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This year
Urban Omnibus » Designers and Citizens as Critical Media Artists
by karlcow
Brian House and Jesse Shapins were two of the co-creators of Yellow Arrow, an early locative media arts project and social software platform. In summer 2008, they co-taught the studio/seminar “Critical Urban Media Arts” at Columbia. Here, they discuss the conceptual background of the course and the pedagogical methods they developed, including Periplurban, a new platform for urban media research.
NASA - Apollo 11 Conversations Earth Didn't Hear Now Online at Nasa.Gov
by rax262
As Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins flew on Apollo 11 to a lunar landing in July 1969, the world heard communications between the crew and Mission Control live as they happened. But Earth did not hear the private conversations between Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, although they were recorded aboard the Command Module Columbia and Lunar Module Eagle.
Beachfront Home for Rent on the Columbia River
by newandforever
Beachfront Home for Rent on the Columbia River
Computer Music Center at Columbia University
by Emaux
The Computer Music Center at Columbia University is an innovative and exciting music and arts technology facility with a long history of creative excellence
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2008
Blind Access Journal: Appeals court rules paper money unfair to blind - May. 20, 2008
by naudjf
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he U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a 2006 district court ruling that could force the United States to redesign its money so blind people can distinguish between values. Suggested solutions include making bills different sizes, including raised markings or using foil printing which is a method of hot stamping that is tactically discernable.
Hard drive recovered from shuttle Columbia used to complete experiment
by xibe
"The 400MB Seagate drive was originally thought to be destroyed, but workers and engineers reconstructing the orbiter from the remaining debris found it during the process and sent it off for recovery, where 99 percent of the data was extracted."
Tipped over: social influence "tipping point" theory debunked
by ravi
Clive Thompson has been getting some well-deserved attention for his recent Fast Company piece, in which Columbia University sociologist Duncan Watts explodes the hierarchical theory of social influence and trend propagation popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in the bestselling book The Tipping Point.
2007
The Artistic Works of Anthony Schrag
by smvisuals
Born in continental Africa, Anthony Schrag studied writing in British Columbia, becoming an acclaimed poetry author, then abruptly turned his talents towards visual arts studying at both the Emily Carr Institute and the Glasgow school of art. Having built a critically acclaimed body work, which has been showcased around the world, from mainland china to the galleries of western Europe.
