Narrated by designer John Cavanaugh, this 1950s Progressive Male Fashion Show was breaking the rules of what masculinity meant in terms of couture.

What people in the 1930s thought fashion would look like in the year 2000.

the AUDI e-bike wörthersee

The Last Surviving Witness of the Lincoln Assassination, Samuel James Seymour, on TV in 1956. It was on a popular game show called I’ve Got A Secret. Mr. Seymour died two months afterward at the age of 96.

Sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke describes spot-on for a five year old little boy what his life will look like in 2001.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke in 1964 predicting what the year 2000 would be like…and was pretty much spot on.  Well, he did write 2001: A Space Odyssey.

“Artists use Kinect to record a dancer’s movements then convert them into animated sand.”

On his death bed, Aldous Huxley, author of the dystopian sci-fi novel Brave New World, had his wife inject him with LSD. She explains the results in this video. Huxley’s experimentation with psychedelic drugs is documented in his book Doors of Perception, from which Jim Morrison got the name for his band The Doors.

Ken Kesey’s First LSD Trip in a U.S. Gov’t Experiment with Psychedelics – Animated for your enjoyment. This is particularly interesting, as he’s the author of One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

House of the Rising Sun, as played by Tesla Coils. This is done by modulating the “break rate” of the coil with MIDI data and a control unit. I saw Björk used one at her Biophilia performance.The sound of your computer speakers will not do it justice. It is a beautiful, intoxicating and rich natural sound.

The World’s First Mobile Phone - 1922

British Pathé uncovered footage of two women experimenting with the first mobile phone almost a century ago. It’s kind of amazing that people were thinking on this level so long ago.

The Emulator: The Future of DJ’ing? Well, at least it’s not an iPod on repeat. Get one here: http://www.smithsonmartin.com/

Drawing Apparatus uses two turntables to create beautiful spirograph-like drawings. Artist: Robert Howsare.

What do you get when you mix Molotov cocktails and a skatepark?
LAKAIROMANIA is a short vid of these skaters who went balls out on a fiery warehouse skatepark.

The Aurora Dress, created by CuteCulture, made with silk taffeta and chiffon, uses LEDs technology and hundreds of Swarovski crystals to create a unique high tech couture item.

The Aurora Dress, as its name suggests, lights up in many beautiful colors and patterns. Futuristic elegance, indeed. It was commissioned by the Swiss company Breitling for an opera performance.

See more of this dress and CuteCircuit here.

MECHAPOLYPSE -Mind Controlled Dress- prototype

You all know how much I love it when art (particularly fashion) and technology merge. Now one of my latest favorite technologies—the use of brain waves (practical or otherwise) is being used in a new interesting way. This dress changes shape and color depending upon the level of brain concentration. Personally, I’m not a total fan of the execution, but definitely of the fact that it was executed.

Find out more here at http://www.nange.co.uk/

Uncorking and pouring a wine bottle…the steampunk way. A bit time and energy consumptive, but definitely impressive.

UNIQUE MUSIC INSTRUMENTS MADE FROM ICE

“Terje Isungset is one of the world’s most unusual instrumentalists. The Norwegian artist has made instruments from stone, wood and bones, though he is most famous for his ice instruments. He’s created ice trumpets, harps, guitars, digeridoos, and xylophones, among others. Trained in jazz and percussion, and influenced heavily by traditional Scandinavian music, Isungset’s songs are experimental, intricate and strangely familiar.”

Read at more and listen to some cool (no pun intended) music at www.icemusic.no

I discovered this here.

Is Knewton’s Adaptive Learning Platform the future of education?

As we all know, but the education system has yet to learn, is that not all students learn in the same way. Enter: Knewton. Knewton reorganizes the material in textbooks and personalizes it in a way that best suits the learning style of the individual student. I’m quite interested in seeing how this evolves, particularly with the digital textbook era on the rise, with Apple and iPad leading the way.

WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists seems as if it will be an interesting documentary.