tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50055662024-02-07T15:10:48.776-05:00The Invisible Culture InstituteScience, Art, Design, Trends, Future HistoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-91878021661615924242007-06-30T11:51:00.001-04:002007-06-30T11:51:36.915-04:00Instant Sex In A Bottle?-Revolutionary Aphrodesiac That Will Rock Your WorldInstant sex in a bottle? PT-141 is a drug in development that reportedly increases sexual desire and performance in men and women. Bremelanotide is a derivative of Melanotan II, a substance originally used as a sunless tanning agent. Researchers noticed that although it did give you a tan, it had unexpected side effects. Those being sexual arousal and spontaneous erections. PT-141 does not come Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-59830481240302217772007-01-12T00:10:00.000-05:002007-01-12T00:16:17.389-05:00“If you think you know what the hell is going on, you're probably full of shit.”Rest in peace, Robert Anton Wilson.You are one of the biggest influences on my life. You opened an infinite series of doors into much larger and higher worlds.Thank you.Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-31644389857389574802006-10-26T00:48:00.000-04:002006-10-26T00:55:22.589-04:00A bridge between information space and real-world space?Every day, the web collects new essential information about your local community: the open house around the corner; a restaurant review in the local paper; a rant from a parent about a declining public school; a concert that's just been announced; a police report on a recent break-in; gossip about a celebrity sighting. But while that information is all grounded in a real-world place, on the web Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-85734438088683039602006-10-26T00:32:00.000-04:002006-10-26T00:44:29.528-04:00"We bring excitement to otherwise unexciting locales and give strangers a story they can tell for the rest of their lives."Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City.Why do you do this?Improv Everywhere is, at its core, about having fun. We're big believers in "organized fun". In the process we bring excitement to otherwise Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-81435847428589949162006-08-23T00:23:00.000-04:002006-08-23T00:25:47.577-04:00"Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known"The Imaginary FoundationUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-54672698779799368622006-08-22T22:55:00.000-04:002006-08-22T23:02:50.200-04:00People do not know what to trust anymore“What does the World look like after The abolition of context? There is no context today. The study of what has come before. Studying what has come before will not provide good insight into the future. It used to be that the mainstream would define the future. Now the fringe, the edge, has replaced the mainstream in the Zeitgeist."-Watts Wacker via ProPr PhotoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155274006559133322006-08-11T01:20:00.000-04:002006-08-11T01:26:46.560-04:00"Al Gore's Penguin Army"Viral media is becoming tricky field to navigate. What defines genuine content? "People will become more savvy, and then the people who are making the fake videos will become more savvy about how to cover it up,"LinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155271828226195942006-08-11T00:42:00.000-04:002006-08-11T01:20:40.496-04:00It was much easier for Hunter S. Thompson to write about drugs. Or Fear and Loathing at the E3 ExpoProvoking article about the need for deeper insights into the real ways technologies are effecting and evolving us."Nobody has shown up with that bowl-you-over voice that takes a seemingly alien and marginal activity-- an activity that, like drugs, many in the audience will never even try-- and turns it into a must-read experience.""But what's the real story-- that we're entertained? We almost Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155271109050514992006-08-11T00:15:00.000-04:002006-08-11T00:38:29.140-04:00False Fitness Cues“For the first time in human history, the images’ power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad porn.”“Mystery?” He looked at me blankly. And then, without hesitating, he replied: “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Sex has no mystery.”LinkSee also:I suggest a different, even darker solution to the Paradox. Basically, I think the aliens don'tUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155269267511685442006-08-10T23:47:00.000-04:002006-08-11T00:07:47.546-04:00Human Generated PowerThe East Japan Railway Company (JR-East), as part of research aimed at developing more environmentally friendly train stations, is testing an experimental system that produces electricity as people pass through ticket gates. JR claims that this sort of human-powered electricity generation system may provide a portion of the electricity consumed at train stations in the future.LinkVia: Pink Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155102779303497882006-08-09T01:48:00.000-04:002006-08-09T01:52:59.303-04:00Unplugging is no longer an option?1.2.