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Do birds have a favourite font?
February 21st, 2012. Posted by Louise Potter
That’s the question being posed by Type Nesting – a collection of images of birds making themselves at home inside of letters. So far, the letters A, E and S seem to be proving popular…
Tree Mosaics
February 21st, 2012. Posted by Louise Potter
Photographer Noel Myles records the English countryside through his series of stunning tree mosaics, all with the aim of recreating the memory of a time and place. Myles’ work will be on exhibition at Gainsborough’s House in Suffolk from March 31 to June 23, 2012, so you can go and see a selection of his intriguing collection for yourself.
via My Modern Met
LED Snowboarder
February 17th, 2012. Posted by James Devon
Russell Buckley
February 16th, 2012. Posted by NicolaMartindale
Yesterday evening we attended a fascinating talk presented by Russell Buckley, the co- founder of one of the world’s largest mobile advertising networks, AdMob.
The main focus of his discussion was the mobile and how it has revolutionised the technological landscape and will continue to do so in the next 20 years. He described technological growth as exponential, meaning that technological innovation is happening so rapidly that eventually devices such as the computer will take over from the human race. In addition to this, it has been predicted that by the time we reach 2036 a computer will be the size of a red blood cell and will be one billion times more powerful.
Russell mentioned how the mobile phone is cannibalising other industries because it is constantly merging with other devices e.g. the camera and mp3 player. In response to this, the world’s leading technological companies have to adapt their business models to keep up with this disruptive transformation. The futuristic mobile will also be able to offer simultaneous language translation, meaning that people will be able to have a phone conversation in two different languages and the phone will automatically translate them for you.
It was intriguing to hear the many ways in which technology will impact society, but one of the key points which really jumped out at me was about a self replicating 3D printer which will be available to purchase within the next 10 years. This will cause many implications for the retail industry as consumers will be able to print their own goods from home!
We are currently on the verge of entering an era where computers will become so advanced that they will develop a greater intelligence than humans. This concept is known as singularity and is expected to happen by the year 2045, it raises many questions such as ‘how do we survive post singularity?’ and ‘what will happen to the planet once computers have gained a greater intelligence than us?’ Hopefully we are able to use this advanced technology to enhance our own knowledge, but the question is, what will technology think of us?
