Category Archives: The Void
links for 2009-12-15: generation ships
Charlie's Diary: Designing society for posterity Charles Stross polls his readership: "So. You, and a quarter of a million other folks, have embarked on a 1000-year voyage aboard a hollowed-out asteroid. What sort of governance and society do you think … more…
Trundling Blob Takes Its First Steps
iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. I doubt that climbing walls, ceilings, trouser legs and so forth … more…
Meet the Mandelbulbs
Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal People have been puzzling over the possibility of a three-dimensional Mandelbrot since shortly after the discovery of the original 2-D figure. This recent work, while not absolutely definitively The Answer, strongly … more…
giving nothing away?
This flyer came through the door a few days ago. File under nexistepas. And, erm, empty promises…
Mouse in VR Maze
YouTube – Mouse in VR Maze (via Neurophilosphy, from amongst Mac Tonnies‘ last few tweets)
American Beauty
Was reminded of this scene in conversation recently. Last time I checked, it wasn’t available on Youtube, and now as (I trust) you see, it is — although embedding is tediously disabled.
Ever Dream This Man?
In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private … more…
Peripetics
Peripetics by ZEITGUISED, 2009 This doesn’t get less interesting with repeat viewings, nor any easier to write about. I keep crossing things out. (via, well, a long story. Earliest showing on FFFF in April, then BruceS then MacT, and most … more…
fractal architecture
Medieval tower fractal, Aexion, 2007 (via @mactonnies)