Digital Grotesque
published on 2013-09-23 21:00:18 by Jürgen Buchinger in deutsch.
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That it would be "materializing the unimaginable" and "at the threshold of human perception" is what the creators say about "the first fully immersive, solid, human-scale, enclosed structure that is entirely 3D printed out of sand". As ground-breaking as it may be for 3D printing, as disappointing it is for architecture: Having visited today the Fridolinsmünster in Bad Säckingen, an - I would say random - baroque church, I can easily, without the slightest doubt attach the afore mentioned adjectives to this 300-years-old building which is - in contrast to the contemporary room - not only showing off craftsmanship, but also aesthetic judgement and equilibrium.

I for my part, will hold off getting overwhelmed until aesthetic keeps up with technology.

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art
published on 2013-09-04 16:52:02 by Jürgen Buchinger in deutsch.
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“
The true artists of our times undertake the heroic fight against mediocrity and mean values; in case of their defeat art in its most essential sense will die out. And when art dies, human spirit relapses into decline and the world goes back to barbarity. The crisis in art is the reflection of the spiritual crisis in our times, the times marked by the technological achievements of the so-called second Industrial Revolution; we can say that not only art but life itself is imperiled by the destructive forces of the human race; the ethical forces of the human race may turn out to be much weaker that the forces liberated by its genius of knowledge.
(J.P. Hodin, Farewell to Art, a lecture given at the Eleventh AICA Congerss in Poland, 1975)

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The big paradigm shift of the 21st century
published on 2010-09-30 11:12:50 by Jürgen Buchinger in deutsch.
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The big paradigm shift of the 21st century will not be a deviation from capitalism, but rather the fact, that capital does not any more mean money or labour, but creativity.
This change is furthermore not something that has to be done, but something, that will inevitably be.

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Interessant...
published on 2009-04-29 00:00:00 by in deutsch.
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Wie man auf "Platz für 4.320 Fotos, 132 Std. MP3" kommt? - Ist doch klar, ein Foto hat durchschnittlich 1 851/999 (sprich: eins achthunderteinundfünfzig neunhundertneunundneunzigstel) MB, eine "Std. MP3" 60 60/99 (sechzig sechzig neunundneunzigstel) MB.

Bedenkt man jedoch, dass es keineswegs nur normale 8 GB sind, sondern in der Tat "wirklich große[n] 8 Gigabyte" sind, oder sogar "enorme[n] 8 GB", müssen es wohl sogar noch mehr als "4.320 Fotos, 132 Std. MP3" sein. Wenn man dann noch weiß, dass man den Stick "dank seiner Plug 'n' Play-Technologie [...] einfach nur in den USB-Anschluss einstecken" muss und dann "sofort loslegen" kann und er "ruckzuck zum Schlüsselanhänger umfunktioniert werden [kann]", dann sollte man sich beeilen und "jetzt bestellen", da er nun "Endlich wieder lieferbar" ist, jedoch "Nur 550 Stück, dann ausverkauft".

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tweenbots
published on 2009-04-21 00:00:00 by juergen in english.
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Another cool thing I stumbled upon, are tweenbots, which are

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(...)human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.
(tweenbots.com)

Check out the video on and the website itself!

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A bold plan for mass adoption of electric cars
published on 2009-04-16 00:00:00 by juergen in english.
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It says one bold plan, but actually it is not that bold but rather kind of realistic and the only way we have.
...and a well done presentation.

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Estar en el 2008 implica que...
published on 2008-12-08 00:00:00 by juergen in castellano.
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“
11. Ya no cuentas chistes... ahora le das REENVIAR.
(via mail)

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