This summer, New York’s Museum of Modern Art PS1 will play host to a structure built out of self-assembling bricks. Hy-Fi, designed by architect David Benjamin, will open in late June, and be built primarily built from a combination of corn husks and fungus. Bricks made of the two organic materials will be set in place to create three open towers, before being topped … Read More → "Self-assembling fungus tower will grow in New York this summer"

Forget taco-copters or same-day shipping — drones are the perfect companion for off-roaders. They can scout locations, keep tabs on terrain, and when you’re back on paved roads, give you a heads up about that tool that flipped his pickup on your morning commute. And that’s exactly what the Renault Kwid concept is promising.
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A few years ago, it was revealed that the US was using loud music as part of its torture techniques in Guantanamo Bay — and now one of the acts wants to be paid for what it sees as unauthorized use of its music. The Canadian industrial act Skinny Puppy has sent a bill for $666,000 to the US Department of Defense and is also investigating ways to bring a potential lawsuit … Read More → "Industrial band Skinny Puppy bills the US government for torturing prisoners with its music"

On July 3, an unusual exhibit will open up at the Barbican arts venue in London. Called “Digital Revolution,” it’s billed as “an immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music, and videogames.” It will feature the work of established artists, including will.i.am and Zach Lieberman, but it also will introduce the world to a new artist chosen by Google.

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For 15 years, Tim Linhart has led the Swedish musical group Ice Music. Except for the strings, frets and other essential parts, the instruments are made of ice. Yes, the body of that cello consists of sheets of ice. Linhart sculpts them himself. It can take him a week to build just one.
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Emisoft has come forward with details on a newly discovered form of ransomware. This one is dubbed “Linkup” and while it will hold your computer hostage, it doesn’t lock your computer or encrypt all your files like we have seen in the past. Instead, this version of Linkup blocks Internet access and also turns your system into a bitcoin mining zombie.
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How is it possible that cold-blooded fish such as cod can live in Arctic waters without just freezing solid? As it turns out, they’ve got proteins in their bloodstream that act as a sort of antifreeze. British scientists have now copied the fashion in which those proteins work, to create a process by which donated human blood could be frozen for storage, then quickly made available for transfusion.
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Created by Indianapolis-based professor and artist Anila Quayyum Agha, Intersections consists of a heavily patterned hollow 6.5′ wooden cube hung from the ceiling that casts shadows of said pattern within a 35′ by 32′ space thanks to a light bulb inside.
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This is a portrait of Sir Roger Norrington created by Michael Fennel using just smoke. Not charcoal, not ashes, no fingers, no brushes—just actual smoke coming from a flame, pushing carbon particles into the air until they get stuck to the canvas.
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