Nathalie Miebach’s Musical Weather Data Sculptures. She translates weather data collected in cities into musical scores. Data made poetic.
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Social bomb by Hugo Eccles and Afshin Mehin is a social jammer that cuts off all forms of technology.
“The Bomb works best in places like the cinema, a wedding or other group setting where the social addict refuses to be polite by shutting off their device.”
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We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don’t even know.
Hmm, it makes me think about the viral nature of emotion.
‘Circle of Trust’ by D3 shows your asymmetric relationship network at Google Plus. Visualising social network environments is key in understanding current social trends and influences.
Tim Brown on the link between creativity and play. He explains how If used in a scripted way play could counterbalance the fear of failure.
The Light of Other Days by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C Clarke toys with the idea of privacy as our latest taboo. It seems sex and death are no longer on the list.
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Computers are getting close to reading and interpreting emotions, thanks to a emotion-recognition software. Developed by Theo Gevers and Nicu Sebe from the science department of the University of Amsterdam. The software is increasingly used by marketers to determine what gives consumers bliss. Read more here and here
Hide ‘n’ seek. “A pig tailed girl hides behind a tree from a searching boy.” Fun watch sculptures by Dominic Wilcox.
