Inside the surprisingly dark world of Rube Goldberg machines
The Verge: On the eve of the 2015 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest college nationals, six teams gather in Columbus, Ohio’s Center of Science and Industry children’s museum to set up their machines around the walls of the hangar-like space and eye up the competition. The teams have made the trip here by car, their carefully assembled machines, months in the making, broken down and borne by trucks and U-Haul carriers. Team members lean over each other to place a golf ball here and balance a domino there, assembling their delicate contraptions for the next day’s judging.
the bus rules.
this tour life: So, you’ve found yourself on a bus (coach) tour. Welcome to living in tight quarters with 10 other people and very little privacy. Now you’ll need to know how to properly conduct yourself in your new home. Knowing the unspoken code of the road will help keep you safe and hopefully make your coworkers not downright resent you.
First and foremost, this is your home on the road. It needs to be treated with the same respect you give your own place. Unless you’re a miserable slob, if that’s the case treat it way better than your own home.Disney 3D Prints with Fabric, Makes Soft Interactive Toys
Make: | Make:: The folks at Disney have been exploring some really interesting techniques for fabrication. Their latest is this interesting method of 3D printing with fabric.
The process is best described as an automated system for assembling laser cut layers of fabric. Their machine resembles a tiny assembly line more than a standard 3D printer.
The Perils of Workers’ Comp for Injured Cirque du Soleil Performers
WSJ: Artists at Cirque du Soleil put their unusually adept bodies at risk to entertain audiences, just as many professional athletes do. But unlike many pro athletes, Cirque performers don’t get special treatment, such as continuing to receive regular pay, if they suffer severe injuries.
Instead, most of them are treated like ordinary workers, thrust into a complex workers’ compensation system that provides limited recompense for lost wages and permanent disabilities.Smell-O-Vision Is Back (And Possibly the Future of Storytelling)
The Creators Project: Inhaling through my nose, the artificial scent of honey and apricots fills my head. I stand on the second floor of Queens' Museum of the Moving Image reading a multisensory remix of Goldilocks and the Three Bears: The Smelly Version. MoMI is hosting Future of Storytelling's new exhibit, Sensory Stories, an amalgam of immersive artworks from creators like Chris Milk, Vincent Morisset, and Google Creative Lab, spanning virtual reality, experimental film, interface design, gaming, and other delightfully wacky ideas (like a children's book that can shoot delicious scents directly into your face) and I am in the center of it.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
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This is incredible. I was just talking to some friends the other day on how theater is so impactful and works to grip and audience because it forces you to use so many of your senses. To have these in story books I believe will help people become more engaged and even excited about reading and learning. THe article talks about how accessing the senses makes the reader think about what the story means. I hope to see this more in theatre pieces as well. We're already live, but the more we can access an audiences senses, the more likely ad willing they will be to come on this incredible journey through life with us. Not only that, but I imagine it would be very grounding as well for the actors. I will be exploring more of this. <54-102> 54-102 <54102>
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