Cloned, looped animations by Erdal Inci
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SIGGRAPH 2013 : Technical Papers Preview Trailer
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Julian Assange reveals GCHQ messages discussing Swedish extradition →
WikiLeaks founder uses subject access request to access British agency chatter, which allegedly calls extradition ‘a fit-up’ [frame-up]
-Giles Temiett and Ben Quinn for The Guardian
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Black Code: how spies, cops and crims are making cyberspace unfit for human habitation →
The value of the Internet to us as a species is incalculable, but there are plenty of parties for whom the Internet’s value increases when it is selectively broken.
-Cory Doctorw, in his review of Black Code
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Rooftop Racetrack: 1928 via Retronaut
“The Lingotto building, Turin, Italy, once housed a Fiat factory. Built between 1916 and 1923, the design had five floors, raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level, where there was a rooftop test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at the time. Le Corbusier called it “one of the most impressive sights in industry”, and “a guideline for town planning”.”
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Aaron Swartz's Last Gift: Site Launches Whistleblower Safe House →
One month before his January 11th suicide, web pioneer and creative commons architect Aaron Swartz completed one last project—an “opensource drop box for leaked documents along the lines of WikiLeaks.”
-Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams
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The Art of Nandan Ghiya
Artist creates works using vintage portraits with physical modern-day digital distortions. More info and examples of the artist’s work can be found at Ocular here and Galerie Paris-Beijing here
(via prostheticknowledge)
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How Many Wars Is the US Fighting Today? →
The US has withdrawn from Iraq and is planning to do likewise from Afghanistan in 2014. This article argues that the US has been fighting at least 5 wars, most of which are unannounced and undeclared, and are fought with air power and robotics technology.
- Linda J. Bilmes / Michael D. Intriligator, in the journal Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
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New Scientist: Meditation boosts genes that promote good health →
Daily relaxation routines can result in beneficial long-term changes to genes involved in blood sugar control and other processes
