--- perceptual thresholds --- IR vision lets researchers see through—and into—multiple layers of graphene http://phys.org/news/2013-11-infrared-vision-throughand-intomultiple-layers.... --- on natural fluorescence --- // intro to blacklight with rocks starts around 5:47 min... [video] Bill's Fluorescent Rock and Mineral Collection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVtWOcrat4o [video] Science Friday: 3:36 min tour http://www.sciencefriday.com/video/05/05/2011/rock-stars.html "In 1968, the New Jersey Senate decreed the town of Franklin a geological wonder: "The Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World." Over 350 different minerals have been found in the area, ninety of which glow brilliantly under ultraviolet light. There are two mineral museums devoted to fluorescing rocks, the region's unusual geology and its zinc mining history." [search] images of fluorescent minerals in rocks... https://www.google.com/search?q=fluorescent+rocks&client=firefox-a&hs=ZEF&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=lEaOUpy6EZDAkQfRs4HwDw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1432&bih=830 What Materials Glow Under a Black or Ultraviolet Light? http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/f/blblacklight.htm [images] Hall of Fame Specimens - fluorescent minerals in rocks http://www.tigerowner.com/crf_photos.htm // fingerprinting phosphorescence patterns, real vs. fake diamonds UV Rays Shed New Light on the Hope Diamond’s Mysterious Red Glow http://mineralsciences.si.edu/research/gems/hope_diamond/blue_diamond_resear... [quote] The 45.52-carat blue diamond puzzles scientists because of the fiery red glow it gives off for several minutes after being exposed to ultra-violet light. Scientists refer to this phenomenon as phosphorescence. “It looks like a glowing orange coal in your barbeque grill,” explains Post. “It has been described as one of the unique properties of this unique diamond, something special to the Hope Diamond.” [quote] // note: electronic lollipop, the new healthy cigarette? Electrode recreates all four tastes on your tongue http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029444.500-electrode-recreates-all-four-tastes-on-your-tongue.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news#.Uo5lVOKSEuh NEW: CF = collider function (juxtapose A & B) interstructure. e.g: a. High tech toilets receive big prizes from Bill Gates http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/15/bill_gates_toilet_fair/ b. Kanye West blasts Zappos for 'shit product,' Zappos responds with toilet picture http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5127502/kanye-west-blasts-zappos-for-shit... // International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2009 [video] People vs. Power (1/2) Walking and Talking with Peter Wintonick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0L1BCN9Ze4 // about bicycle cultures today, componentry bureaucratized, // efficiencies/innovation lost to varying incongruent approaches. // missing information, parts do not match, line-up, made esoteric. // guess that is everything to do with beliefs and mindset translated // into general manufacturing approach, as with computer devices. // shared model vs 'reinventing' & duplication ideologically forced. [video] People vs. Power (2/2) Walking and Talking with Peter Wintonick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJZ-wiuaJeo [video] The Kids in This Billboard Point at Actual Planes Flying Overhead http://gizmodo.com/the-kids-in-this-billboard-point-at-actual-planes-flyin-1... // interactive advert reminded me of this... [video] First Official Clip from The Zero Theorem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyY5InLYJPQ [video] The Zero Theorem official trailer - film by Terry Gilliam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYkXhgFIAk --- crypto gift ideas --- :L [note: wondered if computer crypto approach has become detached from questioning basics of cryptography outside of a computer context. also, for those like myself with interest yet little knowledge, how to approach the subject, beyond just reading. various authors and thinkers have mentioned reading childrens books rather than academic texts for a basic and introductory overview of a subject. thus, what about those interested in crypto, is a childrens crypto kit beyond the domain of issues involved in crypto, or perhaps may some fundamental skills, questions, issues remain overlooked or already decided upon in a given framework. therefore, for child or adult with crypto interest...] Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing (Dover Children's Activity Books) http://www.amazon.com/Ciphers-Secret-Writing-Childrens-Activity/dp/048624761... Kidz Labs - Spy Science Secret Message Kit - Ages 5+ http://www.amazon.com/Kidz-Labs-Science-Secret-Message/dp/B000JM0JCS POOF-Slinky 2023 Slinky Science Secret Messages Mini Lab http://www.amazon.com/POOF-Slinky-2023-Slinky-Science-Messages/dp/B000BL1C96 Circuit Stickers // electronic principles, circuits https://www.crowdsupply.com/chibitronics/circuit-stickers note: microcontroller programmable, paper, etc. --- on rings --- recently mentioned data exchange between electromagnetic ring and symbolic device... once visited the Intel Museum which had a gift shop that sold jewelry made from unusable pentium chips; cufflinks, necklaces, earrings, and presumably rings (though do not remember seeing them). Intel CPU Chip Jewelry & Pins http://www.chipsetc.com/intel-jewelry--pins.html so any such key-exchange or other interaction between ring and device, in a data mood ring or other informational approach, is going to have circuitry built into it, issues of energy and power, and involve transistors, capacitors, resisters, protocols, etc. so in some sense there is a depth to the circuitry, it is not just an image of a ring but a complexity hidden beyond the boudary of what is immediately visable- whereas the Intel jewelry was itself this circuitry on display, as if a future data ring would involve these aesthetic dimensions, inherently. note also the issue of toxins in manufacturing if a diy approach with repurposed circuitboards and components, highly toxic to skin, eyes, etc. including chemical offgasing, related to toxic waste sites of discarded electronics, this leaking into groundwater, poisoning populations. the concept of a data ring that is an IC or computer that then interacts with the environment, say in a crypto context, that it carries passwords, synced as a paired identity device validating ID or providing authentication or whatever. and so this functionality is just not an issue of taking an IC or processor, memory, and storage and having 'data' on the ring. it would need to be secured, have its own perimeter security, ways of allowing and preventing access, etc. the following rings visualize this greater involvement in the aesthetics beyond just what the device would look like, and into its multilayered in-depth construction, in dimensions that may also be internal and unseen. thus a parallel between the chip as structure and building as structure, and similarity of issues of detailing and design, issues of foundation, & so on... [image search] architecture rings https://www.google.com/search?q=bague&client=firefox-a&hs=7GZ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=rcs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MT2OUvGMJsO2kQf5goDABQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1432&bih=830#channel=rcs&q=bague+archit&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&imgdii=_ the larger context for this is the parallel between the circuitboard and the city (plug-in city, Archigram) and again issues of relations of building types and electronic components that have interrelated structures, functioning, and programming of circuitry at the larger scale. in this way, modularity into a larger entity, say 'crypto' and 'comms' (NFC) and 'processor' and 'memory' and 'storage'; likewise- stadium, highways, bank, tv station, school, dwellings. [image] cityscape ring http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ip12zh9vdvI/StTg6_V0qkI/AAAAAAAAAWM/5NaTtzcq__4/s400/tumblr_kr2kwxS7ob1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=XT2OUruAH83SkQeDiYHIBw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:36,s:100,i:112&iact=rc&page=5&tbnh=161&tbnw=234&ndsp=32&tx=135&ty=71 Philippe Tourraine - Les bagues Architecture http://www.philippetournaire.com/collections/70-architecture what would the foundation be, what would the walls be, roof, how many buildings, how are they arranged, what is the interior and exterior relation and dynamic, what is the perimeter, what is the functionality and purpose, what can it do and why. rings and sensors, modules, ecosystem relations, programmability, display or opaque, indicating feedback, etc. what is potential for, sans LCD, micro- or nano-leds as ultra-low power matrix. beyond conventions. how many different typological relations in larger ecological context: ring-computer, ring-phone, ring-signage, ring-symbolic.device (orb), ring-POS.device, ring-ATM machine, etc. // and a potential approach for managing crypto keys... ex. Intel Chip Keychain http://www.chipsetc.com/uploads/1/2/4/4/1244189/4120271_orig.jpg?196 Intel Chip Keychains http://www.chipsetc.com/intel-keychains-page-5.html {educational fair-use of copyright, 2013} א ט ם ך