Links: Tech

An exciting more-than-a-prototype-but-maybe-not-completely-finished-yet modular robot by Modular Robotics is making me wish I had the $300 they wanted for a starter kit (which sounds pretty reasonable for what you get but you know). Really really cool- great kids toy- but also one for my Christmas list. Link:here. Ben Bashford & Friends made this prototype/ experiment / hack called Display Cabinet and It's great. Another effective example of physical computing and RFIDs hanging out and working in the real world. Link for full write up: here

 

Links: Websites

Another new vs old thing going on here. First up a site which is preserved perfectly in the 90s. A great example of the world wide web before facebook got it's hands on it. A truly individual effort and something which should be preserved, maybe I'll start a museum for such extraordinary pieces. Serisously- "A fully independent site designed and created by Godfrey Dykes (c) Powered by electricity!" Link:here

Then we have the new- It's a music video for 'You Broke My Heart Baby'  by Solange La Frange. I guess this is like html 5 or something but it's super cool. A nice simple idea executed really well and one of those things I wish I'd done first. Get clicking: here.

 

Links: Architecture

These incredible Yugoslavian monuments have been doing the rounds- and for good reason. They were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place. Concrete beauties. Link: here.

Next up is this new pavilion called the Metropol Parasol, designed by J.Mayer H. Architects for Seville in Spain, it's one of the largest wooden structures ever created. To me this is a truly modern buidling, innovative in it's design and construction but also bringing in modern ideas about the city, a public space which is definitley a destination. Link: here

April 2011 Photos