Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fellow Myshkin Ingawale describes how (after 32 tries) he and his team created a simple, portable,...

The mikoshi (portable festival shrine) is carried through the streets of the Kosei-cho area of Okazaki on the second night of the 3 day summer festival. Okazaki's summer festival is held one week before the Obon festival. The first night consists of the Bon dancing, the second night is the...

Sound cloth of the album gets its development thanks to the residual effects arising from uncomplicated melody of the first track. Introduces us to the meditative state of contemplation of life unhurried afternoon city park, main audio line imperceptibly transformed into a monotonous industrial...

Note this is a preview. You can get the full 32' piece for free on Bandcamp (lossless) or Last.fm (portable). This second release features 32' of home-made found sounds looped against themselves, reminiscent of (and indeed inspired by) William Basinski's shortwave music. Orchestre dans le...

Bill St. Arnaud and Michael Geist on the Digital TV transition. Jer Thorp on online tools built on top of one another. James Cochrane and his electric parts-band The Bit 52's. Nora Young with Rochelle Mazar and Hugh McGuire on Public Domain art on portable devices. Clifford Nass on...

It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana—but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like...

It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana—but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like...

It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana—but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like...

It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana—but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like...

Swedish blipmusic chiptune superstar <a href="http://goto80.blipp.com/">Goto80</a> attacks us with a handful of folk chiptronica gamemusic soundscapes from the icecream age of doom and terror. Including the mod files for the Amiga perverts. Plus a musicdisk version for the...