Humane Ingenuity 6: Walden Eddies + the DLF Cinematic Universe
I am very fortunate to live a short drive from Walden Pond, of Henry David Thoreau fame. With the hordes of summer tourists finally thinning out, and with...
Humane Ingenuity 5: Libraries Contain Multitudes
Welcome back to Humane Ingenuity, a continuing exploration of technology that helps rather than hurts human understanding, and human understanding that helps...
Humane Ingenuity #4: Modeling Humane Features + Teaching a Robot to Crack a Whip
[3D-printed zoetrope from The National Science and Media Museum’s Wonderlab, via Sheryl Jenkins] Modeling Humane Features If it wasn’t a famous catchphrase...
Humane Ingenuity #3: AI in the Archives
Welcome back to Humane Ingenuity. It’s been gratifying to see this newsletter quickly pick up an audience, and to get some initial feedback from readers like...
The Soul of a New Machine + Auditing Algorithms
Today Apple will release new iPhones and other gizmos and services, and as they do every year, the tech pundits will ask: "Does this live up to the...
The Big Reveal
An increasing array of cutting-edge, often computationally intensive methods can now reveal formerly hidden texts, images, and material culture from...