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Posted in: Uncategorized- >> noticias >> Una pila de inconvenientes por Fredy Massad y Alicia Guerrero Yeste
Nueva York ahora también adquiere edificios-objeto. El nuevo edificio del New Museum, concebido «para ser sede para el arte contemporáneo y como incubadora para nuevas ideas, además de como contribución al paisaje urbano neoyorquino». Su propuesta f - Si lancia con il paracadute elaborato da Leonardo – Galleria – Repubblica.it
uno svizzero di 36 anni si è infatti lanciato da un’altezza di 650 metri con una riproduzione di un paracadute immaginato da Leonardo da Vinci alla fine del XV secolo. - Unmarked Planes & Hidden Geographies : Trevor Paglen
The Janets’ flight procedures provide a weird and sometimes laughable insight into the question: How does one fly to a “place that doesn’t exist.†- Tempelhof Grounded: Voter Apathy Seals Berlin Airport’s Fate
A referendum (more…) backed by the conservative political parties failed to reach the necessary quorum to keep Berlin’s city center airport from shutting this October - Pruned: Prunings XLII
8 of the many reasons why i love Pruned - see conference #3 – Die Konferenz zur Visualisierung von Information am 19.4.2008 im Caligari Filmtheater Wiesbaden. Präsentiert von Scholz & Volkmer. Speaker: Ben Fry, Frank van Ham, Zachary Lieberman und weitere
Bruce Sterling on When is visualization better than the real thing? intro is in german (don’t get scared!) - Subversion, not Sexism, in Internet Culture | The Underwire from Wired.com
"Internet culture can be very sexist, homophobic and racist," said Marwick. "Popular blogs are all written by white guys … and the most popular YouTube videos are of hot girls." - US outlaws genetic discrimination
Bans health insurers from setting premiums or denying coverage based on the results of genetic tests, as long as customers have no pre-existing disease symptoms. Also aimed to prevent discrimination in employment decisions. - noticias arquitectura / blog: Buenos Aires: El Hotel Metropol en peligro
Es el viejo hotel Metropol, fundado hace 107 años, cerrado hace unos cuantos, de demolición anunciada y ya centro de un conflicto legal. No es un edificio inolvidable, no es una obra maestra, pero es algo muy raro: es un edificio de cierto porte que nun - Modern Mechanix: Science Redesigns the Human Body
How would scientists go about redesigning the human creature in order to get the most efficiency out of him? - 80-year-old Gakutensoku robot revived (w/video) ::: Pink Tentacle
automaton powered by compressed air, can tilt its head, move its eyes, smile, and puff up its cheeks and chest just as it did 80 years ago — thanks to a computer-controlled pneumatic servo system that replaces its original system of inflatable rubber tu - BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Artists catch head lice for show
Seven German artists are living with lice in their hair in an Israeli museum for three weeks in the name of art - Mediaarchitecture » GreenPix – Zero Energy Media Wall, Beijing
GreenPix – Zero Energy Media Wall – is a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital mediatechnology to the curtain wall of Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing - Rutelli crolla contro Alemanno Così finisce il "laboratorio Roma"
OMFG! more extreme right to rule italy. i’m so so ashamed to be living in such a messed up country - Penguin’s wetsuit puts him back in the swim of things – Yahoo! News
biologists at the California Academy of Sciences had a wetsuit created for an African penguin to help him get back in the swim of things. - ArtCal – Ad Hoc Art – The Threat of Chance
Exposition based on the temptation of possibility. The possibility of change in the face of stagnation, the possibility of hope in desperate times, the possibility of alternative thought and lifestyle in the doldrums of complacency.
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