In 2004, Animusic created the animated music video Pipe Dream. It turns out that last year, Intel debuted its own version of that video in real life. Sisu Devices created the amazing replica for Intel, using Intel’s own technologies to get the job done.
Granted, it may not be as colorful, but the rendition is done perfectly, and the s [...]
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Intel’s Robotic Orchestra
In 2004, Animusic created the animated music video Pipe Dream. It turns out that last year, Intel debuted its own version of that video in real life. Sisu Devices created the amazing replica for Intel, using Intel’s own technologies to get the job done.
Granted, it may not be as colorful, but the rendition is done perfectly, and the s [...]
YouTube for Math Nerds
YouTube for Math Nerds [via JoshSundquist]
2011 Told Through Twitter
2011 Told Through Twitter – Year in Review
Hitler reacts to SOPA
Well, it had to happen eventually right? SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has been criticized by Google, Facebook, and Adam Savage (Mythbusters). To learn more about SOPA, take a look at American Censorship Day, and what SOPA means for business. Don’t forget to learn more about the Protect IP Act too, SOPA’s little brother.
Hitl [...]
YouTube for Schools
![YouTube-for-Schools-300x167[1]](http://teknophilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/YouTube-for-Schools-300x1671-150x150.jpg "YouTube-for-Schools-300x167[1]")
I’ve always found watching videos to be much more fun and interesting that listening to a professor lecturing for hours. It’s no mystery that YouTube has tons of educational videos on all areas of knowledge, be it science, math, or philosophy.
What has changed is that its now a whole lot simpler to find these videos and to concen [...]
What the World Searched for in 2011
From Google’s Zeitgeist, we get Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review, a video showing what the world search for in 2011. I’m sure some of the people up there are thrilled to be on that list, others… not so much.
Google Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review
The Importance of DNS -or- The Intern...
Did you know that the internet is not a series of tubes? No? Then how lets take two minutes and learn about it.
DNS, or Domain Name System, helps convert all of those nice, easy to remember addresses you type (like Google), into the “address” of the site you need to visit so that all the computers know where to go.
If you’r [...]
How to Get More Women in Tech in Unde...
Caroline Drucker from SoundCloud gave a speech at Ignite NYC about how to get more women in the technology field. The trick? Stop calling them girls and start calling them women. Simple right?
How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute, Caroline Drucker [via OreillyMedia]
[image] Caroline Drucker [via Daylife]
DEFCON Search and Seizure Explained
With ever-growing amounts of our information and livelihood being put online, the laws and privacy issues regarding how this information is used for and against us is being constantly reassessed. Old laws are no longer applicable, and legislators are having trouble keeping up.
From the description:
An overview of recent developments surround [...]
Hey! Look at me! Robot can tell when ...
Georgia Tech’s Socially Intelligent Machines Lab (perhaps an offshoot of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation’s Genuine People Personalities?) has created a new version of social robots. The new robot (named Simon) uses a camera and some clever software to know when someone is interacting with it, trying to get its attention… or ignoring it.
[...]
Upgrading through Every Version of Wi...
I’ve always wondered if anyone has ever upgraded through all versions of Windows. On top of that, will anything be lost, and will programs keep working? After all, this is 20 years of upgrades.
The video “Chain of Fools” documents one man’s journey through all versions of Windows, from MS-DOS 5 up to Windows 7.
The complete process was:
MS- [...]
Man Builds Working ALU in Minecraft
Dedication, you have it. This guy has built a fully functioning ALU in Minecraft. He now plans to move on to making the memory, eventually making his way up to a full 16-bit computer. According to his description:
“This is the first part of a planned 16-bit computer that will run entirely in minecraft. That computer will be “Hack” [...]
What the Tweet?
A while a go, we saw the amazing statistics behind Twitter. Now we have a new study by Journalism.org. It examined the source of stories shared on Twitter; and it turns out most of them come from the morning’s newspaper.
Check out the infographic here.
And an animated version here.
Re-Evolution: Technology + Culture + ...
Remember when you could go to the World’s Fair and see the future? The amazing technologies, ideas, and exhibitions that were bonded by the feelings of progress, excitement, and anticipation of a better world? What happened to that? Re-Evolution is a large scale industrial art and technology festival in Los Angeles that is trying to bring ba [...]
Cloud Computing Plain and Simple
Ivan Welsh
Cloud Computing has received attention ever since it first came out, and this publicity and usage has been steadily rising ever since. What surprises me though, is that a lot of people talk about “The Cloud,” but don’t really know what it is, or what it does. Thankfully, we can learn what cloud computing is in under 5 minutes, jus [...]
Mozilla Seabird: Greatest Concept Pho...
Mozilla Labs
The folks over at Mozilla Labs (Firefox, Thunderbird) launched the Concept Series a while back as a way to share “ideas, expertise & vision for the future of the Web, the Mozilla project and Firefox.” Billy May, a product designer, produced the “Open Web Concept Phone,” which has since been named “Seabird”.
This phone follow [...]
Program Review: Microsoft Fix it Cent...
teknophilia
Currently in beta testing, Microsoft Fix It Center is an automated maintenance center for common issues faced by windows users. If you have a Windows Passport, you can still sign in to the website, and it looks like the final version should be released soon.
It comes with automated fixes for most issues:
Aero
Diagnose and repair [...]
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