Culture Archive

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  Play this: 'Soul Searchin''

  By Dante D'Orazio on May 27, 2012 11:37 am + 17 comments

  You know the expression "to pick one's brain"? That's precisely what gets Benjamin (the little pink Continue reading…

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  The best tech writing of the week, May 27

  By Thomas Houston on May 27, 2012 10:20 am + 13 comments

  We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on Continue reading…

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  Smithsonian's Eyewitness to Space collection offers unique look at the early space program

  By T.C. Sottek on May 27, 2012 09:17 am + 4 comments

  The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Eyewitness to Space collection is an extensive Continue reading…

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  Physicist depicts Large Hadron Collider in da Vinci-style sketches

  By Amar Toor on May 26, 2012 08:45 pm + 6 comments

  Leonardo da Vinci didn't invent the Large Hadron Collider, but if he had, this is what his sketches Continue reading…

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  Comparing the tech world to the Kardashians: an experiment in online popularity

  By Tyler Gold on May 25, 2012 08:08 pm + 15 comments

  No one can deny Kim Kardashian is a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry, but how Continue reading…

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  Blip Festival 2012 starts tonight in NYC, featuring Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, and many more

  By Adi Robertson on May 25, 2012 05:25 pm + 2 comments

  Blip Festival, the three-day showcase of chip music that has been running since 2006, is back in New Continue reading…

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  Offline: Ignorance

  By Paul Miller on May 25, 2012 02:29 pm + 245 comments

  In the classic animated series Arthur there are many references to reading. For instance, Arthur's Continue reading…

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  Google now offers Google Earth, Picasa, and Chrome in Syria

  By T.C. Sottek on May 24, 2012 11:38 pm + 9 comments

  After an ease in export restrictions, Google is making Google Earth, Picasa, and Chrome available Continue reading…

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  Spun Bench uses unbroken strands of spun carbon fiber to fill a room, support your weight

  By Bryan Bishop on May 24, 2012 09:59 pm + 24 comments

  We've seen sculptures of all sizes and shapes, but here's one we hadn't seen: a configurable bench, Continue reading…

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  Dataland: the MIT's '70s media room concept that influenced the Mac

  By Thomas Houston on May 24, 2012 04:10 pm + 24 comments

  In research for our latest Future Passed piece, I came across the mention of "Dataland" and a Continue reading…