Husky City – A City of the Future. Problems With The Bible. Earth 2 Hub™ Evolving consciousness, bite by bite. iRevolution: From innovation to Revolution. iRevolution has received over 1.3 million hits and been cited by the New York Times (NYT), CNN, Huffington Post, UK Guardian, Al-Jazeera, Wired, Slate, Fast Company, TechPresident, World Bank, United Nations, Red Cross, National Geographic, Nature, Scientific American, New Scientist and others.
Topics frequently addressed on this blog include: Big DataCrisis MappingCrowdsourcingDrones/UAVsHumanitarian TechnologyInformation ForensicsDisaster ResilienceSatellite ImagerySocial ComputingSocial Media iRevolution features short thought pieces on how innovation and technology are revolutionizing the power of the individual through radical self-sufficiency, self-determination, independence, survival and resilience. The iRevolution banner above is from the sketch produced by Jacques-Louis David in 1789. The drawing depicts “The Tennis Court Oath” which was a pivotal event during the French Revolution.
Rahulbotics. Arts Skills Exchange. Angel Albarrán and Anna Cabrera make photographs together and their series ‘The Mouth Of Krishna’ encapsulates both their philosophy and their process.
For over 17 years both have been exploring the concept of reality believing that we are the eyes of our own universe, that the very concept of a universe is a human construct and therefore exists because we acknowledge its existence. This Descartian view of reality shapes their work – for both time and space are the foundation stones of the physical universe - and photography is the perfect medium for them to explore their ideas. In many ways their view comes down to the simple dictum that what you believe to be reality is true for what you perceive by your senses is interpreted by the mind to be an infinite reality. It is a fact. An axiom. John Green’s Crash Course in World History. Former mental_floss writers John and Hank Green have started a new nerdy thing on YouTube, and it's pretty great: Crash Course is a series of educational videos covering World History (John) and Biology (Hank).
The production values are high (including animation, HD, all that good stuff), and each video is about ten minutes long. My favorites so far are John's videos on World History -- he promises a 40-part series (co-written with his high school history teacher), though only three parts have been posted so far. Check 'em out below. The Agricultural Revolution "Together we will learn how, in a mere fifteen thousand years, humans went from hunting and gathering--[interrupted by younger self offscreen]"