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Por si alguno duda aún de la supremacía de los robots sobre la raza humana, aquí tenemos otra prueba irrefutable.

El engendro mecánico de la imagen ha destrozado el récord mundial de "Operación" con una actuación impecable, rápida y eficiente que ha dejado boquiabiertos a los eminentes cirujanos que asistían, incrédulos, a la exhibición.

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In my opinion, one of the best things humanity has captured on video. Done in 1979 by Voyager 1 as it approached Jupiter. 

Pomplamoose's mashup of Happy and Get Lucky isn't just a great song -- it's a fantastic video in which Nataly and Jack manipulate props so that loads of clever, playful video-elements are projection-mapped onto them. The entire thing is in one, continuous take, with the musicians hauling props in and out of the projector's beam and getting the alignment exactly perfect every time. It's a feat of technical mastery and a fantastic work of art -- bravo!

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On CNN, Bruce Schneier lays out the current organizational structure of the NSA, dividing its activities in to three categories: spying on specific people; spying on everyone; and breaking the Internet to make spying easier. He then proposes a new structure for the American intelligence apparat: move spying on specific people to a totally separate US Cyber Command under the DoD ("attacking enemy networks is an offensive military operation, and should be part of an offensive military unit"); move spying on Americans to the FBI and create safeguards to be sure this is done in accord with the law and the Constitution; and terminate the NSA's program of undermining security.

Instead, put the NSA in charge of improving the security of Internet users -- including American residents, businesses and government agencies -- so that the nation is resilient. As Schneier writes: "We need the NSA's expertise to secure our social networks, business systems, computers, phones and critical infrastructure. Just recall the recent incidents of hacked accounts -- from Target to Kickstarter. What once seemed occasional now seems routine. Any NSA work to secure our networks and infrastructure can be done openly -- no secrecy required."

First, TAO and its targeted surveillance mission should be moved under the control of U.S. Cyber Command, and Cyber Command should be completely separated from the NSA. Actively attacking enemy networks is an offensive military operation, and should be part of an offensive military unit.

Whatever rules of engagement Cyber Command operates under should apply equally to active operations such as sabotaging the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in Iran and hacking a Belgian telephone company. If we're going to attack the infrastructure of a foreign nation, let it be a clear military operation.

Second, all surveillance of Americans should be moved to the FBI.

The FBI is charged with counterterrorism in the United States, and it needs to play that role. Any operations focused against U.S. citizens need to be subject to U.S. law, and the FBI is the best place to apply that law. That the NSA can, in the view of many, do an end-run around congressional oversight, legal due process and domestic laws is an affront to our Constitution and a danger to our society. The NSA's mission should be focused outside the United States -- for real, not just for show.

And third, the remainder of the NSA needs to be rebalanced so COMSEC (communications security) has priority over SIGINT (signals intelligence). Instead of working to deliberately weaken security for everyone, the NSA should work to improve security for everyone.

It's time to break up the NSA [Bruce Schneier/CNN]

jeremykaye:

Oh brain, you dumb-dumb.

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How might it be possible to improve upon the already popular, tech heavy Tesla Model S electric sedan? Turn it over to creative auto concept designers Rinspeed. This outfit, which has turned out some rather interesting designs over the years, is taking to the Geneva Motor Show later this year with XchangeE, an autonomous driving design idea.

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(I provide in-home servicing of computers. My client has reported that his computer doesn’t turn on. Once on site, I do a quick check to make sure it’s plugged in and the power bar is working.)

Me: “Okay, I’m thinking it’s the power supply. If it is, the parts and labour is [cost] plus tax. If not, I’ll have to dig a little deeper to see what the problem is.”

Client: “No problem. Do what you have to do.”

(I open the computer’s case and see that the wires from the power supply to the motherboard have been cut, likely with scissors or a knife. My client sees it right away as well.)

Me: “Well, this is new one for me. Any idea what happened here?”

Client: *clearly angry, but certainly not at me* “No. Will a new power supply still fix it? I have work I need to do on this computer today.”

Me: “Yes, assuming nothing else is damaged.”

(I replace the power supply with a new one, and the computer turns on. After booting, my client’s desktop background turns out to be a picture of his son and his best [male] friend having sex.)

Client: “Well, that explains it.”

(Turns out, the kid accidentally set the desktop background to the picture in question, and didn’t know how to change it back. In a state of panic he cut the wires, thinking dad would just get a new computer rather than get it fixed!)

rstevens:

Tonight’s comic tells the truth about Tetris. Every decade or so, I’m a gaming comic.

