Culture 1619 
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Mobio - Listening to the walls whisper
“The sound devices described below were used for the first time by Echelle Inconnue in September 2010 in "plan d'Aou", a district of Marseilles, France, within the framework of the Smala project in order to trace a sound cartography of Islam in the city of Marseilles.
About fifteen sound edits were geolocalized in the district, these mobile prototypes gave the possibility to each one to listen to them while walking across "plane d'Aou" (For more information read (in french) : Smala Marseille, or listen online to the sounds edits)Several cases were imagined for a sound diffusion at the level of the district of "plan d'Aou", and our choice was made on a geolocalized sound system which makes "the walls whisper" by allowing a collective listening, located on places or selected spaces. This solution appeared the most appropriate to the context of the project and the district.
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Oldest known copy of the ‘Mona Lisa’ (re)discovered in Spain“
Conservators at the Prado in Madrid recently made an astonishing discovery. They announced yesterday that the painting assumed to be a replica of the Mona Lisa, had actually been painted by one of his key pupils, working alongside the master. The picture is more than just a studio copy – it changed as Leonardo developed his original composition.
The so-called “Mona Lisa of the Prado” has long been in the museum’s collection, tucked away in its vaults and displayed only occasionally, its significance not fully understood. The experts thought it was painted by some Dutch artist because they assumed it was painted on oak (a wood not used by Florentine painters), but actually it was painted on walnut. In size, it is close to that of the original: the Louvre’s painting is 77cm x 53cm and the Prado’s copy 76cm x 57cm.
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Goggles - Paint on web sites (bookmarklet)“
Drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar.
You need Firefox or Chrome to use goggles.
Activate on any webpage.
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Sheik Hamad name from space“
United Arab Emirates billionaire Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan has etched his name in the sand on Al Futaysi island in Abu Dhabi in such big letters it can be seen from space.
A satellite image from space confirms the enormous letters of the name “HAMAD” carved into the sand on Al Futaisi Island in Abu Dhabi. The name stretches a staggering two miles long and will likely be a permanent fixture on the distant island.
The island of Futaisi lies near the barrier island of Bahrani, in a shallow sheltered lagoon-type complex to the southwest of Abu Dhabi Island.Billionaire Sheikh Carves Name Hamad in Sand; Visible From Space
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An Introduction to 3D Printing for Architecture by Piet Meijs“
Rapid Prototyping, otherwise known as 3D printing.
More here : 3D printing for architects
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Ola Simonsson - Sound of Noise (2010) - Bank“Sound of Noise is a 2010 Swedish comedy crime film by Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson.
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David Dworsky, Victor Köhler - PressPausePlay (2011)“
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.
But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era. presspauseplay.com @presspauseplay Facebook: on.fb.me/y4gEK1 -
AccuJazz - The future of jazz radio“
AccuJazz is an all-Jazz radio station designed to showcase the exciting potential of Internet radio. It contains over fifty jazz channels based on categories of style, instrument, composer, region, decade and more. Each channel is further customizable by the option to "deselect" artists the listener would rather not hear. New subchannels are added frequently. The variety of channels and their customizable nature makes AccuJazz a radio experience unlike any other.
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Project Gutenberg“
This audio reading of The Metamorphosis is read by David Barnes. Contents : # I - 00:49:52 # II - 00:53:51 # III - 00:50:42
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Mobile Album International n°02 – Translation“
Mobile is a French-American bilingual magazine, where a part of creation meets a part of reflection.
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The History of Sampling - Jesse kriss / may 2004“
Each square represents an album, with sampled artists on the lower half and sampling artists on the upper half. Albums are placed horizontally according to release date, while vertical placement reflects the number of samples on that album. The middle resprents the area of most sampling, so commonly sampled albums are closer to the side with the sampling albums, and vice versa.
The rectangles that appear to the right of a selected album represent the individual songs. Songs with taller rectangles have a higher sample count.
The sampling data is from the-breaks.com, although album information for the sampling songs was collected through other means.
jesse kriss / may 2005
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CV Dazzle: Open-Source Camouflage by Adam Harvey“
CV Dazzle™ is camouflage from computer vision (CV). It is a form of expressive interference that combines makeup and hair styling (or other modifications) with face-detection thwarting designs.
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CD3wd - Practical Technical Development Information“Essential information on home construction, electricity production, trees, farming, livestock and more.
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OpenFrameworks - CoLab Auckland examples“An openFrameworks workshop will take place at CoLab at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand this Thursday (January, 27th, 2011 @16:00h).
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Laser through a bottle at a trillion frames by second“
We have built an imaging solution that allows us to visualize propagation of light at an effective rate of one trillion frames per second. Direct recording of light at such a frame rate with sufficient brightness is nearly impossible. We use an indirect 'stroboscopic' method that combines millions of repeated measurements by careful scanning in time and viewpoints.
The device has been developed by the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture group in collaboration with Bawendi Lab in the Department of Chemistry at MIT. A laser pulse that lasts less than one trillionth of a second is used as a flash and the light returning from the scene is collected by a camera at a rate equivalent to roughly 1 trillion frames per second. However, due to very short exposure times (roughly one trillionth of a second) and a narrow field of view of the camera, the video is captured over several minutes by repeated and periodic sampling.
For more info visit http://raskar.info/trillionfps
http://femtophoto.info
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/science/speed-of-light-lingers-in-face-of-m...
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/trillion-fps-camera-1213.html
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