by Nicola | Sep 30, 2010
For the next sixth months, visitors to the gloriously named Maison d’Ailleurs in Switzerland (a museum of “science fiction, utopia, and extraordinary journeys”) have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be given a deep-tissue massage by a prototype... by Nicola | Sep 27, 2010
Today’s New York Times has a fascinating story on the relative popularity of different drinks on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North New York City commuter train routes. IMAGE: “Tracy Bonner, right, sold a drink to Kevin Davies of Port... by Nicola | Sep 22, 2010
IMAGE: Artist Liz Hickok is gelatin-mapping Manhattan’s skyline for “You Are Here.” Katherine Harmon loves maps, and is the author of two gorgeous books that collect unexpected and idiosyncratic applications of the cartographer’s craft — You... by Nicola | Sep 20, 2010
This September, Tim Maly of Quiet Babylon is curating a month-long 50th birthday party for the word “cyborg.” IMAGE: A cyborg mouse, depicted in Clynes and Kline’s paper, “Cyborgs and Space,” published in Astronautics magazine, September... by Nicola | Sep 17, 2010
If you are in or near San Jose, California, this weekend, these are just some of the delights that await at this year’s 01SJ Biennial. IMAGE: Transgenic Mosquitoes of California by the Center for PostNatural History. Under the pioneering and Utopian instruction...