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The desk at Gragside.
Cragside, the dream home of Lord and Lady Armstrong – a Victorian house that was light-years ahead of its time. The home of hydroelectricity, Lord and Lady Armstrong used their wealth, art and science in an ingenious way. What began as a modest country retreat quickly became one of the most technologically advanced homes of the Victorian age.
The inscription on the Tennessee Historical Commission marker (seen above in the lower right corner of the photograph) reads:
Built in the 1830s, the Shipley Barn is one of the oldest structures in Putnam County. A uniquely preserved example of half-dovetail notched log construction, it was built by master craftsmen for Abraham Buck, a leading Upper Cumberland pioneer and prosperous farmer. Acquired from Dr. Michael Shipley, the structure sits on the Tennessee Technological University farm. Shipley's family was the last to use the barn. Today, it is used as a working facility by university agriculture students.
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
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For the Peaceful use of Atomic Energy
A Surrealistic Walk through Tubes & Spheres with "Nuclear Power"
Atomic Age & Technological Progress
"The story of the Atomium is, above all, one of love, the love that the Belgians have for an extraordinary structure symbolising a frame of mind that wittily combines aesthetic daring with technical mastery. The appearance of the Atomium is unusual and unforgettable. It has a rare quality of lifting everyone’s spirits and firing their imagination."
Diane Hennebert
- Atoms Magnified 165 billion Times -
The balls are arranged like a school chemistry set to represent atoms in their crystal lattice,except these are 165 billion times bigger.
Faith in Progress depicted on 9 iron crystal interconnected spheres representing atoms.The diameter of each sphere is 18 metres and they are connected by tubes with escalators and lifts.
It was dreamed up by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the spheres were fitted out by the architects André & Jean Polak.
The Atomium,102 metres high,was the main pavilion and icon of the World Fair of Brussels (1958),commonly called Expo 58.
It symbolised the democratic will to maintain peace among all the nations,faith in progress,both technical and scientific and, finally,an optimistic vision of the future of a modern,new,technological world for a better life for mankind.
Universal Landmarks & Futuristic Sculptures in Brussels.
For the Peaceful use of Atomic Energy .....
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well." René Descartes
PS : BRUEGEL AT THE ATOMIUM in 2019
Brussels pays tribute to Bruegel,the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century.On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his death in 1569,the Atomium is proposing an exhibition that will plunge its visitors into the picturesque and colourful world of this artistic genius.
Date: From mid September 2019 to mid September 2020
Panzerstandart-561 (PStd-561) is a basic machine combined with the available technological and economic capabilities of the modravian military-industrial complex.
Modification "A" is basic in the 560-series: it has an average frontal armor of 4 levels (according to the modravian classification), good dynamic characteristics (V10), a 105-mm gun with a "carousel" automatic loader, coaxial and anti-aircraft machine guns of 7.5-mm. To achieve success in combat, the crew has a IR-sight and a single-axis stabilization. Need to overcome a water barrier? Not a problem, because the tank is equipped with a snorkel. Convenience and low maintenance are the main feature of the 560-series tanks.
Due to the design features, there is not much space inside the tank, and therefore there are problems with the convenience of placing crew members and shells inside, the latter of which are not very many.
This is a good "workhorse" having simple and basic elements for equipping the army.
Before us is the crew of the third vehicle of the first battalion of the 8th tank brigade "Red Fox". The tank has the name "Alexia" both in honor of the letter "A" in the modification, and in honor of the beloved commander of the tank (probably?...).
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is located in Singapore.
The Hive – Designed by Thomas Heatherwick (Heatherwick Studio), is one of NTU’s most famous buildings. The Hive consists of 12 stacked, rounded towers resembling beehives. Locals also refer to it as the Dim Sum Basket Building. In 2013 the building was awarded the Green Mark Platinum Award for Contemporary Architecture in Singapore. It is recognized as an eco-friendly, "green" building.
In every breath, a universe unfolds,
Each atom a testament, ancient and bold.
In rivers that flow, in mountains that rise,
The divine essence, a silent guise.
From the flutter of wings to the stars' dance above,
All intertwined in a tapestry of love.
— ChatGPT
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Soonest Mended
BY JOHN ASHBERY
Barely tolerated, living on the margin
In our technological society, we were always having to be rescued
On the brink of destruction, like heroines in Orlando Furioso
Before it was time to start all over again.
