At Lake Merritt – the oldest wildlife refuge in the U.S. – a group is exploring the future of citizen science. The Lake Merritt BioBlitz set out to explore the rich biodiversity present in this lake, allowing participants the opportunity to document the rich environment. Oh, and there were robots, too.
Architect and designer Paul Max Berchi designed the “Bath House” located
in Latvia’s Liepaja Seaside Park, but after it was ultimately shuttered
in 1993, the iconic building sat and stagnated for over 20 years.
Homemade Dessert and Liepaja City Council are ready to pay designers up
to $5,000 for ideas to renovate this historic landmark. Are you
interested?
What’s your garden missing right now? You’ve probably got a few nice statues, some pretty flowers, some edible plants…all the boring, vanilla stuff you can find in any garden. I can tell you what you probably don’t have, too: Robots. Don’t worry: The Toro-bots have you covered.
We’ve recently seen a lot of games that use social media in some pretty incredible ways. Seadelphica is the latest in that crop: it’s a story-driven runner with multiple endings and Tumblr integration. Apparently, it’s going to use Tumblr to influence how its main character grows and develops.
For all those naysayers out there who couldn’t help but caterwaul over Facebook’s demise before the ink was even dry on it IPO opening, May 19, 2012 — including myself [see "How Many Dumb F*cks Rocked Facebook’s IPO Like It’s 1999?"] — our subesquent rude awakening was the world’s largest social network fooled a good many of us.
The fashion world is notorious for creating clothes that no one would
wear, or no one *can* wear. Impracticality is the name of the game. Next
ridiculous fashion trend? Invisible clothes. This invisible dress is the modern day
version of The Emperor’s New Clothes.
It might be morbid and upsetting, but the death industry has always been
killing the competition (pun intended) because of the simple fact that
everyone on the planet will die. There is no other industry that caters
to a basic need of the entire world population. Admittedly, some of the
businesses in the industry, and the services that they offer, won’t
appeal to everyone; but they do demonstrate that creativity in business
isn’t dead. The latest business in the industry is futuristic, and takes
memorializing to a whole new level.
While we’re still some decades away from robots that are capable of finding religion, we’re most definitely living in an era where they’re capable of teaching it. An Iranian schoolteacher has taken it upon himself to build a robot that will instruct his students on proper Muslim prayer techniques.
Where Roguelikes are concerned, procedural generation is pretty old hat. We already know all there is to know about random levels, enemies, and bosses. That’s why the folks behind #Dungeon are taking a rather novel approach: they’re letting players build the game using Twitter.
The ReGeneration: An International Living Competition is looking for
designers to solve the problem of modern intergenerational living in the
United States caused by zoning American cities by general use. If you
can find a great way to keep senior citizens a central and active part
of our communities, you may earn $1,000!
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