Link About It: This Week’s Picks

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1. Form 1 MIT Media Lab alumni have launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Form 1, a low-cost, high-resolution 3-D printer. Formlabs boasts that the stereolithographic printer produces much sharper, faster and quieter results than comparably priced FDM printers at the touch of a button. A few short days following the launch, the Form 1 has already exceeded its $100,000 goal by tenfold, making it …

Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy

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In an interesting attempt to commemorate the death and legacy of John F. Kennedy, The Dallas Museum of Art is exhibiting works that graced the walls of Kennedy’s Texas hotel suite in Forth Worth just before his assassination. The specially-selected works hung for his visit span paintings by Van Gogh to a sculpture by Picasso.

Day Zero

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Set to culminate at 6:11pm on 21 December 2012, the exact time the oft-mentioned Mayan calendar calls an end to the current “World Age,” the 24 hour Day Zero party in Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen looks to be one for the ages. With a stacked lineup of musicians and mind-melting visuals, the party will likely take on a Burning Man-esque vibe, so get prepared.