Gego.

Teresa Henriques, Problem

@ { rooster }

"What are they for…
pictures of stars,
of people bursting into stars,
stars coming out of people,
humans with star-skin,
the idea of being made of
star stuff
that all of these embody –
actually, it’s transcendence.
A totally physical, 21st-century
transcendence of the,
escape from the
bodies, lives, world, geo-centric, human-centric bubble
we feel ourselves bound to.
Transcendence upon realization that,
actually, we really are something else,
something lasting, infinite, beautiful,
completely chaotic,
but so much larger that it seems
‹————slooooooooow————›
[space&time]
serene, to us;
graceful, elegant,
motherly,
eternal.
A way of surpassing finite bodies,
finite experiences,
since we’ve lost (for a large part)
the “soul” and “god” ideas,
we take solace in the particles,
atoms,
the subatomic world,
the idea that, even when we die,
we will be recycled,
we will be eternal,
even if we don’t experience it the same way
after the dismantling of the human structure
we’ve been compiled into.
So, bring it on!
Let’s dismantle!
I don’t care! I’m infinite!
Even if I won’t know it.
It’s still scary as Hell… to think about not “being”
not “seeing” all this beauty,
not… anything. Just moving, as little bits,
and not even knowing it.
That’s really the worst part —
loss of awareness, loss of our window….
we have such a fantastic
(amazing! awe-inspiring! magnificent!
all the words that prompt the action, AH!
a breath IN, life IN, live MORE, breath - chest -BIGGER!)
…such a great window, as humans!
To sense the Universe in so many ways!
The window is the thing worth living for.
Realizing this, the dream becomes
to expand that window, to keep pushing,
keep living, extend ourselves, our lifespan,
so we can keep looking, keep experiencing,
keep playing with it… to be part of something
so enormous,
I want to extend myself into space,
into the space around me,
I want to become so MASSIVE
that I become the space itself.
Then, I’ll be eternal, truly.
…
…
…
This wasn’t supposed to be and isn’t a poem —
it was only an inquiry about these pictures, this “obsession”,
what’s trying to be said, by others and myself,
about all this…
but it’s hard to get to it unless you throw out
conventions, just enough so something is still understood but,
those patterns we use for other things, more accessible things —
they don’t work for this.
it just doesn’t work until you go AH! And AMAZING!
and BREATHE! And PUFF out the chest and see that
you’re just being a bird,
getting bigger, getting excited,
more life-like, moving more, more particle action,
but not too much — don’t get too hot,
you’ll upset the stability of the structure and maybe melt,
and that’s not really what we’re going for,
but eventually, yes,
you do want to just explode and spread out
and lose all your feathers."

I’ll take the Universe, and nothing less.

(Source: spacecollective.org)

{ Dukno Yoon }: beautiful, kinetic, flying rings.

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I have to admit envy of the “I wish I made it” sort.

(Source: duknoyoon.com, via 57577)

unknownskywalker:

Astronomical by Mishka Henner

Astronomical is a set of twelve 506-page volumes representing a scale model of our solar system from the Sun to Pluto. The width of each page represents one million kilometres. The set is an open edition with each set printed for each buyer. Order Astronomical here (£100 + shipping). Watch the video →

(via itsfullofstars)

Matter Compiler →

matter compiler
molecular assembler
alchemy
nanotechnology

••••••

The matter compiler is a wonderful idea… but, and this is no flaw, it’s entirely unsurprising… I was happy to find it in The Diamond Age because I’d been thinking about re-assembling and assembling since the first inklings of understanding I had about physics — of course you’d get there. Knowing we’re made of little non-things like super-complex Lego bricks that make ever-larger structures by way of their arrangement patterns… that’s most exciting. What else could we want to do but take those bricks — take ourselves — apart and see how we can configure and reconfigure the structure? Forget about standards — everything’s a construction, a system, a plaything, a castle, a clay-thing. This is the dream of the Alchemist.

(Source: olenashmahalo.com)

deliciousdimension:

Buzz Chung, astronaut, Echoes of the Rainbow, 2010
http://beyondasiaphilia.wordpress.com/2011/09/

The Operating System →

now with better code & new text — instructions & info.
new visualizations coming soon.

tsunafishy:

youranonnews:

ACTA in a Nutshell –

What is ACTA?  ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources - 

• Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet
• Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text
• Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history
• Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here: Response
• Watch a short informative video on ACTA: ACTA Video
• Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: Lulzy Video

Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA.

COME ON HOW DOES THIS HAVE SO LITTLE NOTES?

WAKE UUUUUPPPP

What You Can Do

Despite the potentially significant harmful impact on consumers and Internet innovation and the expedited timeframe in which the treaty is being negotiated the citizens that stand to be directly affected by the treaty provisions have been given almost no information about its real contents and very little opportunity to express their views on it.

But there is still time to do something to change that! If you live in the US tell your Senators to demand more transparency in ACTA!

(via fyeahchemistry)

invaderxan:

Doppler effect — soundwaves emitted by a stationary source, a moving source, a source moving at the speed of sound (mach 1), and a supersonic source.

(via fyeahchemistry)

scinerds:

Babies with Three Parents Possible within Three Years

Researchers have secured £6m in funding to develop the groundbreaking treatment which could prevent genetic conditions affecting the heart, muscle or brain being passed on to children and future generations.

But the method is controversial because it involves transferring the parents’ DNA into a donor egg, meaning the resulting child would inherit a tiny fraction of their genetic coding from a third party.

While regulations currently forbid scientists from implanting such eggs into patients, the Wellcome Trust and Newcastle University has announced a £5.8m package for further lab-based research aimed at assessing the safety of the technique.

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(via fyeahchemistry)

Abiogenesis.

{ your father was a space rock. }