Day: September 23, 2013

History Story

Man Pieces Together Historic Train Cars for High-Speed Cross-Country Journey

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As reported on Wired. BY DOUGLAS WOLK Musician Eleanor Friedberger acts in a short video piece the Station to Station crew is directing during a pitstop in the town of Raton, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED Musician Tim Koh and music curator Henrietta Tiefenthaler work on their various devices in the dining car on the train ride to Santa Fe, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED Enigmatic switches on the Station to Station train. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED Chef Leif…

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Art

See a boring monitor become a 3D light sculpture

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As reported on The Verge. By T.C. Sottek  Artist Benjamin Muzzin has spun the humble digital monitor into something much more fascinating in an installation called Full Turn. By taking a flat display and rotating it at a very high speed, Muzzin transformed what would have been a 2D image into a protean, 3D sculpture of light — one that twists, pulsates, ebbs, and grows with mesmerizing fluidity.   “With this project I wanted to explore the…

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Article Economy

The Ambient Economy

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS Access to information is addictive. The moment we have more of it – and more of it available at opportune times – the more we crave. I learned this first-hand when I began wearing a Pebblesmartwatch in earnest. While I’ve long rejected the idea that a smartwatch is a valuable addition to the infonaut’s arsenal, I now realize that being able to see, at a glance, who is calling,…

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Apple iPhone Mobile

Chaos Computer Club says it’s beaten Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint reader (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler Already feeling secure about using just your fingerprint to unlock the new iPhone 5S? European hacker association Chaos Computer Club claims it can be circumvented with “easy everyday means.” According to CCC hacker “Starbug”, tactics laid out in ahow-to from 2004 are all that are required, with just a higher res fake needed to beat the Touch ID reader. The process, requires a 2400 DPI photograph of someone’s fingerprint from a glass surface,…

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Business Mobile

Bad news from BlackBerry: 4,500 jobs to be cut, expected Q2 net operating loss of over $950 million

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As reported on Engadget. By Michael Gorman Things haven’t been going well at BlackBerry for awhile, what with lackluster adoption of BB10 and the hardware running it, and rumors that massive layoffs are coming before the end of the year. Today, the company confirmed the latter rumor, announcing that it will lay off around 4,500 employees as a part of a plan to reduce its operating expenditures by half over the next year. The plan’s necessitated by an…

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