Dubset: Internet radio’s first legal mixtape library

Dubset: Internet radio’s first legal mixtape library

Far from the days when it was just Pandora and Last.fm competing for internet radio space, today there seem to be as many music streaming sites as there are mashups that helped drive the phenomenon....

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Live Nation Joins the Dance Party, Buying Promoter of Creamfields

Live Nation Joins the Dance Party, Buying Promoter of Creamfields

In a deal that demonstrates how important electronic dance music has become to the concert industry, Live Nation Entertainment has bought Cream Holdings, the British promoter behind Creamfields and one of the biggest names in...

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DJs battle with dance music dominance in U.S. pop music

DJs battle with dance music dominance in U.S. pop music

(Reuters) – The explosion of electronic dance music in the U.S. has thrust DJs into the spotlight, but with great power comes great responsibility as they strive to stay fresh and maintain quality as demand...

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Casting a Sculpture Out of Nothing

Casting a Sculpture Out of Nothing

Writer Sanford Kwinter famously appropriated Conrad Waddington’s “Epigenetic Landscape” as a topological model with which to envision a new conception of formmaking, whereby matter is intrinsically latent with tendencies that “condition” its morphological evolution. Anticipating...

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Street Art At Its Best In Poland: Escif’s On/Off Switch Mural:

Street Art At Its Best In Poland: Escif’s On/Off Switch Mural:

Walking around our streets, we can see how those choosing to put their creativity out there decided to express and paint how they see the world around us. During Poland’s Katowice Street Art Festival that...

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“Acrobat” Photog Defies Death To Capture View At The Top Of The World

“Acrobat” Photog Defies Death To Capture View At The Top Of The World

[SitM: more creative use of everyday tech] “FROM ABOVE, THE MUNDANE SEEMED MORE DIVINE.” “Wouter van Buuren is not only a photographer, he is also an acrobat.” That’s how one art gallery describes, perhaps too...

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High-Speed Data Link Made from Laser Pointers Works Where Wi-Fi Won’t

High-Speed Data Link Made from Laser Pointers Works Where Wi-Fi Won’t

Wi-Fi isn’t always practical–in places like hospitals or labs, for instance, where radio transmitters are prohibited–and physical USB cables can be slow and cumbersome as well. So engineers at National Taipei University of Technology have...

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The Creators Project Coachella Lights and music collide for a fantastic display of digital technology at California’s Coachella festival

The Creators Project Coachella Lights and music collide for a fantastic display of digital technology at California’s Coachella festival

The concept behind The Creators Project is not new—mix the social, the artistic and the scientific. The resulting experiences the initiative produces though, is astounding. Founded by Vice Magazine and Intel, the altruistic enterprise seeks...

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Pioneer’s laser-projected car HUD lets you drive like RoboCop

Pioneer’s laser-projected car HUD lets you drive like RoboCop

Google’s augmented reality glasses might be a long time coming, and there’s no telling if we’ll ever see Half-Life creator Valve release a heads-up display, but citizens of Japan with cars and lots of disposable...

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General Manifold / Spatial Ops

General Manifold / Spatial Ops

General Manifold is an immersive architectural environment installed in the abandoned Federal Screw Works factory complex in Chelsea, Michigan. This installation was the centerpiece of a collective exhibition organized by the architectural collaborative Spatial Ops...

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The Joys of the Transparent Media Wall

The Joys of the Transparent Media Wall

The media billboard first found its way into architecture to augment and compensate for what a building is most inherently lacking in: legibility and movement. The building as signage, whereby an architectural composition projects a...

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Introducing Yourself Originally: Concrete Business Cards by Murmure

Introducing Yourself Originally: Concrete Business Cards by Murmure

These unusual looking concrete business cards were designed by the people of Murmure, as a way to introduce themselves and the creative agency they work for. The idea is controversial- after all, business cards today...

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Man attempts to set world record fist-pumping 17 hours straight

Man attempts to set world record fist-pumping 17 hours straight

A 34-year-old unemployed man from Ohio attempted to set a Guinness World Record over the weekend by fist pumping for 17 hours straight. James Peterson began the attempt on Friday morning, according to the Akron...

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No More Slow Commuting: This Superbus Goes 155 MPH

No More Slow Commuting: This Superbus Goes 155 MPH

Sure, some cities have bus rapid transit (BRT) corridors where buses can reach up to 30 MPH, but in general, buses move pretty slowly. Never has the lowly bus looked so sexy as with this...

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Facebook testing new ‘highlight’ feature: pay to promote your posts

Facebook testing new ‘highlight’ feature: pay to promote your posts

Facebook is testing a new feature called Highlight that allows users to pay a nominal fee to promote their posts, making them more prominent in others’ news feeds. Last year Facebook raked in $1.14 billion...

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