hidden parameters (urls)

[brian carroll]

--- 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.html

--- 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_research.htm

[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-product


// 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-1469014169

// 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/0486247619/ref=pd_sim_t_10

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}

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