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Link Pool 2/19/11

  • Duct Tape Art – If you think you overuse duct tape, check out Ukrainian Born Mark Khaisman. This Russian schooled and now Philadelphia based artist has come up with some pretty amazing ways to layer duct tape and regular packaging tape into strikingly realistic portraits.
  • Acid experiments with Grama – While researching for a biography on one of my favorite authors, Aldous Huxley, biographer Don Lattin uncovered some interesting video on LSD experiments from the 1950s. Most interestingly a video of Dr. Sidney Cohen dosing volunteers at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in L.A. including a prim and proper housewife who could quite possibly be your grandmother. I must say the experiment is rather humorous. You can read the full article documenting the experiment, or just watch the video here.
  • Neuro Headset for your PC – Innovator and true genius, Tan Le has developed a wireless (and stylish) headset which you can use to control your personal computer. Dubbed “Emotive”, this tool has the potential to truly revolutionize the way we interact with computers. The first thing I wanted to know is if you can use it to make music, and yes you can. In fact, they already have developed some sound creation software specifically for the device, and you can also use it to control any existing software you have. For only $300, this is a pretty exciting toy. Check out the TED talk where Tan Le demonstrates how easy it is for someone new to the device to control and manipulate digital objects.
Royce | February 19, 2011
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Link Pool 1/19/10

  • 3D Animated Graffiti – This Australian digital graffiti artist behind Graffiti Technica is truly innovating the art form with his ability to blend cutting edge surreal graphics into video footage. He has earned enough attention to land commercial work for N-VIDIA, Intel, Redbull and other major companies. I have been following his work for a couple years now because I like his futuristic style, but his new video renderings have been really making me want to spend some time inside some 3D graphics software. Check out the future of graffiti.
  • Beeple Videos – I became interested in Wisconsin based graphic designer and short film producer beeple, aka Mike Winkelmann when I overheard that he supplies the VJ scene with a decent amount of those weird little videos you always see projected on club walls. At that point I had no idea he produced the video for “Kill Your Coworkers” by Flying Lotus. His website is amazing and his artwork is deeply inspirational, you should check it out and fan him on facebook or something.
  • Driveby Stenciling – Yes, some creative kids with too much time on their hands figured out a way to really piss off inner-city business owners. How deliciously obnoxious.
Royce | January 19, 2011
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Link Pool 12/16/10

Dragon by Robert Lang

  • Beyond Origami - American physicist Robert Lang is a true visionary. Not only did he develop a software algorithm that allows him to fold pretty much anything out of an uncut piece of paper, he has made groundbreaking inventions by fusing his origami with other technologies. For example, he designed how airbags fold up into car steering wheels. So on top of holding several patents on cutting edge laser technology, giving TED talks, and being the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Lang is currently helping NASA design football-field-sized optical lenses for their new telescope (the size of Manhattan) that need fold up into a space shuttle for transport. Most impressively, his work has lead to the development of an injectable stent graft that is designed to hold open blocked arteries. Who knew origami could potentially save your life?
  • LIFE Saving Nuclear Waste- An acronym for Laser Inertial Fusion Engine, LIFE is a new alternate fuel source being developed at the super-secret Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The researchers have developed a method of cooking nuclear waste with the worlds largest, most high powered laser in a way that creates clean burning fuel. Though this new approach to thermonuclear fusion is still being developed, it has the potential to solve our energy crisis.
  • ASCII Art IRL – Innovative artist Keira Rathbone has been creating some amazing images using nothing more than vintage typewriters. She also performs her work live. Check out some video.
Royce | December 16, 2010
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Link Pool 11/22/10

  • Segway of the Sky? – That’s right. For just less than the cost of hospital bills you will incur for recovering from your maiden voyage, you can finally purchase your very own personal jetpack.  I can’t wait to see the fail videos of people trying to learn how to use these things.
  • 21st Century Bionic Companion. – I have to say that I am jealous to learn that kids will soon be growing up with androids. Alderbaran Robotics recently released their award winning NAO humanoid robot for sale to the public. This thing has an extensively programmable personality and if you teach it how, it can clean your room for you or even play tricks on your friends. I see the poor little NAO bot being the scapegoat for naughty children everywhere by the year 2020.  For just under 10 grand, you can get yours here.
  • The Invisible Man – An unusual performance  artist in China has mastered the technique of blending in with his surroundings. It  may look like Photoshop, but it’s really just a lot of patience.
Royce | November 22, 2010
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Link Pool 10/25/10

    "Vintage"

  • Peeta at MEM Studio 2009 – Watch one of the best graffiti writers in the world time-lapsed to some glitch-hop as he creates 3D work that plays tricks on the camera lens.   Peeta is the only writer I’ve seen who’s style is so distinct, that a lot of times he only paints one letter.
  • TrustoCorp – This innovative N.Y. based street art team has the locations of all their pieces nicely mapped out in the shape of  a middle finger on their home page.  Make sure to check out their Flckr Photostream.
  • Paleofuture.com – A website dedicated to archiving visions of the future… from to the past.
Royce | October 25, 2010
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Link Pool 10/4/10

  • Ego Thieves – The Kings of Dubstep remixes redesigned their site and dropped several new mixes, with tons of unreleased exclusiveness contained within each.
  • A Day in the Life of Diplo – Film project Eight Billion Lives followed prolific DJ/label owner Diplo aka Wesley Pentz around as he goes about his business of travelling the world, finding and playing crazy music, and generally being awesome.
  • Official.FM – A Soundcloud competitor/alternative, with far more free goodies. Premo.
trilla | October 4, 2010
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LinkPool 9/30/10

trilla | September 30, 2010
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Link Pool 9/21/10

Royce | September 21, 2010
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The Link Pool 9/14/10

The LinkPool will be a compilation of links to interesting music and generally interesting things we find around the net, but despite the best efforts of our top scientists, Floridub.com can’t contain all the awesome of the interwebs.

  • Fresher’s Mixtape – Our friends across the pond bring you a mixtape that captures the feeling of Fall. Makes me wanna open the windows and enjoy the crisp air… except I live in Florida, so I’ll just bump up the A/C.
  • Exit Through the Giftshop (Movie) – World famous street artist Banksy brings you a movie within a mocumentary within a documentary, or something like that.
  • Hamilton’s Pharmicopia – Alexander Shuglin is responsible for discovering countless psychoactive drugs, 50-90% of which you may have “sampled” at some point. A Vice Magazine correspondent sits him down for an interview and gets a tour of his lab. Most awesome scene: Being shown boxes and boxes of chemicals Shuglin has syntehsized, such as PCP and MDMA. Science!
trilla | September 14, 2010
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