robotics

Reading #5

December 2, 2010

Sometimes all it takes to be creative is a different perspective. Matthew Engel’s Financial Times report on Australian politics captures something: The insecurity of power is reinforced by the layout of the parliamentary chamber. Instead of nestling alongside their colleagues on the front bench, the leaders sit alone at the despatch box, on swivel chairs, [...]

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Reading #4

November 23, 2010

Imagine a situation that brings sci-fi writers Douglas Rushkoff, Ray Hammond, Scarlett Thomas and Markus Heitz together with experts in photonics, robotics, telematics, dynamic physical rendering and intelligent sensors. Sounds perfect, right? That’s what Intel’s Morrow Project did (follow that link to read/watch the stories). Brian David Johnson is the futurist/futurecaster responsible for this project, and although [...]

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Reading #1

November 14, 2010

Museums everywhere are experimenting with ways to manage their huge collections of physical things, information, visitors – basically data – and in Canberra, the National Museum of Australia has just started an experimental data and visualisation lab So climate change is played out as a debate. But because the answers to denialist arguments are complicated, [...]

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