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The price of Bacon

Triptych, Francis Bacon, 1976 Bacon Triptych Auctioned for Record $86 Million – New York Times I didn’t believe I recalled seeing this triptych before, but considering how different it looks in the following image — I’m not really sure anymore. … more…

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links for 2007-10-10: flying robot spies

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs Washington Post, already blogged all over the place. Just wanted to fix the date when these things were first seen in the wild. (tags: robot surveillance technology)

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Creepy Robot News: BigDog Walks Abroad

Wired Blogs: Gadget Lab Walking robots just moved on. This one is very creepy indeed, and just wait till you see what happens when the guy tries to kick it over. UPDATE. I should have thought of this an hour … more…

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links for 2007-01-09: visualizations, fabrications

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods (tags: visualization design charts concepts map) 3D programmable woodcarving robot It’s hard to tell from the site how fine the results are with this machine — but this stuff is getting very affordable, very … more…

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