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Somewhere between technological singularity and ecological singularity
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Quelque part entre la singularité technologique et la singularité écologique
Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you
Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me
Cookeville, TN
Henderson Hall is home to the College of Arts and Sciences , the general curriculum program, and the English and history departments of Tennessee Technological University. Constructed in 1931, the building is named in honor of James Manson Henderson, the first director of the university's School of Engineering. Henderson Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, primarily for its architecture.
The Trilería - the technological look- La mirada tecnológica .
Doble Exposición MIX-B/W. ITPTV-MOD. Selecc. DGV
EDX -DSCF4225.HS-BN-2
La sofisticada mirada de la Trilería.
El despiste y el engaño junto con la sofisticación de las nuevas tecnologías, las telecomunicaciones, las redes sociales, la triangularización de datos y movimientos, son utilizados por las nuevas "Trilerias." para crear nuevas ficciones argumentáles y vacíos económicos virtuales que nos conducen a la mayoría irresponsablemente a laberintos existenciales de supervivencia indigna.....
Es necesario supervisar constantemente los cambios que afectan a la sociedad y neutralizar los posibles excesos por el bien de todos...
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Gracias por compartir. Agradezco a todos su seguimiento atención, favoritas y amables comentarios….
Muchas gracias por vuestra visita .
Thank you very much for your visit and comments.
Molt agraït per la vostra visita, atencions i comentaris.
Très reconnaissant pour votre visite, l'attention et les commentaires.
Luna and Grinelda spent hours exploring the shops, trying on outlandish outfits, and marvelling at the technological wonders on display.
“How do I look in this?” asked Grinelda.
“Totally over the top!” laughed Luna.
In the next shop, Luna tried on a magnificent spiked helmet imported from Saturn.
“This should protect me from any falling meteorites!” she quipped.
Never one to be upstaged, Grinelda quickly assembled a glittering outfit that would turn heads at any fashion parade.
“Now come on Luna, admit it. Am I not the most glamorous grandma in all of Moon City?”
“Of course you are, Grinelda,” replied Luna, giving her a big hug.
Further down the street, they came to a shop filled with fashions inspired by the cave luminata. Luna tried on an outfit that changes colour according to your mood. As the helmet touched her head, everything turned to pastel shades of pink and mauve.
“It matches your aura, Luna dear!” said Grinelda
“And it even makes my hair turn blue!” giggled Luna.
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Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN
Many years ago Jere Whitson Hall was the library at Tennessee Tech. I am not sure of the building's current function. It has not been the library for approximately thirty-five years.
The Wishing Tree
2019
“We hope, despite the technological complexity, that the piece invokes a simple and beautiful feeling: the wonder of nature and humans working in harmony, the possibilities we can achieve together when we share knowledge and wisdom, and the awe of life itself.” Symmetry Labs
The Wishing Tree, created by the San Francisco-based collective Symmetry Labs, is a unique site-specific installation that pushes the boundaries of art and technology. Here, the highly sophisticated man/computer-made design intricately meshes with the lushified natural environment and reflects the ‘urban oasis’ curatorial theme within Rosemary Square. By day The Wishing Tree offers shade and resembles an ancient 26-foot-tall banyan, and by night, the monumental light sculpture reveals a spectacular visual experience. A total of 100,000 individually programmable, full-color-spectrum LEDs create the light embedded in 10,000 leaves. The lighting algorithm is inspired by the fluid behavior of South Florida’s inherent weather systems. Community of all ages and backgrounds will be captivated by the myriad of swirling and undulating patterns formed by the refined palettes. All are invited to gather around The Wishing Tree rooted in the very heart of Downtown West Palm Beach.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.rosemarysquarewpb.com/art/wishing-tree
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Technologic is all about technology, cyber, futuristic, industrial, and punk all brought together for you by some of the top people on the grid! It's bound to be a good time! We open on the 15th!
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
- Albert Einstein
Purposely kept this composition 'busy' to reflect the complexity of modern life, as seen by the young (overwhelming for adults, imagine what the world seems like to them).
And no, I'm not a Luddite.
Using technological breakthroughs of "Electric Cherry" M&B Engineers created a new lightweight DMR.
chambered with .013 "Stunner bolt" round and powered nano-magnetic battery this thing is perfect for electrifying your enemies.
