The MakerBot Replicator is a personal 3D printer. Fuck all the smartphones and tablets, this is the only serious technological object to buy. I WANT ONE. Seriously.

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This is pure awesomeness! (Designed by Soon in Tokyo and built by rehabstudio)
[via laughingsquid]
 

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This lecture by Alain de Botton is inspiring, entertaining and even mindblowing. Have you ever thought that sometimes embracing sadness and pessimism could help you achieve better things in life? It may seem a little odd but it does make sense. If you have half an hour to spend, I suggest you listen to this.
“In this secular sermon, Alain challenges the great bourgeois promise that everyone can find happiness in love and work and suggests ...

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Anil Dash has some great ideas about 3d printing and teleporting:
“Every 3D printer should seamlessly integrate a 3D scanner, even if it makes the device cost much more. The reason is simple: If you set the expectation that every device can both input and output 3D objects, you provide the necessary fundamentals for network effects to take off amongst creators. But no, these devices are not “3D fax machines”. What you’ve actually made, when you ...

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Literal Atari Game Covers, a project by Mightygodking…
 

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Fake Holidays is a photography project by Reiner Riedler:
“When wishes are out of reach, simulation is taking over our leisure time and our holidays. Imaginary worlds are created, often under massive technological exertion, in order to offer us experience as reproducible merchandise. Although the quality of these adventures on demand sometimes proves to be rather dubious, the boom does shed light on one thing: the yearnings and dreams underlying people’s daily lives.”

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Just keep on jumping, no matter what.

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Desktop is…, a seminal work by Alexei Shulgin (1997), has a brand new cover version. It’s called Desktop Views (2011), a net art remake by Adam Cruces…
 

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“Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is gonna be the new Mozart…and make a beautiful film with her father’s little camera-corder, and for once this whole professionalism about movies will be destroyed, forever, and it will really become an art form.” - Francis Ford Coppola
The excerpt comes from Hearts of Darkness, the documentary about Coppola’s 1979 cult-classic Apocalypse Now.
(via Brain Pickings)

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Remember Wendy’s crazy 3d videos? I just found another unknown, underrated genius. Say hi to Zonaromega, from Russia…
[via dangerous minds]

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