davemorin:
JIBO: The World’s First Family Robot
isaia:
samati:
skeletales:
This is unexpectedly not about make-up haha
reblogged before it was even finished.
SUPREME
sufficientlyantique:
Remote physical interaction is the next great thing. Remote operated humanoid robots may be obviated by remote operated surfaces in many circumstances. For a first generation, this is very impressive. Successive generations of this technology are natural follow-ons, and will likely improve the resolution and sensitivity of the local and remote media, and perhaps add additional “senses” like haptic feedback and temperature.
Tangible Media MIT’s Tangible Media is coming along nicely, “Almost like a table of living clay, the inFORM is a surface that three-dimensionally changes shape, allowing users to not only interact with digital content in meatspace, but even hold hands with a person hundreds of miles away. And that’s only the beginning.”
It was said of one of the elders that he persevered in a fast of seventy weeks, eating only once a week. The elder ask God to reveal to him the meaning of a certain Scripture text, and God would not reveal it to him. So he said to himself: Look at all the work I have done without getting anywhere! I will go to one of the brothers and ask him. When he had gone out and closed the door and was starting on his way an angel of the Lord was sent to him, saying: The seventy weeks you fasted did not bring you any closer to God, but now that you have humbled yourself and set out to ask your brother, I am sent to reveal the meaning of that text. And opening to him the meaning which he sought, he went away. —
Quoted in Thomas Merton, The Wisdom of the Desert (via ayjay)
A lesson in greatness.
“There’s a difference between feeling good, and doing good.”
From the folks at PovertyCure, an 8m trailer for their 6-part DVD series on how to properly understand poverty, and truly change it.
For a more detailed description of PovertyCure’s philosophy, see the Statement of Principles.
Lives can be changed.
sds:
This pretty much sums up the left.
Sometimes you just feel like movin’ to the music. :)
Dancing to Parov Stelar’s “All Night” (can’t find dancer’s name).
Just had horchata for the first time this weekend – it was the rice-based, Mexican variety: very good stuff.
I think I’ll be having that again! :)
(with C)
homelimag:
The Desk Collection by Grovemade via Homeli.co.uk ~ { Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr }
Nice lines. Really like the succulent planter. And the desk lamp is pretty neat too. :)
One of the things I try to show my students is that historical grounding does not exclude being contemporary. The future is not the opposite of the past. It’s easy to think that, because language sets it up that way: Day is the opposite of night, up is the opposite of down, and therefore the future must be the opposite of the past. But it doesn’t actually work like that. — Tobias Frere-Jones, Surface Magazine No. 109 (June/July 2014)
Absolutely - past and future are not mutually exclusive. In fact, you might say it’s hip where they’re joined.
wondrouspilgrim:
Sunset on the Atlantic has the most peculiar light. #assateague
Makes me yearn for the beach again.
I’ve learned that letting go is an active, continuous process. The default assumption is that we want to be interrupted: notifications are enabled, ringers aren’t silenced, and reminders are set. To get rid of that stuff, you have to take a stand. —
Yep. This!
(via minimalmac)This strikes me as cheating somehow, but the three electric skateboards featured here are neat nonetheless. ;)
(via WSJ)
A great series of pics – really like his style.
marvinking:
Nagoya to Osaka.
Naval Adm. William H. McRaven gives the 2014 commencement address to University of Texas graduates.
A great reminder about resilience in life, as learned from Navy SEAL boot camp. (20m)
Commit iPhone app, by Legend.
Very simple concept, and simple execution: setup something you want to improve by doing it daily, and confirm you’ve done it each day. Over time you build a chain of reinforcement.
Available from the App Store.
Bach, “Little” Fugue (G minor, BWV 578)
A visual experience. :) I really like how it helps you “see” the music unfolding.
And if you’re feeling like a challenge, check out Beethoven’s Ludwig van Beethoven’s Große Fuge (Great Fugue), opus 133.
(by smalin)
Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965), 19m.
What a great piece, especially the second movement of Psalm 23/Psalm 2, which starts at 3:43, and is very moving.
This clip comes from a 1978 concert, conducted by the composer in Berlin.