The uncanny valley and racism

This week’s edition of On the Media features a segment discussing the concept of the “the uncanny valley.” The idea is that if you have a representation of a human that is 50, 60 or even 95 percent correct, people will have no problem recognizing that image as non-human and accepting it.

However, as [...]

Juan Montoya on the ferrari 36…

Juan Montoya on the ferrari 360: it’s a piece of shit, it understeers like a pig

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Video: Life size mousetrap at Maker Faire Detroit

One of the highlights at the Maker Faire Detroit this past weekend was the life-size mousetrap. Mark Perez spent 15 years building this 50 ton life-size version of the board game. It’s a classic Rube Goldberg device on a huge scale. Check out the video.

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