"So much of real life is taking actions that don't matter. [...] You're using your faculties and senses in ways that you're not accustomed to, and you’re impacting the world around you in ways that are not normal."(filed under: gamesdesignpuzzles)
"Because the moon is considered lifeless, Nasa’s office of planetary protection does not frown on missions that spill Earthly organisms on its surface."(filed under: spacescience)
"By using your location, [TreeTalk] will create a circular walk from your home, or any other address, and will take you past interesting trees in your local neighbourhood."(filed under: treeslondonmapswalking)
"...by moving the cursor you were telling windows that you are the most important event running. When you stop interacting windows gives priority to other events. So installing programs even when in foreground would give priority to less important events."(filed under: computershistorydelusionstime)
"There is a danger that there is going to be so many different wacky sounds from lots of different companies that it going to be really hard to work out what is a vehicle and what is something else in a city."(filed under: transportsoundlondonillusions)
"There is a wealth of high quality rock samples of all types to be seen in the capital, mostly visible to the public from the pavement."(filed under: stonelondonmaps) (via: viv)
"The [RIBA] installation takes the form of a series of scaled folly structures extracted from real picturesque landscapes, extended into interactive virtual game environments through digital projections."(filed under: architecturesimulations)
"By a ‘threat’ we mean that there is a proposal to build on a protected Green Belt site or the Green Belt protection is at risk of being removed."(filed under: mapslondontrees)
"In 1790 Edward White, the local squire, did not like his view of the cottages from Tattingstone Place. He decided to add a third cottage and finished them to look like a church by adding a fake tower and flint façade."(filed under: architectureillusions)
"A motion sensor ensures that only the clock facing upwards is running. Simply turn a different side up and the next player's clock will automatically start to run. Place the Cube in its base to pause all clocks and interrupt the game for example when disputing a word in a game of Scrabble."(filed under: timegamesboardscrabble)
"The best improvisational theatre actors can make any scene partner, of any skill level or ability, appear talented and proficient in the art form, and thus “make them shine”. [...] To challenge this improvisational paradigm, we built an artificial intelligence (AI) trained to perform live shows alongside human actors for human audiences."(filed under: robotscomedyscience)
