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Culture

Netflix Culture: Freedom & Responsibility

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Did you know?

A typeface is a collection of fonts, and a font is a style within that family. For example, Gotham is a typeface and Gotham Book Italic is a font.

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PANTHER MODERN

Panther Modern is a file-based exhibition space, encouraging artists to create site-specific installations for the internet.

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Farma: A Home Bioreactor for Pharmaceutical Drugs

Will Patrick - MIT Media Lab graduate, former Google[x] researcher & Autodesk Artist in Resident Project - has created a bioreactor that could enable the production of pharmaceutical drugs at home. Farma is designed for a near future, where it grows, measures, filters and drys synthetically designed microbes.

Farma brews Arthrospira platensis, also known as Spirulina, that has been modified to produce pharmaceutical drugs. The reactor brews, measures, filters, and dries the Spirulina into a powder. The consumer then fills gel capsules using the accompanying pill maker and consumes the drugs. It should be able to grow other organisms, including algae, yeast and E coli.

Farma’s goal is to provoke discussions about the dos and don'ts of new emerging technologies: “I want people to understand what could be possible and help them imagine a possible future.”

[read more at FastCo] [William Patrick] [picture by Will Patrick]

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Legendary Fantasy Art Hits the Auction Block http://ift.tt/1TUUed0

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Samuel Rodriguez’s “Ancient Aliens.”

Some familiar looking characters from a galaxy far, far away painted in a new series of work by Samuel Rodriguez (Previously on Supersonic) entitled “Ancient Aliens.”

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The MiPosaur, A Robotic Dinosaur Toy That Plays, Dances & Responds to Hand Gestures or App Control

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After some unexpected twists, here’s how to get your user test back on track.

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Deus Xmas: Robot Revolution [ △ ]

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Biohacker Lisa Park Has Art on the Brain http://ift.tt/1IbkfnR

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Inspired by @sasj‘s designs

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Xmas Tree

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“Pandora’s Box” at AFA Gallery.

Currently showing until January 13th, 2016 at AFA Gallery in New York City is the group show “Pandora’s Box” which features work by 18 of the leading contemporary surrealist artists such as (above): Dorian Vallejo, Jessica Joslin, Nicoletta Ceccoli and Bill Carman.  If you’re in New York City this show is an excellent chance to see a wide array of some fantastic artist’s work.

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Digital Art from The Artifice

The Artifice is an international artist collective founded in 2013 by Grigori Shevtsov and Stu Ballinger.

The Artifice was created to be a community where people can get to know fellow artists, learn from each other, and work together as a team.

The Artifice is constantly on the lookout for talented artists interested in joining their group. Together, they work on art exhibitions based on various themes. Their last exhibition was called “Phase Four: Velocity”. They are currently working on their fifth phase, set to be released in early 2016.

You can find art from The Artifice on their website, blog, and Behance. 

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Adobe is telling people to stop using Flash

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SPAN NYC 2015 — Google Design — Adventures in Consumer Technology

Didn’t have a chance to go to the Google’s annual design conference?

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Apple.com - Nav bar changes to white or black gradually according to the current visible content in the window.