We are hyperexcited! The superwonderful Susie Bright will give a keynote at the Arse Elektronika 2010 gala opening! When, where? Thursday, September 30, 2010; 9:00 PM @ Chez Poulet (3359 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco)! America’s public fucking stages — the theatrical, commercial theaters of sex — have transformed over the years, whether in Times Square, … Read more
Und zwar am 18. September 2010, 19:00 Uhr im Raum D, qdk, quartier21, MQ, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien. Im Rahmen des diesjährigen paraflows Festivals werden die Publikationen zu den Symposien der Festivals aus den Jahren 2007 und 2008 vorgestellt. Grenzflächen des Meeres Hrsg: Thomas Brandstetter, Karin Harrasser, Günther Friesinger Verlag Turia + Kant, 2010 ISBN … Read more
The development of new organic batteries — lightweight energy storage devices that work without the need for toxic heavy metals — has a brighter future now that chemists have discovered a new way to pass electrons back and forth between two molecules. The research is also a necessary step toward creating artificial photosynthesis, where fuel … Read more
Metacognition is when people “assess how confident they are in the cognitive processes in their own brain that produced [an] answer” – how sure they are about a given fact or whether someone is trustworthy. Some people are better at this than others, and “the reason seems connected to a bit of brain just behind … Read more