Hello everyone. My name is Chris Peterson. This is my blog. There are many like it. But this one is mine. I’m a new research assistant here at the Center for Civic Media, as well as a graduate student in the Comparative Media Studies program here at MIT. […]
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What do you call a cross between Tinkertoys, K’Nex, Gears, wooden blocks and a plastic boat? My friend Eric Rosenbaum and I are trying to find out. We’re inspired by Golan Levin and Shawn Sims’s Free Universal Construction Kit, which allows anyone with a 3D printer to connect previously-incompatible construction toys. We […]
Liveblog of Ryan C.C. Chin’s PhD thesis defense at MIT Media Lab Ryan came to MIT in 1997, and got a Master’s in Architecture, and then at the Media Lab, before entering into the Lab’s Ph.D program. He took leave for 18 months to work on the CityCar project. Ryan’s […]
What geeked-out little changes to our voting system would you make to result in huge benefits to representative government? On Becky‘s recommendation, I’ve been reading Elinor Ostrom’s Governing the Commons. The extraordinarily fun part of the book is how quickly it gets you out of the “government is either the […]
When I’m craving a solid design read, BLDG Blog is my fix. It explores the built world and the human relationship to nature and sculptures. Since I began subscribing, I have wanted to attend a Studio-X event, where author Geoff Manaugh is the director. Studio-X had a delicious tease for the July Venue, […]