The World We Explore by Sir Ken Robinson

More food for thought from Sir Ken Robinson, perhaps the greatest public intellect focusing on the future of education.

“It’s not how creative you are, it’s how you’re creative”

>> Watch: The World We Explore- Sir Ken Robinson Zeitgeist Americas 2012 – YouTube

24 Analog Clocks Morph Into One Giant Digital Display

I love it when simple objects turn into something amazing. Check out this video of basic wall clocks orchestrated to act together.

>> Read more: Watch 24 Analog Clocks Morph Into One Giant Digital Display | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

The Avocado Cuber

File this in both “Product Design” and “Why Didn’t I Think Of That?”

The Avocado Cuber

>> Link: Avocado Cuber (and Avocado Pit Removal Tool and Avo Saver and Avocado Knife) | Unclutterer

Explore the Solar System and Night Sky in 3D

SolarSystemScope presents a very cool online interface for zooming around the solar system in a beautiful 3D model. The whole experience happens right in your web browser. Check it out!

> Link: Solar System Scope | Interactive 3D model of Solar System Planets and Night Sky

World’s Most Beautiful Computer

The Spanish have been doing it for centuries–mixing cultures across time and heritage. The Alhambra, the Mosque of Cordoba, the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca. Why not do it in the most modern of settings?

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center features the MareNostrum: a supercomputer housed in an old Roman Catholic church! Even if you don’t know a thing about supercomputing, you can appreciate the stunning architectural design of the place.

>> Link: WikiPedia: MareNostrum

>> Pics: Photos of the MareNostrum Supercomputer

What is Consciousness?

From Information is Beautiful: a fascinating, fun, thought-provoking, and (yes) beautiful survey of beliefs about consciousness. Click and play!

Different representations of consciousness

 

>> Play: What is Consciousness?

Visual Budget – an Interactive Guide to the Federal Budget

From Information Aesthetics:

Visual Budget is a cutting-edge data-visualization web site. It explains all the complicated ins and outs of the US Federal Budget using interactive charts and motion graphics. It is a tool that lets citizens like you and me understand this important issue, armed with the latest most comprehensive facts and figures. It brings a new breadth of knowledge to our political disc

>> Link: Visual Budget – an Interactive Guide to the Federal Budget by Higher Media — Kickstarter

Where do good ideas come from?

This video is brilliant. Its video and audio reinforce each other, its content engages, and it makes you smile. Plus it’s genius marketing for a book. By the time it’s over, I want to go out and buy “Where Good Ideas Come From.”

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