The Darwin at Home project uses idle computer to distributively compute an algorithm that evolves ways of walking. The video of some of the successful “organisms” is entrancing. Next step: robots that walk like these? Via BB.
The online operating manual for your government is now more complete… Not the type of “code” we’re usually posing here! From a paper-choked sublet office in Sebastopol, Carl Malamud is operating a kind of nonprofit Napster, with offerings a little less sexy than the music of Metallica, Dr. Dre and Green Day. Example: 404.1. All […]
This is pretty handy, you can now search old newspapers on Google… Official Google Blog: Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time… For more than 200 years, matters of local and national significance have been conveyed in newsprint — from revolutions and politics to fashion to local weather or high school football scores. Around […]
People from the Russian town of Chelyabinsk got together to form a massive smiley face just in time for Google Earth’s photo-taking satellite to pass by. – Smile to Quickbird [via Slashdot]
(photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid) Sean O’Steen illuminated his love for the Twitter Fail Whale by rendering the lovably iconic mammal in LEDs on a Peggy board. Wow – people love that failing whale! (Personally, I wish whales the best of luck in all their endeavors ;) – LED Whale Love on Flickr […]
I do reports each month about how the MAKE site is doing in terms of traffic and all sorts of metrics, I don’t think I’ve ever posted any of the interesting tidbits so I’m going to start doing that… here’s one, most of you visiting the site are using Firefox (this is for the month […]
List of problems solved by MacGyver only on Wikipedia of course via Kottke. MacGyver is in a room trying to get out, but sees the key in the other side of the locked door. He takes out a map, unfurls it and sticks it under the door. He then pushes the key out of the […]
