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Japanese TV Promo: Behold The Amazing "Internet"

A trippy, welcome-to-Earth introduction to the Internet and how media companies use it, from Japan's NHK network. Thanks to the stilted, computer-sounding Western voice and wonderfully worn-out expressions ("_can you imagine_... an interconnected world...
Videodrome
4.17.11
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Sorting Algorithms: Always More Fun in a Hungarian Folk Dance

The "insertion sort":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insertion_sort is the kind of simple algorithm humans tend to do when ordering a deck of cards. Sometimes, it's also a Hungarian folk dance, useful for putting a line of dancers in order. Just remember...
ALEX PASTERNACK
4.16.11
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The Cyborg

Kevin Warwick, the professor of cybernetics at Reading University whom we met in this vintage Motherboard episode, has been very busy preparing for the robot invasion.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
4.16.11
Motherboard Blog

Michael Jackson, As Viewed Through His Video Games

An unscientific look at MJ's life in relation to his arcade collection
tony hill
4.16.11
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This Webcam Japanese Music Video Is Just Brilliant

If an "OK Go video":http://motherboard.tv/2010/3/2/the-best-music-video-of-the-year-is-a-diy-mouse-trap-for-the-music-biz can spread like the cutest plague ever, I have no idea why this adorable gem from Japanese band "Sour":http://sour-web.com...
Michael Byrne
4.16.11
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Under an Italian Mountain, Dark Matter Search Comes Up Dry

One of the biggest mysteries of astrophysics is being unraveled deep underneath a mountain less than 100 miles from Rome. The place is the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory: Situated along an expressway tunnel underneath Gran Sasso mountain.
Michael Byrne
4.16.11
Music

The Creators Project Coachella Recap: Day 1

Odd Future, Interpol, and UVA kick off our first day at Coachella.
Julia Kaganskiy
4.16.11
Muti Randolph

Powering New Visual Experiences At Coachella

Sure, the stage looks amazing. But how does it work?
Julia Kaganskiy
4.15.11
Film

Planetariums As Platforms For Immersive Art

Planetariums can even make educational videos cool.
Natasha Felizi
4.15.11
Music

Creators Remix Roundup Week 22

Interpol, Spike Jonze, and why Beyonce is still a diva.
Kathleen Flood
4.15.11
Art

Reconstructing Deception: Sung Pil Han Takes On Trompe L’oeil

This man’s meta-photographs are illuminated architectural illusions.
Kyuhee Baik
4.15.11
Motherboard Blog

Looking for Earth's "Shadow" Biosphere, Where the Aliens May Be Hiding

_Carol Cleland is a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has written extensively on the nature of life in general and has authored numerous articles about the shadow biosphere for the International Journal of Astrobiology...
Alex Dunbar
4.15.11
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