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Category Archives: Tech
The next best thing to being there
Yesterday, The Portal, a public technology sculpture arrived in New York City and Dublin. Serving as a virtual bridge, the installation will transmit a real-time unfiltered live stream of both cities, transcending physical barriers and putting New Yorkers and Dubliners instantly in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Tech, Tourism, USA
Tagged Dublin, Ireland, New York City, Street Art
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Conflict Cartography
I was recently bemoaning the fact that the main stream media in the United States can’t seem to focus on more than two serious conflicts at the same time, and even then, the coverage is sorely lacking. But I just … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Europe, History, Maps, Middle East, Tech, USA
Tagged Cartography, Gaza, Israel, Ukraine
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Literacy for Life
The Literacy Pen by The World Literacy Foundation and the Dutch firm Media.Monks is an amazing educational device designed to enable illiterate individuals to start writing and learning to read, instantly. Open source and compatible with all standard pens on … Continue reading
The Sun and the Moon and You
NASA commissioned gifted artists among their ranks to create an exciting series of posters commemorating the total solar eclipse that will cut a wide swath across Mexico, the United States and Canada today. On April 8, 2024, a total solar … Continue reading
Tokyo Night Light
I am absolutely fascinated by projection mapping technology. So, of course, I need to share this new project where Panasonic illuminates the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku, Japan using the world’s largest permanent projection mapping display and a series live animations. … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Asia, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Japan, Panasonic, projection mapping, Tokyo
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Ghostwriter
Designer Arvind Sanjeev has designed Ghostwriter , a smartly named answer machine that uses Open AI’s ChatGPT language model to answer queries manually entered by users, based on a modified old Brother typewriter. Tradition meets modernity. The Ghostwriter is a poetic intervention that allows us … Continue reading
Atlas of Antiquity
I don’t know how I missed the amazing site vici.org which offers an excellent interactive map of archeological sites. It’s easy to spend hours down the rabbit hole exploring the thousands of locations with significant ancient buildings or ruins. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Maps, Middle East, Museums, Tech, Tourism
Tagged archeology, Europe, History
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Tokyo Midnight
I know very little about manga culture, but I was suitably impressed by this 19-minute live-action masterpiece, titled Midnight, which is based on a 1986 manga series by Osamu Tezuka, affectionately known as the Godfather of Manga. The entire project was … Continue reading
Do you miss your old typewriter
I don’t know about you, but I don’t miss my old typewriters at all. Still, I was intrigued by this video typewriter-centric performance. The Boston Typewriter Orchestra is a nostalgic combo that engages in rhythmic typewriter manipulation combined with elements … Continue reading
A Wheel of Time
A big tip of the hat to Travel Between The Pages’ first and most loyal follower Bonnie B. for sharing the amazing video below. I love a good bookbinding project, but this one is extraordinary by any measure. Going by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Tech
Tagged Bookbinding, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Wheel of Time
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Travel Between The Pages 