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Credit to Walrus for charging handle
And to Kormet for the concept which i took as a base
natural elemental art in a 2 ft long bonsai metallic "tree"
these dendritic native metal specimens are gathered by miners in underground mines around the world
wall-mounted Keweenaw Peninsula beauty is in the geology building, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA.
Richard Henry Harding founded the Harding Studio of Photography in 1911, and the studio remained in operation for the next six decades. Working in this building starting in 1916, Harding recorded and preserved the entire scope of human experience in the Upper Cumberland area, documenting the growth and development of a geographically isolated region since the early twentieth-century.
Harding was born in Logansport, Indiana on January 13, 1883 to Richard Alexander Harding and Charlotte Harding. After spending his early years working as a postal clerk for the railroad, he attended the Southern School of Photography in McMinnville, Tennessee around 1911. It was then that he traveled through Cookeville and became so taken with the area that he decided to move his family here and open his photography studio. He studied under the close supervision of the acclaimed W.S. Lively, a photographer & teacher recognized nationally for his contributions to the technological development of photography. After designing and building a camera with the largest glass negative in history, Lively used the camera to produce 30" by 60" prints, one which has been on display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. since 1920. Harding graduated from the Southern School of Photography, one of only two such schools in the country, on July 26, 1914. The school burned in 1928, but remains an integral part of the history of photography.
Harding spent the next three decades of his life applying his skills gained from the school recording for prosperity weddings, funerals, reunions, sons leaving for war, anniversaries, business openings, entertainment events, engagements baby photos, and school photos. By far, his works include the majority of photographs displayed throughout the Upper Cumberland region. Extensive collections are at the Cookeville Citizen's Bank, the Depot Museum (Cookeville Railroad Depot, NR 11/17/85), thousands of homes throughout the region, and photos featured in the Pictorial History of Putnam County are Harding originals or copies. It is difficult to imagine the absence of pictorial documentation of the region in the early 1900's had the Harding Studio not been in existence to photograph thousands of events and families in the mountainous region between Nashville and Knoxville. Richard Henry Harding's creative work is truly an invaluable and irreplaceable contribution to the people and the history of the Upper Cumberland community.
In 1988, in recognition of Harding's importance to the region, most of the contents of the studio including studio props, studio cameras and lights, and developing equipment and supplies were transferred to the Tennessee State Museum. The Harding Studio items are considered to be one of the Museum's more valued twentieth-century collections, and plans have been made to use the collection to recreate a truly representative, period shop in the Museum's permanent Twentieth-Century Tennessee display. The remaining articles of the studio including photographs, negatives, and slides dating back as early as 1915 were donated to the Tennessee Technological University Archives. A collection of photographs documenting the technological development of photography including methods ranging from Tintypes and glass negatives to Kodachrome was among the donated articles. The Harding Studio is truly representative of a professional businessman and his lifetime of recording people and events in the region during the early twentieth-century. Therefore, the studio building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 21, 1992 for its association with Mr. Harding and his wonderful photographic accomplishments. The building the studio occupied stands as evidence and inspiration for younger generations of the paths forged and accomplishments made by pioneers of an earlier era.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
52 in 2022 Challenge - 43 Technological
Out with Pauls Pix 53 for a wander around the gardens at Nymans. We had originally planned to do macros, but it was so windy, we soon gave up that idea.
This old telly was in the house ... so glad we have bigger screens today, but it must have been a wonder back when they were first invented.
"Technological observation"
Sukhoï Su 27UB Flanker (Salon aéronautique du Bourget 1989)
KODACHROME 64
NIKON FA - 24mm
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Contrary to tense expectations, our civilization didn't go out with a bang-that happened later. Before the bio-weapons and nukes ever mutilated the planet, society was already degraded, rotted out from the inside. By saying "inside", I'm not blaming the governments. Sure, part of it was their fault, but the general public shared in the responsibility-more so in democratic countries. The fall of the United States was particularly pathetic. The "public", through a flawed "majority rule" system that subjectivized all sorts of moral abominations, validated promiscuity on previously unspeakable levels and insatiably demanded more and more material fripperies despite a declining ecological state and astronomical debt.