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155099923343057192006-08-09T00:56:00.000-04:002006-08-09T01:05:23.376-04:00"There is no unisex brain,"San Francisco neuropsychiatrist says differences between women's and men's brains are very real, and the sooner we all understand it, the better"Connecting through talking activates the pleasure centers in a girl's brain. We're not talking about a small amount of pleasure. This is huge. It's a major dopamine and oxytocin rush, which is the biggest, fattest neurological reward you can get outside Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155097260942916582006-08-09T00:15:00.000-04:002006-08-09T00:21:00.946-04:00Year Zero NowThe 17 is a choir. Every performance given by the choir may have a completely different line up.. The music made by The 17, can be performed by people with extensive musical experience or none whatsoever. It is not popular music. It does not rely on melody, harmony or rhythm. It will never be recorded for posterity or broadcast. It will not be commodified by the music industry. There Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155096220252254562006-08-08T23:59:00.000-04:002006-08-09T00:06:39.706-04:00Photos by Justin Ouellettehttp://chromogenic.net/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155094763411817082006-08-08T23:32:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:41:39.220-04:00To fuel our own air conditioning, we're destroying nature's.Have you heard the news? Scientists have found a planet that can support life. Its atmosphere is too hot for year-round habitation, its gases impede breathing, and surface conditions are sometimes fatal. But by constructing a network of sealed facilities, tunnels, and vehicles, humans could survive on this planet for decades and perhaps even centuries.The planet is called Earth.LinkPhotoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1155094203204838042006-08-08T23:12:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:30:03.730-04:00Giant Robot Imprisons Cars In New JerseyWhen it's working, the robotic garage is a wonder. It allows twice the parking of a traditional ramp garage, says Robotic's Clarke. "If you back off and look at this, you are looking at elevator technology.""Wonkavator" might be more apt. The lifts act independently of each other, and move in many directions, instead of just up and down. Every entry/exit station can accommodate 40 cars per hour, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1142551095009674632006-03-16T18:14:00.000-05:002006-04-10T21:46:46.636-04:00"The Game" for real."As soon as I see a piece of his fur coat, I let loose with a blast," Roderick Gonzales recalled, relishing the memory. "He was surprised, with it coming out of the dark like that, so he tried to run across to the kitchen, and my brother got him from the other side and he just was knocked over…. He was soaked like he had just come in from a storm."It's not exactly a scene from "The Bourne Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1116384070284197222005-05-17T22:35:00.000-04:002005-05-17T22:45:42.683-04:00Nazif Topçuo?luLinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1116378087783390022005-05-17T21:00:00.000-04:002005-05-17T21:08:40.440-04:00Reader CommentsMr Danomyte,Thanks for posting a link to my site from invisible culture.Thankfully I can now say that my efforts exist just above complete invisiblity.Regards,Stephen HendeeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1114276568483602002005-04-23T13:10:00.000-04:002005-04-23T15:10:37.783-04:00Andrea GiacobbeLinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1114276036530007082005-04-23T13:05:00.000-04:002005-04-23T13:07:16.530-04:00Stephen HendeeLinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1114271731745219182005-04-23T11:52:00.000-04:002005-04-23T11:55:31.746-04:00Fresh Crime TrendsRandolph Hobson Guthrie III, Pirate King of the high digital seasFake Stores are the hot new thing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1114270332511725582005-04-23T11:25:00.000-04:002005-04-23T11:32:12.513-04:00Music is the way I liveLaptop BattleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1112587242057233782005-04-03T23:58:00.000-04:002005-04-07T05:52:40.976-04:00"people would eventually mistake the wearer for an alien"" Today an ubiquitous digital layer lies over the real world. Cities, houses, cars and people are increasingly connected to each other. Communication technology becomes smaller, wireless and invisible. The consequence is that communication technology is omnipresent, but we lack of means to be aware of it. Everyday we ask us questions like: Am I recorded? Am I alone? Do I have WiFi here? Am I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005566.post-1112586710912460112005-04-03T23:50:00.000-04:002005-04-03T23:51:50.913-04:00Earth Science Picture Of The DayLinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0