There would be thunder in the bushes, a rustling of coils,
And Angelica, in the Ingres painting, was considering
The colorful but small monster near her toe, as though wondering whether forgetting
The whole thing might not, in the end, be the only solution.
And then there always came a time when
Happy Hooligan in his rusted green automobile
Came plowing down the course, just to make sure everything was O.K.,
Only by that time we were in another chapter and confused
About how to receive this latest piece of information.
Was it information? Weren’t we rather acting this out
For someone else’s benefit, thoughts in a mind
With room enough and to spare for our little problems (so they began to seem),
Our daily quandary about food and the rent and bills to be paid?
To reduce all this to a small variant,
To step free at last, minuscule on the gigantic plateau—
This was our ambition: to be small and clear and free.
Alas, the summer’s energy wanes quickly,
A moment and it is gone. And no longer
May we make the necessary arrangements, simple as they are.
Our star was brighter perhaps when it had water in it.
Now there is no question even of that, but only
Of holding on to the hard earth so as not to get thrown off,
With an occasional dream, a vision: a robin flies across
The upper corner of the window, you brush your hair away
And cannot quite see, or a wound will flash
Against the sweet faces of the others, something like:
This is what you wanted to hear, so why
Did you think of listening to something else? We are all talkers
It is true, but underneath the talk lies
The moving and not wanting to be moved, the loose
Meaning, untidy and simple like a threshing floor.
These then were some hazards of the course,
Yet though we knew the course was hazards and nothing else
It was still a shock when, almost a quarter of a century later,
The clarity of the rules dawned on you for the first time.
They were the players, and we who had struggled at the game
Were merely spectators, though subject to its vicissitudes
And moving with it out of the tearful stadium, borne on shoulders, at last.
Night after night this message returns, repeated
In the flickering bulbs of the sky, raised past us, taken away from us,
Yet ours over and over until the end that is past truth,
The being of our sentences, in the climate that fostered them,
Not ours to own, like a book, but to be with, and sometimes
To be without, alone and desperate.
But the fantasy makes it ours, a kind of fence-sitting
Raised to the level of an esthetic ideal. These were moments, years,
Solid with reality, faces, namable events, kisses, heroic acts,
But like the friendly beginning of a geometrical progression
Not too reassuring, as though meaning could be cast aside some day
When it had been outgrown. Better, you said, to stay cowering
Like this in the early lessons, since the promise of learning
Is a delusion, and I agreed, adding that
Tomorrow would alter the sense of what had already been learned,
That the learning process is extended in this way, so that from this standpoint
None of us ever graduates from college,
For time is an emulsion, and probably thinking not to grow up
Is the brightest kind of maturity for us, right now at any rate.
And you see, both of us were right, though nothing
Has somehow come to nothing; the avatars
Of our conforming to the rules and living
Around the home have made—well, in a sense, “good citizens” of us,
Brushing the teeth and all that, and learning to accept
The charity of the hard moments as they are doled out,
For this is action, this not being sure, this careless
Preparing, sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow,
Making ready to forget, and always coming back
To the mooring of starting out, that day so long ago.
John Ashbery, “Soonest Mended” from The Double Dream of Spring. Copyright © 1966, 1970 by John Ashbery. Reprinted with the permission of Georges Borchardt, Inc. on behalf of the author.
Source: The Mooring of Starting Out: The First Five Books of Poetry (Ecco Press, 1997)
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Transmitters & Receivers in the Museum of Göteborg (Gothenburg )
I waved to you with a red Göteborg flag and transmitted messages by telegraph,but your reception stations were disconnected due to bad weather conditions ...
Now,that the Inter-Net has invaded our lives, and our cell phone is an extention of our hand,the world is smaller and more connected.
Bill Gates says that the Internet is becoming the Town Square for the Global Village of tomorrow.
Everything lives on line now.Technological progress frees and then enslaves us ; it's an unruly tool for helping humans and for destroying them at the same time.Artificial Intelligence develops at the speed of light,it makes me feel that we are very close to an entirely Synthetic Human.Are we any closer to such a life of freedom and bliss?Are we eventually served or enslaved?
I find Nassim Taleb's words truly wise : "The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free."