Escapism was rampant-nobody wished to face the problems of the day in their entirety. Many methods were used, but the best-and most costly-was Cybernetic Detachment-an immersive and addicting form of social-platform-based virtual reality, made more addicting when enhanced through the use of drugs. Following several technological breakthroughs, Detachment software was cheapened and the cerebral interfaces were publicly commercialized. A "zombie apocalypse", so widely conceptualized in pop culture before, ensued. People, nationwide and around the world, vegetated, engrossed in their own petty, digitized fantasy realms. As a large section of the enthralled population quietly settled down, a few government officials, no longer seeing any need to govern, quietly slipped out of office, subsequently Detaching themselves. More followed, and eventually there was no government to speak of. Of course, not everyone was detached-far from it!-and many people, myself included, expressed discontent. To no avail.
Nobody knows quite what happened next. My guess is that radicals, holding no concept of a happy medium, vandalized and infiltrated their way into now-abandoned weapons facilities. If so, then they inflicted so, so much destruction...
Wandering the wasteland now, I guide the newer, diminished generation of survivors. Their parents, in the grip of a Celtic Detachment fad, had raised them like pagans. Fools! Withholding countless centuries of human accomplishment and knowledge from their children for the sake of their selfish fantasies. Wandering from tribe to settlement as a druid (for they will not accept me otherwise; though they are unaided by a Detachment simulation as their parents were, they have been taught that the world is as it is not, and I must fit into their make-believe world in order to receive aid, or give it, too), I try to teach them what has been lost, while contending with mutated bio-weapons and toxic pitfalls. The world will never again be as it was, but if I can open their eyes to the truth-the only truth-that may be for the better.
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Made for a private challenge. ChatLUG was discussing the n00b stereotype of "fig on a pl8", and decided it would be fun to see how well we could pull off an 8x8 version of just that. I won't tell you what the qualifier for challenge victory is-that would give me an unfair advantage. ;)
WHAT GAUDI INSPIRED THIS LIPSTICK?
he Torre Agbar (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtorə əɡˈbar]) is a 38-story skyscraper / tower located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Badajoz, near Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which marks the gateway to the new technological district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel in association with the Spanish firm b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos and built by Dragados. The Torre Agbar is located in the Poblenou neighbourhood of Barcelona and is named after its owners, the Agbar Group, a holding company whose interests include the Barcelona water company Aigües de Barcelona.[4]
The tower measures a total of 50,693 square metres, of which 30,000 are offices, 3,210 technical facilities, 8,132 services, including an auditorium, and 9,132 square metres for parking. It cost 130 million Euros to build.
It opened in June 2005 and was officially opened by King Juan Carlos I on 16 September 2005. It is one in a collection of High-tech architecture examples in Barcelona.
The building is owned by the multinational group Agbar which has its corporate headquarters in the building and that takes up most of the floors, renting the remainder. The Agbar Tower was acquired in March 2010 for 165 million euro, after reaching an agreement with its former owner, the investment group Azurelau.[5] Azurelau previously had bought the property in mid-2007. The purchase price was not disclosed.
According to Jean Nouvel, Torre Agbar is intended to recall the shape of a geyser rising into the air. It was inspired by Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona. In an interview, he described the tower as having a phallic character.[6][7] As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames, such as "el supositori" (the suppository), "l'obús" (the shell) and some more scatological ones.[6] It is also somewhat similar in shape to Sir Norman Foster's 30 St. Mary Axe in London, often called "the Gherkin". It has 30,000 m² (323,000 ft²) of above-ground office space, 3,210 m² (34,500 ft²) of technical service floors with installations and 8,351 m² (90,000 ft²) of services, including an auditorium. The Agbar Tower measures 144.4 m (473.75 ft) in height[8] and consists of 38 storeys, including four underground levels.
Its design combines a number of different architectural concepts, resulting in a striking structure built with reinforced concrete, covered with a facade of glass, and over 4,500 window openings cut out of the structural concrete. The building stands out in Barcelona; it is the third tallest building in the city, after the Arts Hotel and the Mapfre Tower, which both stand 154 m (505.25 ft) tall.
A defining feature of the building is its nocturnal illumination. It has 4,500 LED devices that allow generation of luminous images on its façade. In addition, the outside of the tower has temperature sensors that regulate the opening and closing of the window blinds of the façade, reducing the consumption of energy for air conditioning. It houses the head office of the Aigües de Barcelona Group, the water supply company of Barcelona.
