ALEXIS MADRIGAL

Nice socks. via memory.loc.gov

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:23:59 -0500

Nice socks.

via memory.loc.gov

Three and a half centuries of Royal Society Publishing

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:26:10 -0500

Three and a half centuries of Royal Society Publishing

"It turns out that science contributes most to politics when nobody really cares that much about it."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:25:15 -0500

“It turns out that science contributes most to politics when nobody really cares that much about it.”

- Very smart.

Science won’t tell us what to do about climate change, but it can make the controversy worse. - By Daniel Sarewitz - Slate Magazine

jgzogaib: fuckyeahspace: thefuryofatimelord: commanderspock:ca...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:17 -0500

jgzogaib:

fuckyeahspace:

thefuryofatimelord:

commanderspock:calicalifornia:theuniverseinsideyou:

Saturn

It exists and it’s fuzzy!

"‘Prior to the date of Collins’ first license agreement on January 2, 1934, other animated characters..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:05 -0500

“‘Prior to the date of Collins’ first license agreement on January 2, 1934, other animated characters were used as shown in Exhibit D-EE, including Planters Mr. Peanut, Ingram’s animated shaving cream jar and tube, Three Minute animated oat kernels and animated characters by Arkansas Power & Light Company, named ‘The Kilo-Watts’. Other advertisements showing animated characters used concurrently in advertising with Reddy Kilowatt include an animated telephone of the Bell System (1950); animated character, Mr. Plug-In (1942); an animated fluorescent light tube, and an animated electrical figure, Katie Kord. Items 68-73 of Exhibit D-D, all published in the nineteenth century show, respectively, an animated oil bottle, animated green peas and radishes, an animated insecticide bottle and hats and flatirons. Item 74 shows an animated ear of corn published in 1909 and Item 75 shows a gas light and an electric light in animated form named, respectively, ‘Miss Cubic Foot’ and ‘Miss Kilo Watt’, published in 1916. Exhibit D-RR is a group of magazines published by American Waterworks Association showing the use of an animated drop of water. It is humanized and is delivering messages and performing functions of the public water supply service in much the same way that plaintiff’s character has been used to personalize electric service. The character is known as ‘Willing Water’. The use of such characters for such purpose was in the public domain and plaintiff has no exclusive right to the use of animated characters in the electrical field.’””

- The Mascots of Electricity Demand: Power Rock, Reddy Kilowatt, and Selling the Energy-Intensive Lifestyle

Spaceship Earth matthewlyons: TWA terminal in NYC by Saarinen...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:13:51 -0500

Spaceship Earth

matthewlyons:

TWA terminal in NYC by Saarinen (via ouno design)

“There’s been a mail explosion!!!”

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:19:32 -0500

“There’s been a mail explosion!!!”

See my interview with Megan Prelinger, the author of the book,...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:57:55 -0500

See my interview with Megan Prelinger, the author of the book, Another Science Fiction, from which this photo was plucked:

Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had

atompunk:

(via rundogrun)

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:54:00 -0500

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal:

Me @ Wired Science

A real-life rendering. Smokin’ Pots - Slideshows - Dwell

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:57:19 -0500

A real-life rendering.

Smokin’ Pots - Slideshows - Dwell

Birdsill Holly, the man who built the first district heating...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:42:30 -0500

Birdsill Holly, the man who built the first district heating system, pumping steam from a central plant through cast-iron pipes to heat dozens of buildings. Usually, these systems are more efficient than standalone boilers.

"Synthetic biology is broadly defined as the design and construction of new biological parts,..."

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:24:50 -0500

“Synthetic biology is broadly defined as the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems, and the re-design of existing biological systems for useful purposes. Design is central to synthetic biology, as the living world becomes a product of design and manufacturing choices, rather than evolutionary pressures alone. Thus, it becomes important to ask what role design—and the related concept of aesthetics—play in this burgeoning field. Other forms of engineering and manufacturing work in close conjunction with creative practitioners: structural engineers work with architects; mechanical engineers with product designers. Can synthetic biology benefit similarly from such collaborations?”

- Synthetic Aesthetics - Participate

Human space exploration is not quite what we imagined. via...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:23:23 -0500

Human space exploration is not quite what we imagined. via www.spaceflight.nasa.gov

Original Caption: Nannie Rainey, 34, Wife of Miner Jerry Rainey,...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:35:53 -0500

Original Caption: Nannie Rainey, 34, Wife of Miner Jerry Rainey, Who Lives in Housing Owned by the Brookside Mine Company near Middlesboro Kentucky. The Company Is Owned by the Duke Power Company. She Was Arrested During the Strike in 1974 During an Altercation on the Picket Line in Which She Was Accused of Whipping a Kentucky State Highway Patrolman with a Switch, a Charge She Does Not Deny. She and Her Children Went to Jail until Bailed Out by Union Officials 06/1974 (via The U.S. National Archives)

The Fruit of Islam

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:04:20 -0500

The Fruit of Islam

Natural Deselection | Tim Simpson

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:49:39 -0500

Natural Deselection | Tim Simpson

Artelia Bendolph, whose family were tenant farmers in...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:44:54 -0500

Artelia Bendolph, whose family were tenant farmers in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Taken in 1937.

via The Library of Congress

A dope electric car from an exhibit at the First Symposium on...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:48:56 -0500

A dope electric car from an exhibit at the First Symposium on Low Pollution Power Systems Development 10/1973

(via The U.S. National Archives)

That other Tokyo, the mundane one. via Pictory Neighborhood...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:23:48 -0500

That other Tokyo, the mundane one.

via Pictory Neighborhood Treasures Showcase

This should be a new gnomic saying: “One person’s...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:29:53 -0500

This should be a new gnomic saying: “One person’s utopian is another person’s realist. And vice versa.”

ethel-baraona:

Yona Friedman | Ville Spatiale in Binckhorst

In the late fifties and in the sixties I was regarded by some people as a utopian. But I see myself as a realist. In all of my work I have been trying to demonstrate that everything people experience as utopian can actually be realized. So I see my role as that of someone who passes on ideas to reflect on. To make people think. And when I succeed I’m very happy!

Yona Friedman in the documentary Erratic City, 1997/1998