When the theory of quantum physics was first developed the technological innovations that followed, including lasers and semiconductor electronics, transformed our world. Scientists are now working towards a second revolution, as they attempt to build a fundamentally new kind of machine: “a quantum computer that could manipulate the fabric of reality in order to perform [...]
The Power of 8 show ran successfully for three weeks at the Watermans Gallery and we are now trying to get our lives back, and new client work (with the Courtauld Institute of Art and Southern Water amongst others) has kept us busy. We will be posting a complete run down of the show, our [...]
I spoke at Interesting 2009 yesterday, a fabulous one-day conference organised by Russell Davies. The most important rule of the conference is: “Talk about something interesting as long as its not your work”. My talk was titled “Superpowers I grew up with”: I talked about the Superpowers not in the marvel sense of the world, [...]
On a sunny afternoon, while we were basking in the success of the Open Weekend, the high tide swept us off our feet, reminding me of ‘After London or Wild England’, by Richard Jefferies: “At the eastern extremity the Lake narrows, and finally is lost in the vast marshes which cover the site of the [...]
In a conversation with Dougald Hine about the Power of 8 project, he mentioned the Dark Mountain Project that he had been working on, with Paul Kingsnorth. Today is the launch of this project, and to coincide with that event, here’s a video of Dougald explaining the story behind it. You can read and download [...]
“Every morning, as I stand in the shower, I hear metallic sounds where the water drops hit my shoulder… Here, touch it… knock on it…. Do you hear it?” Yes I do. And it freaks me out. I am very curious about implants, they fascinate me, and sort of make me feel uncomfortable at the [...]
Few weeks ago, I decided to do a little post about a bridge from my home city Ahmedabad, the 124 year-old Ellisbridge. For the past few years, it has been declared an urban monument, and flanked by two functional bridges on either site. But I could not find my old pictures of the bridge, so [...]
This is the famous declaration of Donna J. Haraway, a, zoologist, philosopher and biologist, who is my tech heroine for the Ada Lovelace Day. Haraway is currently a professor and chair of the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, United States. Her most well know piece of work is the [...]