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will be powered by Soft and Hard Skills.News Innovation is moving faster than ever. It will take a blend of technical prowess,creativity and emotional intelligence to navigate this new business landscape. We are in the midst of unprecedented technological change,but still we can survive if we utilise a wide range of Soft Skills,it is our only weapon ...
"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." - Alan Turing
“Unfortunately robots capable of manufacturing robots do not exist.That would be the philosopher's stone,the squaring of the circle.” Ernst Jünger
Will the Human Spirit prevail over Technology ?
"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization."Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
How much I like Steve Jobs' words :
" I would Trade all of my Technology for an afternoon with Socrates.” ...
Alien art
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Science fiction
If the aliens still have social life, they should have emotions and feelings like us. Emotions and feelings are building components of our existence. Thinking, memory, feelings and emotions processes could be differently functioning at aliens, and they might not have a lot of different feelings and emotions like us.
As I wrote before , we have more than 3K different emotions and feelings. Having more than 10K different amotions and feelings, could make us more human? It is difficult to answer.
We could not expect to get along with aliens if they visit us with their flying saucers ( flying objects, UFO ). We might be too primitive or too different because of our limited senses ranges and capabilities, and also because of the high number of emotions and feelings. The difference between aliens and us might be more than the difference between frogs and us.
If they existed couple billions of years before us, of course the biological and technological differences would be very big.
This is the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Staying in the country for 2 months, of course I had to visit a futuristic building like this one!
This is the Learning Hub building, part of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Perhaps more commonly, it's known as "The Hive".
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The former Broad Street Church of Christ is located on West Broad Street in Cookeville, Tennessee. Jeremiah (Jere) Whitson donated the property where the buildign was constructed on October 17, 1907. Joe F. Scott and William M. Smoot, builders of the Putnam County Courthouse, completed the new church building in 1908. The construction material is brick and stone, with the wire-cut brick coming from Scott's brickyard in Cookeville. However, the Broad Street Church of Christ was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places (and added on February 1, 2002) under Criterion A for its significant contribution in bringing a higher educational institution to Cookeville. So, in the spring of 1909, with their church completed, the Church of Christ congregation laid the groundwork for the planning of a new college. Fundraising and lobbying efforts, as well as the obtaining of land for the college, all came from the hard work and dedication of the members of the Broad Street Church of Christ. These efforts to establish a college in Cookeville were rewarded when a charter was secured from the state on November 18, 1909 that created the University of Dixie or Dixie College as it came to be known. Over the next 5 to 6 years, Dixie College (and the associated Bible College) experienced financial difficulties and temporarily ceased operation. At this time, Mr. Jere Whitson (the President of Dixie College at this time) joined forces with the State Superintendent of Education, S.H. Thompson to draft a bill for a state normal school in Cookeville. Tennessee Polytechnic Institute was created on March 27, 1915. Governor Thomas C. Rye signed the bill with Jere Whitson at his side. Mr. Whitson even bought the fountain pen for the momentous occasion. Tennessee Polytechnic Institute encompassed all of the original twelve acres donated by Jere Whitson for the University of Dixie and at last was successful. (Tennessee Polytechnic Institute was elevated to university status in 1965, when its name changed to Tennessee Technological University.)
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Today, the building is owned by the First United Methodist Church of Cookeville.
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 link below:
Airplane sight from the inside of an Anasazi prehistoric house.
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Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
Blanding, UT
USA
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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"In a technological age, to be sure, any proposal to bracket the world of artifacts will inevitably sound suspect, as a nostalgic romanticism longing for a return to a simpler world that never was—and not without reason. There is something disingenuous about Thoreau's retreat to Walden Pond, a condescending self-righteousness which becomes painful when Thoreau propounds his alternative life-style as a model to the Irish laborer John Field, condemned by his lot to drudgery. Count Tolstoy's self-conscious imitation of his muzhiki tends to ring false as the false low ceiling of hand-hewn beams which he had installed in one of the chambers of his palace to create the illusion of a peasant izba. It is not simply that few of us would wish to entrust our bodies to the medical treatment of, say, mid-seventeenth-century medicine or our safety to an army equipped with muzzle-loaders—though no one who ever had to submit to on-the-spot medical treatment or watch Soviet tanks rolling into his country could possibly wish either. High technology is indeed irrevocably a part of our way of life. We could surrender it only at a high cost not simply in luxuries, but in genuinely human values like health and freedom."
