Another tangible concept: seeing through time
I finally finished my second project of my year’s project challenge. OK, I had planned to finish it three weeks ago, but life is needy. In any case, here ...
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The value of the open source community
One of the most valuable components of open source hardware and software making is availability of code and guides built by a community around a solution, hardw...
We should all rethink the level of access of our mobile devices
A recent second phone theft in the family prompted me to revisit the extent to which the iPhone is secure from unwanted access. The key security hole is the loc...
James King – speculative deisgner
Here’s another speaker for my proposed panel for SXSW [http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/10348] on DIYbio. James King is a speculative designer worki...
links for 2011-02-25
How to make your original yeast water Culturing yeast off of raisins, using the raisins as sugar source. Indeed, sima, a lightly fermented spring drink from Fin...
links for 2011-02-21
MIT snags UCSF synthetic biology expert Chris Voigt | San Francisco Business Times "One of UCSF’s brightest young scientists and a key member of the Bay Ar...
links for 2011-02-20
IBM's Most Disruptive Acquisition Of 2010 Is Netezza — InformationWeek "I've pulled out from Baum's comments a range of timely ideas t...
links for 2011-02-19
The Mad Fermentationist: Bohemian Ale (Czech Pilsner Fail) The odd thing is that I too had my smack-pack liquid yeast not really take in my boho pils. Panicked ...
links for 2011-02-18
Microbes I have known and loved: anti-mega Excellent overview of all the ways we use microbes (useful bugs!) in the production of food. I learned that cacao is ...
links for 2011-02-15
We Make Getting Fit Easier | Koko FitClub A personalized computerized fitness center, with visual guidance, and a hat tip towards quantified self nuts. Haven�...