Richard Barbrook has an interesting-sounding new book, The Class of the New, about "Netizens, elancers, cognitarians, swarm-capitalists, hackers, produsumers, knowledge workers, pro-ams." In other words, "the new social class emerging from the networked workplace." The book offers Barbrook's introduction to the ...Read More
There's an imagination-provoking post by Anthony Townsend at the IFTF's Future Now blog, about the implications of new biological materials, and how they might start affecting how we live, and what we live in. I see three main threads worth thinking ...Read More
Curved Air serves up an awesome combination of several music instruction videos. No tubular bells? (Thanks, Rob Brown!) Read More
The BBC reports that two University of Nebraska professors have developed a sensor that matches the sensitivity of human touch. This is key to many interesting applications where touch is very helpful (as it is so hard-wired into human views ...Read More
The Observer tells the story of how LG and Samsung, with BBC and ITV, are testing the waters of TV on mobile, Together with other partners, including Eurosport and Cartoon Network (owned by US media giant Time Warner), they will make ...Read More
For the thousands of supereverywhere readers in London (you know who you are) comes a chance to experience Music for Bodies. Terrestrial and virtual research into new ways of making and listening to music. Ever felt music through your back? Or ...Read More
A piece of amazing reporter gear is described in a story by Media Guardian about CNN's use of said gear, a satellite videophone. The portable satellite phone, around the size and weight of a laptop computer, links to a camera and ...Read More
For anyone interested, I've posted a version of the Exploding TV poster/article that Erik, Sarah, and I made. Enjoy. (poster pdf) (article pdf with Japanese and English text) Read More
A cool article by Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina, etc.) about trailer homes in Malibu in the LA Times. With lots of great personal memories included. Everything fitted tightly together; everything had a double use. The bathroom door when open ...Read More
There's an amazing story at the OpenBusiness site describing how Nigeria has managed to become a regional film production powerhouse. Last year, 2,001 movies were made in Nigeria. On average, production takes about 6 weeks and costs in the region of ...Read More
