1-Bit Cam-App
Die 1-Bit-Cam für’s iPhone ging neulich schonmal rum, aus irgendwelchen Gründen hatte ich die aber noch nicht gebloggt. Ist hiermit nachgeholt.
With 1-BIT CAMERA for iPhone you can see and record your world in one bit clarity, processed with dithering algorithms pioneered by Bill Atkinson and Bryce Bayer. Those are only fancy names, of course – but! – you have probably laid eyes on their immortalized legacy as per the superior imaging seen in the original Apple Macintosh OS and the Nintendo Gameboy Camera, respectively.
PRO-GEAR SPEC
- 1-bit dynamic range
- More than 150 kilopixels
- Real-time Atkinson and Bayer dithering algorithms
- Tumble, tweet and share your bits on the Facebook
Troll Culture – A Comprehensive Guide
Stefan Krappitz hat an der Merz Akademie ‘ne Diplomarbeit über Trolle geschrieben. Die behandelt zunächst mal die üblichen Verdächtigen wie 4chan oder Something Awful und deren Code (“Newsfags can’t tricode”), geht dabei aber ziemlich ins Detail. Für einige NC-Leser nicht viel neues, dafür aber fundiert und ich mag die Stelle sehr, an der er Sokrates und Diogenes als die historischen Wurzeln of teh LULZ beschreibt.
Plato described Diogenes as “a Socrates gone mad.”
Diogenes was also known for masturbating in public, eating at the marketplace, which was considered rude at the time, urinating on people who insulted him, pointing at people with his middle finger and defecating at the theatre.
This would qualify him for an excellent troll, if he didn’t do it to teach society about values. It is really hard to say, if his personal amusement played a role in his doings. On the other hand, I believe it to be quite possible, that he had a lot of fun when he was urinating on critics. His goals were inner freedom as the key to happiness. If his doings were to pursue that ideal, that implicates he really did it for teh lulz (for his enjoyment).
This would qualify him as one of the first documented trolls.
Mateusz Sypiens Death in Motion
Schicke GIFs von Mateusz Sypiens: Death in Motion. (via Who Killed Bambi)
3D-printed Cellphone Glove
YT Direktmobile, via The Verge
Bryan Cera hat eine nette Designstudie für ein Handschuh-Mobile aus ‘nem alten Armbanduhr-Handy und 3D-gedruckten Teilen gebaut. Brauchbar ist das Ding natürlich nicht, dafür bräuchte es dringend Laserpointer an allen zehn Fingerspitzen.
Art from interconnected Life-Supporting Machines
Revital Cohen hat einen Loop aus Salzwasser mit paar lebenserhaltenden Maschinen aufgebaut: The Immortal. Eine Herz-Lungen Maschine, ein Dialyse Gerät, einen Brutkasten, eine Beatmungsmaschine und ein Teil, von dem ich nicht weiß, wie man es übersetzt: die Intraoperative Cell Salvage Machine. Das Salzwasser fließt in einem Kreislauf durch die ganzen Maschinen und bildet das simulierte Blut einer künstlichen Lebensform. Nice!
A number of life-support machines are connected to each other, circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure. The Immortal investigates human dependence on electronics, the desire to make machines replicate organisms and our perception of anatomy as reflected by biomedical engineering.
A web of tubes and electric cords is interwoven in closed circuits through a Heart-Lung Machine, Dialysis Machine, an Infant Incubator, a Mechanical Ventilator and an Intraoperative Cell Salvage Machine. The organ replacement machines operate in orchestrated loops, keeping each other alive through circulation of electrical impulses, oxygen and artificial blood.
Salted water acts as blood replacement: throughout the artificial circulatory system minerals are added and filtered out again, the blood gets oxygenated via contact with the oxygen cycle, an ECG device monitors the system’s heartbeat. As the fluid pumps around the room in a meditative pulse, the sound of mechanical breath and slow humming of motors resonates in the body through a comforting yet disquieting soundscape.
Glen E. Friedmans Beastie Boys-Photos
Glen E. Friedman, weltbekannter Fotograf und wohl am bekanntesten für das Foto von Run DMC, hat ein paar private Shots von den Beastie Boys hochgeladen.
Kids review Radioheads “Paranoid Android”
Ronny schreibt irgendwas mit “Kunstkacke” und ich muss ja immer ein bisschen in mich reingrinsen, wenn ich sowas im Zusammenhang mit Radiohead lese oder höre. Ich beschreibe Radiohead ja als “Slayer für Introvertierte” oder “Hardcore for the Brain”. Aber was weiß ich schon.
