“Riding Light” traces the movement of a photon traveling away from the sun in a film that translates the speed of light into a human perspective.
Source: Flee from the sun at the speed of light in this humbling video – CNET
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Browse The FDA’s Photostream Of Recalled Products | Popular Science
It’s like a police lineup for medicines and snacks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains a Flickr album just for pictures of drugs, supplements and pet and people foods it’s recalled from the market. How did we not know this before?
Source: Browse The FDA’s Photostream Of Recalled Products | Popular Science
Skin-Implanted Microchips Open Doors At Swedish Office Complex | Popular Science
It’s the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised
Source: Skin-Implanted Microchips Open Doors At Swedish Office Complex | Popular Science
Without broadband under Title II, Verizon will get off scot-free for ‘supercookies’ | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Mark Sullivan
A Title II classification of broadband, normally associated with regulating network neutrality, would also give the FCC more power to ensure the privacy of mobile user data.
Hunter S. Thompson on the Problem of Focusing Too Much on the Technicals of Photography
Back in February 1962, well-known journalist (and hobbyist photographer) Hunter S. Thompson sent a letter to Pop Photo magazine about the value of “snapsho
Source: Hunter S. Thompson on the Problem of Focusing Too Much on the Technicals of Photography
FBI and US Marshals stock up on radars that can see through walls
“Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?”…with radars that can “see” through walls. Because according to USA Tod
Source: FBI and US Marshals stock up on radars that can see through walls
The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
How a forgotten company’s 1970s technical breakthrough launched a billion-dollar business and helped spawn a new creative medium.
Source: The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy – NYTimes.com
Advertisers, and possibly other third parties, are finding ways to exploit a hidden tracking mechanism that Verizon Wireless users cannot delete.
Source: Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy – NYTimes.com
How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices | Re/code
It’s all about price perception.
Source: How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices | Re/code
Docker, a Software Start-Up, Sees a Future in Containers of Code – NYTimes.com
The start-up is in the forefront of a move to package applications much as shipping containers hold physical goods.
Source: Docker, a Software Start-Up, Sees a Future in Containers of Code – NYTimes.com