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babylonfalling:

Eggs Ackley in Eyeball Kicks, R. Crumb

criminalwisdom:

How Memes Became the Best Weapon Against Chinese Internet Censorship»

China’s censors are blocking words like “today” and “June 4” from social media as part of the country’s yearly chore to block any reference to the anniversary to the Tiananmen Square massacre 24 years ago. And though the Chinese are running a sophisticated and tight censorship ship, they’re having a bit harder time blocking memes. Yes memes. 

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(Source: theatlantic)

did-you-kno:

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wildcat2030:

IT’S A creepy sensation, having a little keyboard permanently emblazoned on the back of my hand. No matter what I do – shake my hand or wave it – I can’t make it go away. Creepier still are the soft tingles on my skin as each “key” is pressed, like a low-frequency electronic buzz.

I am in Masatoshi Ishikawa’s lab at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where the latest in interactive projections is being demonstrated for the first time. The set-up is in two parts: one is a projection that beams the outline of computer keyboards or cellphone keys onto any object, such as your hand.

Projecting interactive outlines of devices has been done beforeMovie Camera, but it is a lot trickier doing it on a moving object. Ishikawa’s system detects and maps the position of an object 500 times per second and projects an image onto it. It automatically controls a camera’s pan and tilt angles to ensure it is locked onto an object no matter how fast it moves. Ishikawa once demonstrated this technology by tracking a table-tennis ball in play.

The set-up also has a tactile angle. The information about the exact location of your hand and the orientation of the projected keypad is fed to a second system, called the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display. This makes the illuminated points on your hand or body slightly tingle with what feels like a jet of air. It’s an odd feeling, but I find it makes the projected image seem more real.

The sensation on the hand is generated by sound beamed by 2000 or so ultrasonic wave emitters, says its developer Hiroyuki Shinoda, also at the University of Tokyo. The carefully timed and directed sound beams can make any spot vibrate within a given cubic metre.

The combined system has already attracted interest from the auto, medical and gaming industries, says Ishikawa. (via Tingly projections make beamed gadgets come alive - tech - 30 May 2013 - New Scientist)

wildcat2030:

IT’S A creepy sensation, having a little keyboard permanently emblazoned on the back of my hand. No matter what I do – shake my hand or wave it – I can’t make it go away. Creepier still are the soft tingles on my skin as each “key” is pressed, like a low-frequency electronic buzz.

I am in Masatoshi Ishikawa’s lab at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where the latest in interactive projections is being demonstrated for the first time. The set-up is in two parts: one is a projection that beams the outline of computer keyboards or cellphone keys onto any object, such as your hand.

Projecting interactive outlines of devices has been done beforeMovie Camera, but it is a lot trickier doing it on a moving object. Ishikawa’s system detects and maps the position of an object 500 times per second and projects an image onto it. It automatically controls a camera’s pan and tilt angles to ensure it is locked onto an object no matter how fast it moves. Ishikawa once demonstrated this technology by tracking a table-tennis ball in play.

The set-up also has a tactile angle. The information about the exact location of your hand and the orientation of the projected keypad is fed to a second system, called the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display. This makes the illuminated points on your hand or body slightly tingle with what feels like a jet of air. It’s an odd feeling, but I find it makes the projected image seem more real.

The sensation on the hand is generated by sound beamed by 2000 or so ultrasonic wave emitters, says its developer Hiroyuki Shinoda, also at the University of Tokyo. The carefully timed and directed sound beams can make any spot vibrate within a given cubic metre.

The combined system has already attracted interest from the auto, medical and gaming industries, says Ishikawa. (via Tingly projections make beamed gadgets come alive - tech - 30 May 2013 - New Scientist)

fuckyeahfluiddynamics:

Though often spotted in water waves or clouds, the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is easily demonstrated in the lab as well. Here a tank with two layers of liquid - fresh water on top and denser blue-dyed saltwater on the bottom - is used to generate the instability. When level, the two layers are stationary and stable due to their stratification. Upon tilting, the denser blue liquid sinks to the lower end of the tank while the freshwater shifts upward. When the relative velocity of these two fluids reaches a critical point, their interface becomes unstable, forming the distinctive wave crests that tumble over to mix the two layers. (Video credit: M. Stuart)

centuriespast:

Decapitation of St. John the Baptist
A late follower of the Master of the Munich Golden Legend
Book of Hours, France, probably Paris, ca. 1460

The Morgan library

babylonfalling:

Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Charlatans and Congress of Wonders at the Avalon Ballroom in 1967.

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