*Destroyed in the War of the Mantuan Succession after three hundred years of impressing Italian viewers.

*If you decide to make a lathe out of wood off the grid.

*The categories alone are pretty impressive. https://www.mcmaster.com/ *Old catalogs from 100 years ago are a historic education in technological development.

*I would guess that this strange automaton ballerina is Turinese and from the “Teatro Carignano,” but your guess is as good as mine.

https://corriereinnovazione.corriere.it/2021/08/18/beatrice-trussardi-rivoluziona-l-arte-il-mio-modello-cultura-nomade-6ebc75be-0026-11ec-8344-5725a069e6ae.shtml Le intenzioni di Beatrice Trussardi sono anche quelle di allargare il campo di interesse dell’arte, non più soltanto «radar» di tendenze ma un vero e proprio laboratorio di analisi del futuro, con dei focus sull’intelligenza artificiale, sul clima, sulle nuove tecnologie e sulle frontiere della scienza. «Io credo — conclude Trussardi — che proprio […]

*May the angels of art history grant 25 more! 25 Years of the Ars Electronica Futurelab A digital kaleidoscope of the future (Linz, 19.08.2021) This year, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the Ars Electronica Futurelab has prepared a broad multimedia offering. In an eight-part video series for which a special streaming and production […]

*They’re a clique. *Also, these aren’t four different groups of speculators; a lot of these different token projects are owned by the same people.

*This is a rather good summary of contemporary multitool devices. *It’s odd that the beloved Swiss Army Knife ranks so low, but they’re one of the oldest. https://everydaycarry.com/best-multi-tool

*I find “metaverses” to be quite funny. Unintentionally so, but it’s entertaining that it has become a sellable concept now. https://nianticlabs.com/blog/real-world-metaverse/ A lot of people are talking about “the metaverse” these days. Coming off eighteen months of Zoom, Netflix, and Doordash, you can count me out — at least in the form that most folks […]

*And it’s Kyle Chayka writing the review. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/appreciating-the-poetic-misunderstandings-of-ai-art