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golan

  1. CalArts awarded NSF grant to develop Computer Science & STEM curricula (using Processing) calarts.edu/news/2012-may-… (via @REAS)
  2. Google's Blockly in-browser visual programming environment looks like a ton of fun for the kids. blockly-demo.appspot.com/blockly/demos/… / thx @Superavi1
  3. @Superavi1 wow- thanks- I'd heard about it but hadn't tried it!
  4. Quick path from research lab to your hands. Disney Research's Touche for Arduino is now on instructables: instructables.com/id/Touche-for-…
  5. Dead Cat Quadrotor guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/g… (RT @mattigray)
  6. Good thing those ancient Sumerians aren't litigious @makerbot @metmuseum
  7. The @makerbot + @metmuseum 3D scanning hackathon is a wonderful & portentious development: makerbot.com/blog/2012/06/0…
  8. MoMA curator Paola Antonelli (@curiousoctopus) is seeking a 12-month R&D intern @museummodernart: bit.ly/n1R0Ch (scroll down to R&D)
  9. @thrusty no, sorry. There are plenty of hacky diffusion limited aggregation simulations that can allow you to eyeball something "close", tho
  10. Lip Sync Mouth Shape Kit ("sausage style"): toolfactory.com/products/page?…
  11. @bruces -- Geiger counter in commercial Japanese mobile phones. edition.cnn.com/2012/05/31/bus…
  12. Psst! CLOUDS extended cut vimeo.com/42866719 pw: depth (via @obviousjim)
  13. @julian0liver perhaps he's a robotic artist, or a computer artist? Their parts are from all over.
  14. North Carolina outlaws nonlinear estimates of sea-level change. You heard me. blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/201…
  15. Tempus Fugit. I have replaced the profile picture of Golan-as-graduate-student with Golan-as-tenured-professor.
  16. Evidently, as of today I have been on Twitter for 5 years, or... 1/8 of my life. twbirthday.com/golan/
  17. @antonymous Trying to make an analogy to information visualization. But gastro- is for the stomach, while gusto- is for the sense of taste.
  18. @maxhawkins that should be your new avatar pic! congrats.