A couple of weeks back we talked about designers going to great lengths to make high-tech products resemble obsolete products of the past. It was just one more of several posts we’ve done, and may well continue to do, on the divide between the technically inclined cognoscenti and, well, everyone else.
Today, however, we […]
Okay, so in the last week we have had two news stories dealing with new materials that are incomprehensibly thin.
First, there is this recent breakthrough, covered on NPR, regarding a new fabric that is by far the blackest material on earth, absorbing almost all light. This material is composed of nanotubes that are, according […]
Now that another CES is behind us all, it’s time to reflect if maybe, just maybe, there’s more to life than just an ever thinner television screens, insanely elaborate booths, and strange sounding products — not that’s there’s anything wrong with that. And, while we’re mindful of all the strong criticism of the event […]
Happy New Year, all. And since we’re starting out on a new year, a post about innovation seems appropriate…..
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We’ve heard it a million times. A great innovator is questioned about some early achievement, “We were too young and foolish to know that what we were doing wasn’t how things were done,” the innovator replies […]
A New Year’s celebration of sorts directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Christopher Walken’s amazing dancing talent. A figure on an artificial landscape.
Have a great 2008, everyone.
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