Links for 20-09-2007
Personal manufacturing network, haptic radar hat, why mainstream critics don’t dig Dick, cracking combination locks …
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1 – Ponoko – personal manufacturing network
“The post-industrial revolution is changing the way products are created, traded and distributed. Now everyone can engage in the manufacturing process through their PCs …” This could really change everything.
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2 – The Haptic Radar / Extended Skin Project
“We are developing a wearable and modular device allowing users to perceive and respond to spatial information using haptic cues in an intuitive and unobstrusive way.” A hat with IR sensors and skin ticklers, basically.
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3 – THE THREE STIGMATA of PHILIP K. DICK
“Despite his recent canonization, mainstream critics still cast this American visionary as a poor writer, a drug addict, and a wacko.” More fool them. Includes mini interview with Lethem,
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4 – How to Crack a “Master Lock” Combination Lock
“… there are 64,000 possible combinations on a standard 40-number Master Lock. With this method, however, you can quickly narrow that down to 100 combinations, a workable number to try if you’ve got the time and the inclination to give it a shot.”
