-scarcity describes a hypothetical form of economy or society, often explored in science fiction, in which things such as goods, services and information are free, or practically free. This would be due to an abundance of fundamental resources (matter, energy and intelligence), in conjunction with sophisticated automated...Read More

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Be the Art Director of Wallpaper Cover

May 6, 2011

by arantzazu

Wallpaper gives a new twist and gave us the chance to play art director and design our own cover. The Handmade issue (August 2010) will be print with your own custom wallpaper cover. I believe that is the first time that a magazine do something like this. What makes this challenge great is the tailor made...Read More

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The Stars on Facebook

April 30, 2011

by arantzazu

Cool viral video and fun Facebook AdCampaign by Altoids Mints. Altoids celebrates authenticity by showcasing people who embrace individuality and do what works for them. They are confident, honest, strong and authentic.

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How A Picture Agency Worked, circa 1978

April 22, 2011

by arantzazu

“Moving Stills” is a short 10-minute documentary created back in 1978 to show how New York-based photo agency Contact Press Images operated. It’s a fun blast from the photographic-past — a world where images are captured on expensive rolls of film and where editors review photographs on a lightbox with a loupe.

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http://spacelog.org/

April 22, 2011

by arantzazu

Read the stories of early space exploration from the original transcripts. Now open to the public in a searchable, linkable format. …highly addictive… — The Huffington Post

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Face to Facebook at enter 5

March 11, 2011

by arantzazu

This monday begins Enter 5. Fifth Biennial ENTER multimedia deals with DATAPOLIS. Introduces visitors through exhibitions, symposia and performances, artistic reflection of contemporary urban reality, as it helps us to capture and convey new information and communication technologies. The exhibition will offer original audio-visual representation of data flow-and signals that flows invisibly around us or take...Read More

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