Visualizing: tracing an aesthetics of data
What does data look like? There are plenty of ideas that have come out of Madrid at Medialab Prado’s Visualizer workshops. Many more images and explanations of what they mean in the link!
Day: January 10, 2008
Techdirt: ICANN Finally Realizes Domain Tasting Is A Problem, Might Fix It Sometime This Decade
Two issues in this story: Because registrars allow you to return a domain without costs within 5 days, domain kiting or tasting allows unscrupulous companies to register a domain, see how much traffic it generates and throw it back for free or re-register it every 5 days, allowing them to get free domains. Apparently the Read more about Techdirt: ICANN Finally Realizes Domain Tasting Is A Problem, Might Fix It Sometime This Decade[…]
Stereo surfaces
This is a lovely story for a great development: a honeycomb structure that seems to be transparent and conducts sound, allowing you to transmit audio over just about any surface. “The UK ministry of defense was experimenting with a way to dampen the sound in helicopters and developed a honeycombed material that did the opposite Read more about Stereo surfaces[…]