How to Look at Art Through Apps – ReadWriteWeb
“Images were first made to conjure up the appearance of something that was absent,” writes John Berger in his seminal publication Ways of Seeing. “Gradually it became evident that an image could outlast what it represented.”
Project Paperclip proposes a way to augment reality. It takes a highly replicable Internet photograph of nature, combining it with a QR code and sound emitted from an iPhone app. It is subtly disconcerting, an ominous prediction of the artificial realities we build with the help of smartphone apps and the Internet.
Exploring the Deep Sea
Earth’s lost frontier, the deepest part of the oceans where the pressure is like three SUVs sitting on your little toe, is about to be explored first-hand. In the next several days, James Cameron, the director of “Titanic,” “Avatar” and “The Abyss,” will dive nearly 7 miles deep, to the Mariana Trench in the South Pacific, in a one-man sub he helped design.
The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER makes its first test dive in February. (National Geographic, NOAA)
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DAILY INSPIRATIONS FOR DYT #265
Enjoy this cool #265 Saturday daily inspirations for all DYT readers :) with great photos and artworks.
Tropical Tangga House in Singapore
The home was completed a few years back in 2009, and spans over 7,600 square feet. Check out more photos of this Tropical Singapore House here!
Check out more photos of this Tropical Singapore House here!
Nature Photography by Duncan McKinnon
Amazing landscape and animal photographs by Duncan McKinnon, self taught photographer who started taking pictures with a Brownie camera and 120 roll film. Continue reading »
HD Wallpapers
It has been a while since there is a post that contains pictures that you all can use as desktop wallpapers, resolution-wise. So here are some to make up for that. Enjoy
More with higher quality? Here you go
