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		<title>shinya kimura</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s nothing I could say to make this better except to link to his website

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<p>There&#8217;s nothing I could say to make this better except to link to his <a href="http://www.chabottengineering.com/">website</a></p>

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		<title>Magnitka &#8211; Camera man&#8217;s cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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Magnitka. Camera man&#8217;s cut. from Sasha Aleksandrov on Vimeo.

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This beautiful time-lapse movie shows the process of making sheet steel from raw materials in Magnika, Russia.  It&#8217;s easy to imagine this process far removed from us until you consider every piece of metal within an arm&#8217;s reach went through this form and reform process. 
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12317623">Magnitka. Camera man&#8217;s cut.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3419981">Sasha Aleksandrov</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<p>This beautiful time-lapse movie shows the process of making sheet steel from raw materials in Magnika, Russia.  It&#8217;s easy to imagine this process far removed from us until you consider every piece of metal within an arm&#8217;s reach went through this form and reform process. </p>
<p>from the vimeo page:</p>
<blockquote><p>Shot in Magnitogorsk. The footage was edited in precise correspondence with the sequence of technical operations in sheet metal manufacturing at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Factory. The result is a serious film with deeply transcendent subject matter. </p></blockquote>

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		<title>The train that never stops at the station</title>
		<link>http://machinethinking.org/2010/06/18/the-train-that-never-stops-at-the-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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This clever chinese design shows how a future bullet train might only need to slow down when changing out a small number of passengers. Yes the sound is wonky.

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<p>This clever chinese design shows how a future bullet train might only need to slow down when changing out a small number of passengers. Yes the sound is wonky.</p>

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		<title>A robot that can balance on a ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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Developed by Masaaki Kumagai and Takaya Ochiai at the Robot Development Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan.

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<p>Developed by Masaaki Kumagai and Takaya Ochiai at the Robot Development Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan.</p>

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		<title>Turing Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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Mike Davey writes:
In Alan Turing’s 1936 paper on computable numbers, he presented a thought experiment. Turing describes a machine that has an infinitely long tape upon which it writes, reads and alters symbols. He further shows that a machine with the correct minimal set of operations can calculate anything that is computable, no matter the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Mike Davey writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>In Alan Turing’s 1936 paper on computable numbers, he presented a thought experiment. Turing describes a machine that has an infinitely long tape upon which it writes, reads and alters symbols. He further shows that a machine with the correct minimal set of operations can calculate anything that is computable, no matter the complexity. </p>
<p>My goal in building this project was to create a machine that embodied the classic look and feel of the machine presented in Turing’s paper. I wanted to build a machine that would be immediately recognizable as a Turing machine to someone familiar with Turing&#8217;s work.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://aturingmachine.com/">link</a></p>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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The Incredible San Fancisco Artists&#8217; Soapbox Derby, 1975. from Mike Haeg on Vimeo.
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<p>San Francisco enjoys many public artist events but perhaps few have been going as long as the Soap Box Derby races (officially city sanctioned <a href="http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2008/10/the-2008-illega.html">or not</a>).  The first movie chronicles the 1975 making and racing the cars from the artist&#8217;s point of view often explaining their motivations for their creation.  These artists received official city support as part of a fund raising activity for charity.  The second video is from the 2007 version which is not formally organized with no official sanctioning from the city (and questionable legality) built entirely with the funds of the artists themselves.</p>
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<p><a href="http://fromthedeskofthemayor.blogspot.com/2010/01/video-incredible-san-francisco-artists.html">via</a></p>

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		<title>The Sound Sculptures of Zimoun</title>
		<link>http://machinethinking.org/2009/12/29/the-sound-sculptures-of-zimoun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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Swiss artist Zimoun creates kinetic sound sculpture installations which often use repetitive elements to magnify the impact of the sound characteristics. 

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<p>Swiss artist <a href="http://zimoun.ch/">Zimoun</a> creates kinetic sound sculpture installations which often use repetitive elements to magnify the impact of the sound characteristics. </p>

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		<title>Polaroid SX-70 Promotional Film by Charles &amp; Ray Eames</title>
		<link>http://machinethinking.org/2009/12/23/polaroid-sx-70-promotional-film-by-charles-ray-eames/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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A fantastic 1972 promotional film made by Charles and Ray Eames for the Polaroid SX-70

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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6820896">Polaroid SX-70 Promotional Film</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/rhodopsin">Ekim</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<p>A fantastic 1972 promotional film made by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eames">Charles and Ray Eames</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SX-70">Polaroid SX-70</a></p>

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		<title>Happiness (or else) Hat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.lauren-mccarthy.com/">Lauren Mccarthy</a> has created the <a href="http://lauren-mccarthy.com/happinesshat/">Happiness Hat</a> which promises <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner">Skinnerian</a> style feedback on your smiling patterns.  She writes on her Vimeo page:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Happiness Hat is a wearable device that detects if you&#8217;re smiling and provides pain feedback if you&#8217;re not. An enclosed bend sensor attaches to the cheek and measures smile size, a servo motor moves a metal spike into the head inversely proportional to the degree of smile. Through repeated use of this conditioning device you can train your brain to smile all the time. This is the first in a series of Tools for Improved Social Interacting. </p></blockquote>

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		<title>Der Mensch als Industriepalast (Man as Industrial Palace)</title>
		<link>http://machinethinking.org/2009/11/02/der-mensch-als-industriepalast-man-as-industrial-palace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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In a follow-up to a very early post regarding Fritz Kahn&#8217;s 1926 Der Mensch als Industriepalast, Henning M. Lederer has created industriepalast.com which includes the above animation and an interactive application.


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<p>In a follow-up to a <a href="http://machinethinking.org/2007/11/19/dream-anatomy-gallery-fritz-kahn-man-as-industrial-palace-1926/">very early post</a> regarding Fritz Kahn&#8217;s 1926 Der Mensch als Industriepalast, Henning M. Lederer has created <a href="http://www.industriepalast.com/">industriepalast.com</a> which includes the above animation and an interactive application.</p>
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