For 5,000 years, the Chinese have used a system of medicine based on the flow and balance of positive and negative energies in the body. In this system, the appearance of the tongue is one of the measures used to classify the overall physical status of the body, or zheng. Now, University of Missouri researchers have developed computer software that combines the ancient practices and modern medicine by providing an automated system for analyzing images of the tongue. Via Sakis Koukouvis The N12 bikini is the world's first first ready-to-wear, completely 3D-printed article of clothing. All of the pieces, closures included, are made directly by 3D printing, and snap together without any sewing. Via João Greno Brogueira 
For an industry firmly entrenched in working with nails and screws, the prospects of replacing saws and hammers with giant printing machines seems frightening. But getting beyond this hesitancy lies the biggest construction boom in all history. Via Szabolcs Kósa Filmed at the UWA Second Life Skrillex - All I Ask Of You (Hey0oxjon Remix)... 3D printing will soon allow digital object storage and transportation, as well as personal manufacturing and very high levels of product customization. This video by Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com illustrates 3D printing today and in the future. Via Szabolcs Kósa 
La primera parte de mi entrevista a Bryn Oh, la primera realizada en español a esta gran artista de Toronto que detrás de su avatar en Second Life expone junto a los artista de carne y hueso de la vida real... Bravo Bryn!! 
Silicon Prairie NewsPhilip Rosedale: 'Work together and help each other.'Silicon Prairie NewsThe founder of Second Life wove the final speech of Day 1 of Big Omaha 2012 at KANEKO to suggest to conference-goers that, just perhaps, there are... Via Dulcie Mills 
The creative arts became possible as an evolutionary advance when humans developed the capacity for abstract thought. The human mind could then form a template of a shape, or a kind of object, or an action, and pass a concrete representation of the conception to another mind. Thus was first born true, productive language, constructed from arbitrary words and symbols. Language was followed by visual art, music, dance, and the ceremonies and rituals of religion.
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Do you think that avatars are happy with their virtual life ?... A machinima filmed in Second Life® in April 2011 at KnowledgeRealm, with my dear friends Lun... 
Interactive infographic about the evolution of browsers and the web. Via Susan Bainbridge, Sakis Koukouvis Seek Wisdom As impotent sleeping spectators we have stood by as multinational companies, bankers and traders have looted and pillaged the precious resources ... 
A network of brain regions which is activated during intense aesthetic experience overlaps with the brain network associated with inward contemplation and self-assessment, researchers have found.
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What is 3D printing?In this feature we introduce you to 3D printing, and provide 10 great examples of print in 3D (Printing awesome stuff http://t.co/bUjzyNQb...)... (What is #3D_printing? Via João Greno Brogueira 
From the year 2000 to 2010 the number of manufacturing jobs in America fell by about a third. The rise of outsourcing and offshoring and the growth of sophisticated supply chains has enabled companies the world over to use China, India and other lower-wage countries as workshops. Now, the global financial crisis has people thinking it is time their countries returned to making stuff in order to create jobs and prevent more manufacturing skills from being lost. These factors, and technologies like robotics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence could help bring about a Third Industrial Revolution. Via Szabolcs Kósa 
Researchers have shown how to create morphing robotic mechanisms and shape-shifting sculptures from a single sheet of paper in a method reminiscent of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Via Sakis Koukouvis 
Une étude d’imagerie révèle l’organisation des neurones dans le cerveau des primates. Surprise : elle est la même, celle d’une... TED Talks MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld talks about his Fab Lab -- a low-cost lab that lets people build things they need using digital and analog tools. It's a simple idea with powerful results. 
Forget about The Terminator, the real problem with AI (artificial intelligence) is what to do when it meets your boss or even your friends. This is not the pitch for some kind of sci-fi rom-com, but rather the genuine concern of Dr Stuart Armstrong, a research fellow at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute. His job is to think about future threats to the human race and how to confront them.
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More on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=artificial%20intelligence Via The Robot Launch Pad, Szabolcs Kósa, Sakis Koukouvis 
The exhibition "Seeing Ourselves: The Science and Art of Diagnostic Medical Imaging" shows that art and science are two means of making images. Recent technology has brought on huge breakthroughs in medical imaging -- images of the human body created for clinical investigations. These advancements have enhanced our knowledge of our physical selves, but it also intensifies our view of ourselves. Via Sakis Koukouvis 
Immersive Education Initiative Boston Summit. iED Summits are official Immersive Education Initiative conferences organized specifically for educators, researchers, and administrators. Via Aggeliki N L'installazione di Nessuno Myoo al MIC in Second Life. 
"Kuru Kuru World is about the cyclical nature of human history and civilization. The exhibit is built using 8-bit console game pixel graphics, primitive symbols of today's technology."
Walk through Kuru Kuru World and get more information about Mikati (left on the photo) and her ideas behind that artwork and of course a nice free Kuru Kuru Hat like she is wearing at the end of your journey... i recommend mouseview and no HUDs on screen (STRG-ALT-F1) when you walk ;-) Via Fritzfranz Fride VJ show created in Second Life by Naomi Devil... 
If the desire for ever-more material goods is not itself a mental disorder, it is associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety and anti-social behavior. Via Sakis Koukouvis |
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