What I like (a no means exhaustive list that excludes the ever-present friendships and families and networks that sustain me ) : slow science, preservation techniques in times of excess for times of little, systems, and systems analysis, using appropriate technologies, not just the ones that are being sold to us. To learn from other cultures gambiarra/makeshift/makedo/kludge techniques. this [...]
I have been influenced by a few people talking about the “internet of things” (Notably Rob Van Kranenberg http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/content/rob-van-kranenburg) and the many issues that arise once everything has an ip address (ie privacy/control/affordances). This is not simple, and if not discussed, and not given a chance to chose it very likely we will get a [...]
My contribution to “The Future we Deserve” “The Future We Deserve is a new book project about collaboratively creating the future we deserve. We will be working together at internet scale on internet time to brainstorm and barnstorm our way towards an image of a world we all believe in, a world of fairness, collaboration [...]
13 May, 2010
Posted by: Brian In: conference|ecology|economics|electronics
This is my notes and everyones tweets refering to the GloNet Conference Stream at Futureeverything 2010 #futr Glonet
25sg residencyPDF import and editing in openoffice
One function I have found useful in openoffice is the ability to import pdfs. This is possible by downloading and installing the pdfimport plugin. This means that you can import a pdf, edit it then output it at a lower resolution for screen. (2)
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Bioplastic
Jay Cousins and friends had a hackday around bioplastics and laser cutting. Making the bioplastic from starch and glycerin (see this link for more details) and then laser cutting them. Cool stuff, they were even making different color ones. This is important as people move from using commercially sourced plastic in their makerbots to something else. Plastic is expensive to buy for these machines, but it is all around. SO be it bio-plastic or post waste plastic, ways of reusing these provide a compelling reason to throw away less waste.
It is amazing that these materials are coming out of the factories, to be used in domestic situations. Together with polymorph and sugru, there are a variety of materials to play around for wearables, for prototypes and one offs. Bring on the future, with peer production.
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augmented foraging - cool use of layar -
augmented foraging
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A mobile phone guide to edible urban wild-food sources.
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Hackable Devices
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