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“It’s small, its elusive, but its very friendly!” says Tom Sepe of the Higgs-Boson particle he photographed in his garage on Monday.
Scientists have been looking for the Higgs-Boson or “God Particle” for decades but “They’ve been going about it all wrong!” says Sepe, who was able to coax the quantum particle out of hiding [...]

Last week I attended an incredible talk by Wade Davis titled: The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World – The Long Now. It was hosted by the Long Now Foundation at Herbst Theater in Fort Mason.
Mr. Davis is a fantastic storyteller – I’m not even sure I could catch him breathing… the [...]

Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics demonstrates what may be happening inside your skull when you listen to music at a club! This scientific experiment uses a tone generator, an amplifier and a speaker cone to create chaotic waveforms inside a a mixture of cornstarch and water.
YouTube - This is your Brain on Techno.

The Hexayurt is a new kind of sheltering solution. To make the simplest hexayurt, make a wall by putting six sheets of plywood on their sides in a hexagon. Cut six more sheets in half diagonally, and screw them together into a shallow cone. Lift with a large group on to the wall, and fasten [...]

Over one million people will go to sleep this year without proper shelter and in the wake of our countries current economic situation and the continual growth of tent cities here in America, it is the mission of Shelter 2.0 that everyone should have the right to a roof over there head and a [...]

Yes! The Steampunk Treehouse, a large interactive sculpture I helped to build, has finally found a home!

We’re going to be installing the Tree House permanently at Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, Delaware.

The Steampunk Tree House was first conceived in 2006 as a collaborative project with Kinetic Steam Works. This 25,000 pound interactive and immersive sculptural [...]

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Thanksgiving Gathering this year was amazing! Here’s a picture of me with Lisa Mekis and Carin McKay; my two collaborators on the event.
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Hey Friends,
Just a quick update to tell you where I’m at
After moving back to the Bay Area for six months… I’m about to mix it up again… where to? I’m not exactly sure!
We had some great success and challenges with the documentary film project – Andrea and I met up in Northern India last year [...]

Who doesn’t want indoor air quality? Ok, well I suppose if you live in the jungle or somewhere in the Kootenays, but even still, and especially during the winter-time with all the doors and windows closed up…. you’ll need just three species… but minimum of 11 plants:

Kamal Meattle used three just three indoor plant species [...]

Researchers may have found a better, cheaper alternative to Silicon for photovoltaic cells; Iron Pyrite or Fool’s Gold! It is being researched as a super absorber PV solar energy, and has the distinct advantage of being far more abundant and inexpensive, as detailed in the article release today, excerpted below:
02.17.2009 – Cheaper materials could be [...]