—Erazim Kohák, The Embers and The Stars
Excerpt from map.utoronto.ca/?id=1809#!ct/45469?s/?t/3027:6:
The Communication, Culture and Technology building, or CCT, opened in 2006, is home to the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology which houses interdisciplinary programs that explore communication, traditional and digital media, and technological innovation.
This building also features our premier lecture theatre, the largest on campus, CC1080, which seats 500 students.
MiST Theatre
The CCT Building is also home to one of two theatres on campus – the Multimedia Studio Theatre, or MiST as it is commonly known, is a modern, flexible space used for multimedia performances, traditional dance, and a venue for visiting artists and performers.
Information & Instructional Technology Services
The I&ITS offers support for your U of T email (ever student gets a @mail.utoronto.ca email address), TCard (your Student ID card), Shuttle Bus tickets/passes, UTORid (a unique U of T ID), campus printing, wireless access, residence internet, and computer labs.
We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
I bought you a pair of shoes
A trumpet you can blow
And a book of rules
On what to say to people when they pick on you
'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty kooky too
Will you stay in our lovers' story?
If you stay you won't be sorry
'Cause we believe in you
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
With a couple of kooks hung up on romancing
I think this one is best viewed large.
My little nephew struggling with the usage of our modern day cell phones.
This is the 64Gb memory card that is normally the second card in my camera.
The technology involved is insanely clever. When I first worked with computers (45 years ago) 64 Gig of memory took up a large room in a large building
#43 Technological for 52 in 2022 challenge
Card for Macro Mondays
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN
In the 1950's & 1960's this building was the Student Union (University Center), Cafeteria and Grill as well as housing some classrooms. I do not know the current use for this building.
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Theme: Technology
I know there isn't anything 'technological' in this photo, but technology was required to make it, and it does contain the most powerful kind there is: imagination. Think about it, if there was no imagination in the world, we wouldn't have the cool things we have today. :)
So, with this picture, it turned out quite different than I originally planned when I went to shoot it. It was rare foggy morning, and I knew I wanted to take advantage of it. I drove around, and remembered that I thought of an idea on a previous foggy day, invlovling a swingset. That idea is totally different from what you see, but I really like how it morphed into what it is. :) I feel like it's something different for me, especially with the editing. It's hard for me to change the colors of a photo, but I knew I wanted something different for this. All in all, I'm happy with this. I know it's not my best, but it's a step in a new direction, and that's what I want. It's the only way I can grow as an artist. :)
Also, I'm having a sale! Anyone who purchases an 8x10 print or larger, gets FOUR free prints! Two 5x7s, and two 4x6s. :D Shoot me a message if your interested! The sale was going to end on Dec. 10th, but since I didn't get to tell you guys sooner, you have until Dec. 14 (won't arrive in time for Christmas, but at least you get the free prints! :D )
Oh, and I'm moving to a new apartment this week!
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
Located on the campus of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, Henderson Hall was nominated for the National Register of Hisrotic Places under criteria A & C for its local architectural and historical significance. Designed in 1931 by Benjamin F. Hunt of the architectural firm of R.H. Hunt and Company (with offices in Chattanooga and Dallas), the building is a fine example of Georgian Revival design. Henderson Hall housed the first engineering school of Tennessee Tech University and has been in continuous use as a classroom since it opened and is an important part of the educational facilities of the university. As one of the few pre-1935 buildings left relatively unaltered, Henderson Hall is representative of the architectural and historical
development of Tennessee Technological University. In 1982 the original wood windows were replaced with identical aluminum ones but the building has undergone few other alterations and maintains its historical & architectural integrity. When Henderson Hall was constructed in 1931 it was first called the Industrial Arts Building. Later called the Engineering Building and, then in 1960, it was renamed Henderson Hall in honor of James Manson Henderson, the first director of the university's School of Engineering. Eventually, the engineers moved to new structures, and Henderson Hall became the home of the English, History, and Political Science Departments and continues today as the home of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Henderson Hall was added to the NRHP on November 7, 1985. All the information above was acquired from the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration and can be found here:
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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/