As explained by Nouvel himself, the construction was strongly influenced by one of the most representative symbols of Catalan culture. One side references the bell towers of the Sagrada Familia by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. (These bell towers were based in turn on the idea of the Hotel Attraction, a course project by the teacher Reus in 1908 for some New York hoteliers which was redesigned in 1956 by his disciple Joan Matamala. These designs were included in Rem Koolhaas' book Delirious New York,[9] a reference for many architects.) An additional tribute to the Sagrada Família lies in the north side of the tower, which was designed with the intention of obtaining an optimal view of the cathedral.
Additionally, Nouvel was inspired by the distinctive pinnacles of the Montserrat mountain range, which are of great significance for the people of Catalonia, as Montserrat houses their patron saint, Our Lady of Montserrat.
In designing the Agbar Tower, Nouvel said he rejected the prevailing North American opinion of what a skyscraper should look like. It was the architect's intention to give the impression of land that is emerging out of the ground in a particular fashion. The use of the tower by a water utility company led him to the design of a metaphor of a geyser sprouting from the deep sea.
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La Torre Agbar (acrónimo de Aguas de Barcelona) es un rascacielos de Barcelona (España) ubicado en la confluencia de la avenida Diagonal y la calle Badajoz junto a la plaza de las Glorias y que marca la puerta de entrada al distrito tecnológico de Barcelona conocido como 22@. Tiene 34 plantas sobre la superficie además de cuatro plantas subterráneas para un total de 145 metros de altura, convirtiéndose, en el momento de su apertura (junio de 2005) en el tercer edificio más alto de la capital catalana, sólo superado por el Hotel Arts y la Torre Mapfre (ambos con 154 metros de altura).
a torre fue diseñada por el arquitecto Jean Nouvel en colaboración con la firma b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos.5 6 La construcción, según explicó el propio Nouvel se vio fuertemente influenciada por alguno de los símbolos más representativos de la cultura catalana. Por un lado se inspiró en la obra del arquitecto catalán Antoni Gaudí tomando como referencia los campanarios de la Sagrada Familia y basándose a su vez en la idea del Hotel Attraction, un supuesto proyecto realizado por el maestro reusense en 1908 para unos empresarios hoteleros de Nueva York que fue rediseñado en 1956 por su discípulo Joan Matamala y que en 1978 se incluyó en el libro Delirious New York de Rem Koolhaas, de referencia para muchos arquitectos.7 Además, como homenaje a la Sagrada Familia, la parte orientada al norte de la torre fue diseñada con la intención de obtener una vista panorámica óptima del templo.8 A su vez, Nouvel se inspiró en los característicos pináculos de la montaña de Montserrat, de gran significado para Cataluña al ser el lugar donde se encuentra el templo que aloja a su patrona.9
Nouvel explicó que la torre Agbar huía de la concepción predominante en norteamérica de lo que debía ser un rascacielos con formas paralelepípedas. La intención del arquitecto fue hacer que ésta emergiera del suelo de una forma especial por lo que, al ser una torre dedicada a sede de una compañía de servicios relacionados con el agua, se apoyó en la metáfora de un geiser brotando desde las profundidades marinas.9
Life is suffering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Life is suffering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Cold and shuddering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Cruel and pummeling
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Smile on little buddha, smile on
Little buddha, smile on
It's only illusion, then it's gone
Lost and struggling
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Life is suffering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Smile on little buddha, smile on
Little buddha, smile on
It's only an illusion, then you're gone
Maya
_et a la fin que se passe t'il? _a la fin? _oui! _et bien vous et toutes votre technologie retournerez a l'état sauvage, un état que vous n'auriez du jamais quitté!
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee Technological University
Overall Length 42ft. 4ins.
Overall Width 11ft. 4ins.
Overall Height 12ft. 2ins.
Max. Depth of Cut 13.1 ins.
Width of Cut 9ft. 9ins.
Total Operating Weight--Empty 70,746.3 lbs.
Max Forward Speed 31.7mph
Due to a technological advances photography nowadays cannot be considered the unconditional documentation tool and photographer isn‘t anymore a necessity for it to happen. Thanks to such tools like satellites, drones, street view, etc., it‘s not even necessary to get on location to capture it. As a consequence, every landscape photograph can be considered just a senseless digital record made by someone.
