People make, say, and do cool shit every single day. Sometimes that’s easy to forget.
The name comes from a talk Douglas Rushkoff gave where he held up a laptop and said "This is an Anything Machine!".
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Feel free to contact me with ideas or suggestions for the site.
There’s only so many hours in the day, and so many days in the week. There are plenty of other folks keeping up with the world better than I was, so off you go now:
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“One day early in 2004, Robert Noble, an architect specializing in sustainable design, asked himself why parking lots in the United States weren’t covered in solar panels and used to generate clean energy….” Found on New York Times Green Blog via @rpinchera.
“The Realist: weekly documentation in comics-form of one family’s search of a home. originally serialized in israeli newspaper calcalist.” The Realist by Asaf Hanuka.
“Like many American families across the country, the Stern family of Colorado celebrated the Fourth of July holiday together on Sunday. But instead of a traditional barbecue or picnic, the family took to the skies for a novel weightless daytrip on a Zero Gravity Corporation (Zero-G) aircraft.” Found on Space.
“Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago — and they’ve named it after the author of “Moby Dick.” Found on Yahoo.
“This is a recent interview [Stephen] Fry granted SPLASHLIFE, a new international youth volunteer/activist organization. It’s titled “What I Wish I’d Known at 18″. Geared toward the concerns of young adults today, his discourse is consistently insightful and reassuring…” Made by Splashlife. Found via Coilhouse.
“Gunkanjima – every urban explorer’s dream. A deserted island of concrete ruins slowly crumbling away off the West coast of Japan. Travellers have long been forbidden to land there and view the secrets within its walls. But with an awesome guide and a little luck, I was able to do just that. Here’s my story.” Found on Gunkanjima
Editor’s Note: Really fascinating piece of photo journalism and exploration.
“The unfurling of a Japanese solar sail, the first demonstration of a new space propulsion technology, went exactly according to plan. According toJAXA’s blog posts and photos from the event, the IKAROS spacecraft’s sail appears to be in place. It’s a big step in its attempt to travel driven only by sunlight.” Found on Wired.
“Space Exploration Technologies launched its Falcon 9 rocket into earth orbit on its inaugural flight today, a key milestone in the startup’s plan to take cargo into space once the last of the retires.
The two stage, 180-foot rocket left the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at about 2:45 p.m. Eastern. It achieved earth orbit nine minutes later.” Found on Wired.
“Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface.” Found on TED.
