The MIT Media Lab Macro Connections group, has done some stella work on visualising network associations over their time. You should visit the Global Language Network or the Human Development Index Tree [2010] They build tools to transform data into stories. The Clinton Circle, maps emails from Hillary Clinton, John Podesta and the DNC in the United States.. Certainly topical! The data…
Hearing the Universe We have detected gravitational waves. We did it. - David Reitze, executive director of LIGO At a time when reason and evidence appear under siege, and "belief" and "opinion" have a seeming privileged status in civil discourse unknown since the enlightenment, I am reminded of the words of the 17th Century Dutch Philosopher, Spinoza: The highest activity…
Consider: Atlas "in the wild". https://youtu.be/NwrjAa1SgjQ “Making Robots” with more advanced robots and human-computer interaction full length discussion can be found here. Links MIT DARPA Challenge Technology [MIT] MITDRC - YouTube
Managers Not MBAs: Debating the Merits of Business Education Ricardo Semler, Henry Mintzberg Most MBAs aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, suggests Henry Mintzberg. “Management is where art and craft and science meet,” and most MBA programs are simply “training in analytical skills for analytical jobs… like investment banking and consulting.” Whatever you do, don’t confuse an MBA with a…
Alan Brody, Evan Ziporyn, Jay Scheib, Krzysztof Wodiczko High tech tools have become a means for both creating and communicating art. For some of the symposium panelists, this poses a mixed blessing. Evan Ziporyn describes the evolution of his musical composition... Link: Art and Technology.