August 2011
7 posts
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Idea #3: Grave Sponsors
Sell ad space on or near tombstones, especially those of well-liked people. Advertisers: Your business or product will gain exposure from an audience that is usually difficult to reach - mourners. Grave site marketing is especially strategic for… Therapists Flower shops Dating sites Feel-good movies Future Corpses: Choosing to rent out your headstone for marketers will help your family...
Aug 25th
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The Bathe: A Customizable Bathtub →
William Taft probably could’ve used one of these.
Aug 25th
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Bento Book →
Aug 19th
Crystal River  →
“The most beautiful river on earth.” (Photos.)
Aug 18th
Enough Already →
Using the Video Experimenter Shield, the Arduino is able to decode the closed captioning transcription track, which is transmitted along with the NTSC picture signal. The incoming text is processed for a set of keywords such as “KARDASHIAN” or “SNOOKI” and sends my television’s IR remote control mute command, muting the TV for 30 seconds and then unmuting it (as long as a keyword isn’t...
Aug 18th
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Idea #2
An unplugged television. Its power light indicates that it is off. Onscreen, a ‘mute’ graphic is visible. The screen is partially cracked. It broadcasts a news station.
Aug 17th
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Found: A Batch of DNA Molecules That Seem To Have... →
In what appears to be seriously big news from a team of NASA-funded researchers, scientists have found evidence that some building blocks of DNA—including two of the four nucleobases that make up our genetic code—found in meteorites were created in space, lending credence to the idea that life is not homegrown but was seeded here by asteroids, meteorites, or comets sometime in...
Aug 17th
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Moral Dilemmas →
Aug 24th
July 2010
8 posts
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Jul 14th
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“I work backstage. I don’t mind not having my name in bright lights outside...”
Jul 13th
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Experiment #1
If I had the resources, I’d answer everyone’s questions with science. Question: Is homosexuality genetic? Hypothesis: Homosexuality will be passed on more frequently by two homosexual parents than two heterosexual parents. Procedure Collect sperm samples from 110 homosexual males and 110 heterosexual males. Screen families seeking children, eliminating those which exhibit negative...
Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Idea #1
Sculptures and statues made from answering machines & answering tapes. “Phone conversation has become a thing of the past - an art. Even the least personal form of verbal communication is dying.”
Jul 13th
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“All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
Google Trends: Art, Science →
There is some sort of correlation
Jul 12th