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May
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via z-pseudonym-zTED-Ed animated lesson explores the basic unit of math. Also see how Fibonacci changed the world with the invention of arithmetic.
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May
via mathyouclarkThe Global Pursuit of Happiness, or: The Army of Luck – a 40x13 dot-matrix of 520 shiny golden XXL Maneki Neko ”Lucky Cats.” A servomotor in each “pixel” cat controls the exact motion and position of the paws. “Your concept of happiness is our lucky command. Write it on the keyboard,” the cats inform the visitor. Project by Boris Petrovsky.
09
Apr
What space looks like to kids – a selection of winning artwork from the Space Foundation Student Art Contest. One has to wonder, what are we robbing kids of as we confront the grim future of space exploration?
07
Apr
All The News That’s Fit To Post – how the graphics department of The New York Times design’s the world’s most respected newspaper, a teaser for Gestalten’s Visual Storytelling.
Minds of Modern Mathematics – wonderful free iPad app on the history of math from IBM Research, inspired by IBM’s seminal exhibit at the 1964 World’s Fair, Mathematica: A World of Numbers…and Beyond.
Also see Errol Morris’s short film about the IBM math and engineering pioneers of the same era, who “caught the way the world works,” with original music by Philip Glass.