It’s not every day a photographer can make you look twice at a photo and seriously marvel at it. But for 18-year-old Laura Williams, nearly 200,000 people viewed Laura’s self-portrait in awe and bewilderment — making it a viral sensation.

“I like the idea of creating an image that’s perhaps a little less obvious, like an illusion,” Laura tells The Weekly Flickr in the accompanying video. “One that really intrigues the viewer and tries to trick the eye. It’s something I strive to do, and I love it!”

It’s hard for Laura to pinpoint the inspiration behind her conceptual photography. Like many artists, she’s influenced by her surroundings.

“I’m inspired by so many things like dreams, nature and other photographers,” Laura explains. “I find that inspiration can come at any time. And often when I find it, I’m not specifically looking for it… it just sort of comes to me.”

Laura admits to having vivid dreams, which is why she keeps a dream journal in which she records memories and details from her imagination.

“When I read dreams that I had a year ago, I can remember quite a lot about how I felt at the time, which I then try and translate into my photography,” Laura says. “Your subconscious can be very powerful. A lot of times my dreams are sort of foggy and desaturated. That’s probably why many of my images are; it’s an aspect in photography I really like.”

Laura’s Invisible series came about after discovering a mirror in her aunt’s house. Admiring it’s simplicity and the shape, she saw its potential to be a prop in her upcoming work.

“I originally envisioned something that gave the illusion of being or feeling invisible, and using the frame to suggest this,” Laura explains. “I wanted to create something that felt quite eerie and really capture the viewer’s intention.”

Laura used the mirror to make it seem as if her torso disappeared.

“It was a challenging shoot to do, as I was by myself and getting the focus right was not easy,” Laura admits. “I would reset and sit back down repeatedly, literally going back and forth! The post production was really fun and that’s when the image really came together for me. It allowed to really play with the illusion and create the mood that I wanted… which is the feeling we all have of not being heard. Perhaps it stems from our youth, but I think it’s something we can all relate to.”

When Laura first uploaded her photos online, she thought nothing of it. Weeks later, when she came home from college in Cambridge, England, she was amazed to see how popular they became.

“It was so awesome to have my work being seen by so many people and have it intrigue them as well,” Laura says. “I love reading other people’s comments and their theories on how I thought I did it. One person actually drew up some kind of mathematical, scientific algorithm of some sort of how it wasn’t possible!”

“I mainly just want to interest the viewers and draw them into my work,” Laura says about her photos. “I like the idea of them looking at my work and being intrigued by it… maybe create their own meaning for it, that’s maybe personal to them.”

The popularity of her series encouraged Laura to pursue photography as a profession. She now dreams of becoming a freelance photographer, shooting and editing album covers on her own.

“I feel really proud of my work,” Laura says. “This entire experience has defined who I am. [I can't] go a whole week without shooting. It’s like an addiction now. It’s been so exciting, and I’ve had so many new opportunities come my way. I can’t wait to see what’s next.”

Visit Laura’s photostream to see more of her photos.

Previous episode: ‘Strange worlds’ photographer aims to trick the eye

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Several months ago we featured a photographic series called Time is a Dimension by artist Qi Wei Fong that depicted layered collages of landscapes and cityscapes photographed over a 2-4 hour period. Fong has since taken the project a step further by animating the images in this new series called Time in Motion. The new photos, shot in locations around China, Indonesia, and Bali show the change in light at sunrise or sunset through angular rays and concentric circles that shimmer as time passes. You can see more from the series on his website.

 

An airline passenger with a medical condition requiring small amounts of food at regular intervals was stymied when the LHA TSA declared his peanut butter to be a "liquid." But he cleverly spread the peanut butter onto some saltines, whereupon it was no longer a liquid and was allowed on the flight. USA USA USA. (Thanks, Alice!)

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'Kauai Waimea Canyon and Na Pali Coast' by Steve Nelson via Flickr.

Nearly three years after sharing the trailer for their short film Noise, polish animators Katarzyna Kijek and Przemysław Adamski (previously here and here) have just released the full version online for the first time. The short was screened at more than 60 film festivals globally over the last few years, receiving numerous awards and accolades along the way. I won’t spoil it for you, but the innovative short explores the visualization of sound through stop motion animation. Via their website:

[Noise is] inspired by the theoretic work of George Berkeley and basics of synesthetic perception. It’s a game of imagination provoked by sound. Individual sounds penetrating into the apartment of the main character relieved of their visual designates evoke images distant from its origins.

You can see a few making of photos over on their blog. FYI: it gets a little dark.