Memetic Species Jumping

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May 7, 2009

Memetic Species Jumping

This is a favourite subject of mine – designs or ideas from one medium jumping into another.

In this case someone has made a wooden tumbler lock – based on the mechanics (one supposes) of a metal one… and someone else has used this to first digitise it, then print out a 3D plastic one.

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An ode to Cognitive Surplus.

A celebration of the inventive backwaters of the human spirit... a celebration of people who would appear to have far too much time on their hands...

A celebration of laterality.

If you come they will build it.

By knowledge shall the spheres be filled.

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