Thursday

The Psychology of Computer Programming (1971)

"Nekrographic" A couple days ago, I came across something called neurographic art. Basically, turn your brain mostly off and draw some lines and circles before rounding the intersections. You're meant to do simple shading and colour, but I went for my usual sickness.

Digital Illustration by Christina Bencina

Contact.

"In the summer sci-fi blockbuster Transformers, robots from another planet crash to Earth in pursuit of their Holy Grail. To hide in plain sight on our planet, they assume the shapes of earthly vehicles. But Doug Hanna's "transformer" — the Shape-shifting Tracked Robotic Vehicle or STRV — doesn't change shape to hide, but rather to climb stairs, peek over ledges or fit through narrow passages. The Shape-shifting Tracked Robotic Vehicle, or STRV, can alter its shape to climb stairs. The STRV is one of several robotic projects being developed at Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in Suffield, Alta. Hanna is the head of robotics systems for the DRDC, the science and research agency for the Department of Defence. Suffield is the lead robotics lab for the agency, developing both ground-based robots and the software that enables the machines to operate more or less autonomously. The STRV's four caterpillar tracks, for example, can each rotate through 360 degrees, allowing it to lie flat, stand up tall on the ends of the tracks or steady itself on two tracks while the other two reach up to a ledge." – Military robots: Where robots are serving now, and will they ever pull the trigger?, CBC News, July 19, 2007.

Wuppertaler Schwebebahn. Photos: Matthias Heiderich

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Hergé, Milou

Film: Kodak Ultramax 400

Syed Haider Raza (1922-2016) — — Kundalini V [acrylic on canvas 1999]

bead neuron!

Téléavia Panoramic III TV, Designed by Philippe Charbonneaux, 1958