ONE: by Rebecca Cunningham and all of you
ONE is a durational performance from Edge Resident, Rebecca Cunningham.
Category: Science
Getting bigger without the BANG!
Life survives by being adaptable. When you blow up a balloon, it’ll stretch to a certain point, then give out with a bang. Thankfully, our tissues have a rather less devastating way to respond as we grow up and/or out. In a previous post, I asked how my skin would keep up with my increasing [...]
Apr 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Window Farm Update: Victory Against Algae!
I’m pleased to report that we’ve now gone a week without any green slimy stuff showing up in our nutrient reservoir, so I think I can safely declare that keeping the reservoir in the dark is the solution. I am less convinced about my alternative pumping system, using the venturi effect instead of lifting water [...]
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Getting to know Catalyst Cameron
I sat down (belatedly) with our bioscience brainiac and Catalyst Dr Cameron Wilson to find out a little more about this scientist of the rad variety.
Apr 05, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Window Farm: Extra Info
Last weekend, we ran a joint DIY / Bioscience workshop on building a “window farm”. For attendees looking for more information and a place to discuss your ideas, and for interested folk who didn’t get to the workshop, here is where we started. The Windowfarms™ design is open source, meaning the more people who share [...]
Mar 23, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
An Engineer’s Dream
I used to be an engineer. If, at that time, I had managed to invent a robot that could assemble itself into an environment-adapted design, made from self-repairing multi-function materials, I’d have been right pleased with myself. In design, life gives us something of a “gold standard” to aim for. Swiping design / engineering / [...]
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
IT’S ALIVE!
American comedian, Steven Wright, said that when someone asked him, “how’s your life?” he answered, “I’m not sure; I don’t really have anything to compare it with.” Maybe that’s one of the reasons we don’t often think about how amazing life is: it’s all we know. Here I’m not talking about the amazingness of any [...]
Mar 14, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Be an Edge Catalyst
If you’ve got skills in DIY Tech or Bioscience this dream could be your reality. Check out the details and get your application in by 14 November.
Nov 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Can a serious game save the planet? [Part 2]
Alternator is a futuristic online racing game made for the ABC. Its purpose is to inspire players to take an interest in clean and renewable technologies. But can a game really save the planet?… No. The game can’t… but the people who play the game can.
Nov 04, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Can a Serious Game save the planet?
Serious Games… it sounds a bit like Boring Fun.
