Category Archives: technology

You’ve been Glassed

Posted on March 27, 2013 by things magazine

Thirty-five arguments against Google Glass kicks off what is bound to be a hefty backlash against the intelligent goggles. See also this story, ‘Privacy ‘impossible’ with Google Glass warn campaigners and the discussion at Metafilter, which rounds up some other … Continue reading →

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Friday things

Posted on March 22, 2013 by things magazine

Time-Lapse Shows World’s Largest Ship Being Built in 50,000 Photos (via). From the thread, for contrast purposes: Building a 72′ schooner in Viet Nam / colour + sound reminisces about the magical Omnicrom Machine, a heated roller that used special … Continue reading →

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Stealthy and secure

Posted on February 11, 2013 by things magazine

Building sites reveal unseen London, photographs by Andy Spain of the facades and vistas that are temporarily revealed by wholesale redevelopment in the (usually cramped) City of London / London’s Heygate Estate, currently in the process of demolition, sparks the … Continue reading →

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Gravity is a mistake: We work hard to correct it

Posted on February 5, 2013 by things magazine

The Institute for Centrifugal Research: ‘Established in 1976 by Dr. Matthew Brenswick and Dr. Nick Laslowicz, the institute has never stopped doubting the generally accepted laws of physics.’ This carefully constructed backdrop bolsters the masterful short film by Till Nowak, … Continue reading →

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Futurism is fickle

Posted on February 4, 2013 by things magazine

Futurism is fickle in its means of presentation. London-based architects Foster and Partners have announced a partnership with the ESA to ‘3D print structures on the moon‘, positing a lunar architecture more akin to the Flintstones than the Jetsons. What … Continue reading →

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Puppets on a stream

Posted on February 1, 2013 by things magazine

How Netflix is turning viewers into puppets ‘Netflix might not know exactly why I personally hit the pause button but if enough people pause or rewind or fast-forward at the same place during the same show, the data crunchers can … Continue reading →

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The origins of circuit bending

Posted on January 23, 2013 by things magazine

ET wasn’t the first circuit bender. The term, used to refer to ‘the creative customization of the circuits within electronic devices… to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators’, has been around since 1992 and was coined by … Continue reading →

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Vtech and tech

Posted on January 22, 2013 by things magazine

Electronic toys are at their heart imitative, that is to say they ape the ‘toys’ and objects of the grown-up world. A company like VTech, founded in 1976 in Hong Kong to cash in of the growing bandwagon for simple … Continue reading →

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Click Opera

Posted on January 21, 2013 by things magazine

There’s something clever – and sinister – going on here: Upgrade your (in)security cam firmware is a site that scrapes the web for open webcam software, plotting the results on a world map so you can dive in on hundreds … Continue reading →

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Art of Glass

Posted on January 17, 2013 by things magazine

Doll’s House with Fall Out Shelter, c 1961 (via MeFi). At the blog Ranch Dressing with Eartha Kitsch / James Bond and the triumph of product placement: limited edition promotional Samsonite attaché briefcase for Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997 / buy … Continue reading →

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