Despite being a visual mark, artificial lightning in landscape photography becomes a sensual link between the viewer and photographer.
I wanted to visit the spookiest places in my city and convey the atmosphere of explorations through the totally different approach.
Project ‘Been there’ explores the industrial periphery of Vilnius at night. A series of photos depict the intersection of time and space, which is very intriguing yet so scary for a random person to explore. The red light, creating the surreal, cinematographic plot is used to hyperbolize the senses that are triggered by those places. Vibrant light becomes a visual expression of the mental state that I was accompanied by while wandering around totally alone.
work in progress / 2016 - 2017 / www.simaslin.com
Intergalactic, seeming to be you
It's all in the tablets, sneezy Bhutan
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you
Mars happy nation, sit on my karma
Dame meditation, take me away
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you
The Nuva archer is a skilled warrior and technological wonder. The concept was brought about by General Taka's imagination and executed by the hands of the most skilled matoran. This archer differs from traditional archer units in that he does not need to carry his ammunition on his body during battle. His "arrows" or bolts are stored, generated, and replinished within his technologically advanced left arm which coordinates with the "crossbow" or bolt thrower that he wields. The bolt thrower is one of a kind and is viewed as a breakthrough in modern weaponry. Though quite bulky, the bolt thrower allows the archer to fire single highly charged energy bolts, which have the power to penetrate light/medium armor, at a rate of 1.5 seconds. After firing 10 bolts the archer's arm requires a cool down period which lasts approximately 8 to 10 seconds. Once completed, the archer may continue raining destruction down upon the enemy. The archer's built-in optical system allows the archer to target enemy's from a greater distance than the typical archer. The Nuva archer's advanced weaponry and overal engineering give the Nuva army a great advantage on the battlefied when facing overwhelming numbers.
I hope you guys enjoy this one! Building him really inspired me to go back and revamp General Taka and the Nuva Infantry, so stay tuned for those guys in the future! Thanks for all of your support this past year! Looking forward to the next year!
Humanity is gone. They went far with technological advancements and they reached their peak. With humans gone, their inventions were littered across the globe. Among those left behind was EX-S33D. EX-S33D was left to roam the forests and harsh terrains of Earth with no purpose, it’s time having passed… until one day, reflected in a pool of water, it saw a flower growing within its slowly rusting body. Over time, with EX-S33D’s help, the flower started to grow. Its roots & other shoots wrapped around its cold limbs & tangled wiring, until it grew so large that it burst through EX-S33D’s chest plates, exposing its artificial ribcage. Against all odds, this old and abandoned robot was able to sustain new life, and nature adapted and thrived, within & all around it. Together, this robot and nature were able to surpass what humanity was able to achieve.
EX-S33D was made for the Preliminary Round of Bio Cup 2020.
I wanted to take the theme of ‘Future’ in a slightly different direction. What if it is so far in the future that Nature has returned to its original state after humanity has run its course. I wanted this build to convey a story of hope, rather than despair.
More photos from different angles, including close ups, can be found here: flic.kr/s/aHsmNrr9sM
Zakaz was once a thriving hub of technological research and development, but a horrible accident caused a massive explosion which wiped out nearly the entire Skakdi race. With so many individuals dying at once, one of Karzahni's devices was overloaded, and the memory wiping process was faulty, giving all the Skakdi affected what is now know as the Mind Virus.
With this disorder, a Skakdi experiences frequent visions of their past lives, causing them to have great difficulty distinguishing them from reality. While Karzahni was able to fix the machine, the Mind Virus persists, the condition worsening with each re-incarnation.
Since Karzahni likes to "Improve" the body with each incarnation, this has led to Zakaz becoming a horrifying war-zone, where delusional Skakdi, with no way to distinguish friend and foe, endlessly kill each other, becoming more powerful and violent with each death.
Irnakk is possibly the most feared of all the afflicted Skakdi. This hulking brute is a bit more sane than most Skakdi owing to his latent element of Psionics. He uses this modicum of rational thought to be an ever more efficient killing machine. His gaze instills raw fear in all who look upon him, and he uses a simple blaster to channel his power of paralysis, after which he tears the helpless victim apart with his bare claws.