Cheap, cheap, cheap

The world’s cheapest computer, the Sakshat, which translates as “before your eyes”, is being developed in India. It’s supposed to cost 1000 Rupees (16 Euros) initially and to come down to 500 Rupees (8 Euros) through mass production. It’s a joint project of the Vellore Institute of Technology, the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, […]

Radiohead: House of Cards

Radiohead probably won’t win a Grammy, but they should. If you haven’t heard “In Rainbows”, give it a listen. Hot ice. This song video was made without lights or cameras. Geometric technologies were used to capture 3D images. Radiohead took this siren song to a cold, electric place where nerve ends tingle and feelings go […]

New tools

http://www.savethewords.org/ Supporting a web relaunch is making me think what a language learning website should look like in a perfect world. Give me a couple of hundred thousand euros and I’ll get my act together 😉 For the time being I’m enjoying the new ideas out there. My favorites are interactive videos that speak to […]

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

“Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life” aired on 1st February 9pm on BBC One. In this one-hour special David Attenborough shared his personal view on Darwin’s controversial idea: “Darwin has shown us that we are not apart from the natural world. We do not have dominion over it. We are subject to its laws […]

The canon. The beautiful basics of science

Once in a while you stumble upon a book that will change the way you see and approach things. This is one of them. Natalie Angier, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the NYT (booksite), has written a book for those of us who need beauty, involvement and lateral thinking to get into science. It’s all […]

Lisa’s popup book

OK, still listening to Lisa Hannigan (myspace), since I can take lots of melancholy when I want to relax. But I’m posting this because of her beautiful popup book (by Jamie Hannigan and Maeve Clancy).