The Collected Somewhat

Black Ceremony – Cai Guo-Qiang

Wow. One of my favorite artists, Cai Guo-Qiang, sure knows his way around controlled explosions. Would love to see this in person. Last time I was anywhere near one of his cloud projects, was when he did clear sky black cloud at the Met in NYC. I love what he is doing with these outdoor “installations” so visceral. But really all of his projects are amazing whether they are inside or out.

Black Ceremony was part of the opening of an exhibit in Qatar

Check out more info here. This is his first exhibition in the middle east, it goes on until may, 2012, its a great excuse to make a trip to Qatar.

Qbo

Wow. Just wow. So amazing, but my favorite parts are that it has to put itself into object recognizing mode, it takes a while, and that it instantly forgets itself and has to run an recognition algorithm again and only then can say – aha! it’s me.

See more at thecorpora.com

UPDATE:
Hey guess what happens when Qbo meets another Qbo?

Quote

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”

— Mark Twain

The Amazing Self-Driving Car!

Courtesy of google. Amazing to see all of the mapping it is doing. I loved how it keeps track of every traffic light at intersections. It definitely seems to be aware of a lot more things simultaneously than I am while driving. But I do wonder what the legal implications are of even this test car driving around by itself. It will be quite amazing to see most cars on the road doing this in the not so distant future.