AlterNet: The $256 Question

AlterNet: The $256 Question
Then, in July 2004, after health authorities declared Kurtz’s bacteria to be harmless, and once it became clear that his lab equipment was to be used for art, not bioterrorism, the grand jury produced indictments only for mail and wire fraud.A year later, Ed Cardoni of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo and a friend of Kurtz’s, told me the prosecution still has no case. “They’re just sifting through a lot of chaff, trying to find a few kernels of wheat in it.” Why is this case in federal court?A dispute involving $256 worth of merchandise would seem to be more at home in Judge Judy’s courtroom than in a high-profile federal prosecution. Indeed, the United States Attorney’s Manual published by the Department of Justice appears to discourage prosecutors from bringing such a case to the federal courts.

Add comment Datestamp: July 25th, 2005

Spamusement! Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!

Spamusement!

Art inspired by beloved Spam.

Add comment Datestamp: July 23rd, 2005

Street art

Mural for new Hummer in Williamsburg (Bedford & N8).

Add comment Datestamp: July 15th, 2005

MediaChannel.org Features

MediaChannel.org Features
WiFi, mobile phone cameras, and RFID are ubiquitous, invisible, and often-at least for the average cable TV surfing, iPod shuffling media user–incomprehensible.

The Preemptive Media Collective (PM) reengineers your thinking about mobile digital technologies imbedded in everyday environments.

In live performances and real time actions, the PM art, technology and activist collective disturbs, dislodges, and redesigns new media technologies that we often ignore, like the bar codes on driver’s licenses or radio frequency information devices used for EZ pass on highways.

Preemptive Media demystifies all the digi-fetishist, Wired magazine technobabble shrouding new technologies. And they empower participants to feel like they can actually understand wireless and radio frequency identification devices (RFID).

“If there is a sense of elation people get from the work it is because they go “ah ha!” and are eager to enter important conversations that previously seemed remote or unimportant, ” Brooke Singer, a PM Collective member, explains.

Add comment Datestamp: July 8th, 2005

Today’s Front Pages - Map View

Today’s Front Pages - Map View

Today’s front pages brought to you by the Newseum. 306 front pages from 33 countries.

Add comment Datestamp: July 3rd, 2005

SUPERFLEX

SUPERFLEX

SUPERGAS WORKS WITH SMALL BIOGAS UNITS.
Superflex has collaborated with Danish and African engineers to construct a simple, portable biogas unit that can produce sufficient gas for the cooking and lighting needs of an African family. The system has been adapted to meet the efficiency and style demands of a modern African consumer. It is intended to match the needs and economic resources that we believe exist in small-scale economies.
The orange biogas plant produces biogas from organic materials, such as human and animal stools. For a modest sum, an African family will be able to buy such a biogas system and achieve self-sufficiency in energy. The plant produces approx. 4 cubic metres of gas per day from the dung from 2-3 cattle. This is enough for a family of 8-10 members for cooking purposes and to run one gas lamp in the evening.

Add comment Datestamp: July 2nd, 2005