Wednesday's meeting, a sort of catch-up for all all of us first years, was a lot more fun than some similar classes that i had in my years as an undergraduate. I think that's largely due to the company and the subject matter, as Revelle seminars are really intended for pre-med students, not people like me...
I was very interested in the zeroOne show (San Jose being my high-school stomping grounds), and the SRL show would have been something to see.
The one downside of the night wasn't really a fault of the seminar or anyone in attendance. The point was made that crazy innovation in arts and computing aren't really being attempted by americans at the moment. SRL is a start, but the social commentary is probably lost on a nation of people weaned on Truck-asaurus. So, seeing as i am young and cocky, let me mention one recent tech-based innovation that is dangerous, requires human participation and has an interesting premise. Well, okay, it needs people. In a recent issue of BMEzine (a body modification magazine) they mentioned a number of people who have experimented with implanting rare earth magnets in the tips of their ring fingers (i think this may have hit BoingBoing awhile back, and i'm sure it was on Sensible Erection). The participants mentioned that the magnet would be attracted to nearby metals, and after a time, they developed a sort of “sixth sense” to metals. Interesting stuff.
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Some links to the magnets under your skin BMEzine story...
The installation.
The removal.
Grody.
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