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SpaceGhostPurrp Is Back With N3LL & Rell

For the double visuals of “Phxnk” and “KlvnDvy”.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
10.29.12
Quayola

Translating Classical Music Into Abstract Geometries

Quayola And Abstract Birds’ Partitura-Ligeti will explore composer György Ligeti’s music through the medium of generative visuals.
Kevin Holmes
10.29.12
New music

DJ Q Remixes Stooshe's "Waterfalls"

Stay with us...it's actually pretty good.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
10.29.12
News

The EDL Is Dying Slowly in Its Union Jack Gimp Mask

The death rattle was ringing out limply in London on Saturday.
Simon Childs, Photos: Henry Langston
10.29.12
Stuff

We Talked to Antonio Campos

And more film stuff from the Grolsch Film Works blog.
Grolsch Film Works
10.29.12
News

The Hangover News

Bad weather ruined America's weekend, but you were probably too drunk to notice.
Mac Hackett
10.29.12
Stuff

Humans Built a Frankenstorm Factory, and Now We've Got to Live in It

A freak occurrence, two storm systems colliding, has thrown the East Cost into turmoil. The term “Franken-X” is now routinely deployed to denote anything that has been stitched together from a foreboding amalgam of parts. But this time the term rings...
Brian Merchant
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

The Deadly Math of Chinese Infrastructure, as Seen at 186 MPH

Fifty-four people in government and industry were blamed (the railway minister first among them) and new rules were implemented, but journalists in China are still on orders, a year on, not to discuss the crash.
ALEX PASTERNACK
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

Jogging, Yoga, and a Toxic River: Park Slope Prepares for Sandy

I thought I’d stroll around Brooklyn to see how people are getting ready for Sandy. The short answer is that this afternoon, people were dragging their kids around Prospect Heights like “superstorms” are just a state of mind.
Derek Mead
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

How We All Pay for the Weather Channel

The Weather Channel — or Weather Underground or your TV weather person or your DIY forecasting buddy — pretty much just have what we have, which is the internet and the ability to access government-supplied data.
Michael Byrne
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

Evolutionary Warfare: How Archer Fish Kill Insects with Water Projectiles

Rather than compete on the same level with fish sharing the habitat, the archer fish has evolved a strategy and means of sniping prey from just below the water line.
Greg Thomas
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

Computer Chips Will Be "Invisible" Thanks to Those Wonderful Carbon Nanotubes

By their very nature, microchips are little bitty things, but scientists wants to make them downright invisible – and they’re getting pretty close!
Adam Clark Estes
10.29.12
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