Meme Artshow
Die Gallery 1988 hat die Artworks ihrer Meme Artshow online gestellt. Der meiste Kram kann nichts, aber manche der Arbeiten sind nett. Ich denke aber auch, dass sich “klassische” Memes überlebt haben, zumindest für mich.
Robert Crumbs City of the Future
Robert Crumbs City of the Future aus ZAP Comix #0. Das vierte Panel auf der zweiten Seite ist ne ziemlich genaue Vorhersage von Facebook und Lifestreams und Zeugs. We’re all normal now. You! You are normal. Brrrrr…
(via Dangerous Minds)
Musicvideos: Noisia, Blood Orange, Japanther, Cut Copy, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Cornershop, SBTRKT
Oben erstmal Noisia mit ‘nem superschicken Animationsclip zu “Could this be”, weitere CLips nach dem Klick. Unbedingt Unknown Mortal Orchestra und Blood Orange anhören, ziemliche Knaller.
Elephant Chair
Nach seinem Octopus-Chair, dem Rhino-Stuhl und einem Walrus-Sitzmöbel hat Maximo Reira jetzt einen Elefanten zum Rumsitzen gebaut.
Black Grapes of Wrath
Ludo verkauft ab Montag lasergeschnitzte Skull-Trauben. 50% aller Einnahmen gehen an Skateistan, die Skate-Schule in Afghanistan, über die ich hier schon ein paar mal gebloggt hatte. (via Who killed Bambi)
Bees drinking human Tears
Discover Mag über Bienen in Tailand, die Tränen trinken und sich auch (manchmal) durch Rumblinzelei nicht verscheuchen lassen. Das Bild dazu ist großartig und zeigt Wissenschaftler im Selbstversuch.
On landing, automatic blinking with the eye often prevented the bee from getting a firm hold, causing it to fall off the eyelashes. If so, the bee persistently tried again and again until it was successful, or finally gave up and flew off. In a very few cases the approach was so gentle that the host (H.B.) did not realize he had a Lisotrigona attached to his lid, imbibing his tears. After landing and whilst sucking tears, H.B. often could barely feel the presence of a bee; indeed, checking by mirror was then required to make sure whether it was still there or had left.
However, when several bees were involved, the experience was rather unpleasant, causing strong tear flow. Once a bee had settled and more were approaching, these tended to settle near each other in a row. Closing the eye did not necessarily dislodge bees but some continued to suck at the slit. They were even able to find and settle at closed eyes.
Bees That Drink Sweat From People’s Skin and Tears From People’s Eyes
Harmless – Christian Horrorfilm about haunted Porn
YT Direktporn, via io9
Großartig! Ein christlicher Horrorfilm über ‘ne verfluchte Kiste voller Porno. Der Film sucht grade Finanzierung über Kickstarter und erwartungsgemäß ist da noch Luft nach oben.
Harmless is a feature film shot in the popular found footage style. It’s the story about a husband and father and his battle with a box of porn that is found in the closet. Once opened, the box of porn begins to torment the family, much like a poltergeist. It’s sort of a social commentary on how pornography can destroy a family.
Kickstarter of Doom: Crowdfunded War and Torture
Kickstriker ist ein Kickstarter-Klon für Aktivisten, finanziert werden dort unter anderem ein Folter-Bus (“Discrete tactical vehicle for interrogators”), bewaffnete Dronen und das alles ist natürlich ‘ne Satire auf die unsägliche Kony 2012-Kampagne, für die man dort auch Geld dalassen kann (kann man freilich nicht). Von Wired:
“Polemically, that’s really interesting,” says Clay Shirky, the NYU professor and internet theorist, out of whose communications tech class the idea was born, “but that’s actually a thing that could happen, given that there are these guns for hire. What would it take to create a crowdsourced hire of [mercenaries]?”
Kickstriker, a site only a few days old, bills itself as a way for average citizens “who care” to support the resolution of intractable wars. “Following the massive success of Invisible Children’s ‘Kony 2012′ campaign, we found ourselves excited about the potential that crowdsourcing held for addressing global conflicts,” reads its About page. “Disappointed” by the backlash to Kony 2012′s messianism, comfort with U.S. military intervention and disquieting racial undertones, the crew of three Shirky students sought to “cut out the middleman in online activism.”
Kickstarter of Doom: Hoax Site ‘Funds’ Torture Bus, Death Drones
