Don’t know if Nik — on the job with Nintendo in Seattle — is involved with this. But it is a pretty interesting way to fold cardboard …
Labo
Category: science and tech
Computer Vision Syndrome and Tree Blindness
I suppose I could be described as something of a “trees-and-clouds” guy when it comes to photography. Here, in Wired, Virginia Heffernan asks “What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes — and Our Ability to See?”
The Shape of Hearing
Now hear, er, see this:
A Poetic Passing
Print A House (In A Day)
3D printing is coming along nicely, it seems. See this piece on a house that was created in 24 hours with a special 3D printer.
Tesla in Space
Today, SpaceX is set to launch the Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket. For this test flight, the thing will be transporting a Tesla Roadster, as shown in this SpaceX animation.
4:30PM FOLLOWUP: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/science/falcon-heavy-spacex-launch.html
Living Cells As Computers
Read about MIT’s work to 3-D print living materials, and watch this explainer video:
rDay Nine-Hundred-Seventy-One
Highlight of the day: getting high-speed wireless installed at the new office/studio/work space. Daniel, installation tech and ex-colleague (not to mention decorated military veteran with psyops and comm tech experience over half a dozen or more years, mostly in the Middle East, plus not to mention financial services guy with a masters degree — all sorts, unlikely as it may seem, do tend to end up in this *** place) , makes an appearance during light but continual rain to facilitate the process.
Meet Daniel up close.
Flies
Better understand the importance of flies — for each person on earth, there are 17 million of them — by reading this science piece from the New York Times.
The Body Trade
Reuters has a fascinating and disturbing report on the industry that deals with human bodies and body parts.