Miriam Simun
Motherboard Blog
Future Technologies That Will Not Kill You: The Most Mindbending Inventions at Ars Electronica
A solar powered 3D printer, bacteria that transmits AM radio signals, and geese on the moon -- these are just a few glimpses of the future that were on display at this year's Ars Electronica, one of biggest festivals for art and technology in the world...
Miriam Simun
9.24.12
Motherboard Blog
Heather Dewey-Hagborg Uses DNA To Reconstruct Your Identity for Art
When was the last time you may have left a strand of your hair lying around on a subway seat or on a coffeeshop chair? You probably don’t think about this too much. But this laissez-faire attitude towards leaving around traces of ourselves (or at least...
Miriam Simun
7.13.12
Motherboard Blog
With Lo-Tech Pink Slime Gone, Where’s the Synthetic Beef?
If pink slime is any indicator, people _really_ don't like hyper-processed meat. Still, lean finely textured beef (as 'pink slime' is known in the industry) is an example of high-tech processing being put to use to "feed the masses":http://boingboing...
Miriam Simun
4.4.12