Culture

The coats of arms of famous scientists�some inherited, some invented by their famous holders�have something to tell us about change and continuity in the symbolism of power and authority.

The movie that inspired science fiction cinema offers the first making-of pictures in the history of the genre.

In space, no one can hear you munch your popcorn. Video after the jump.

Kinetic art that evokes the march of time and the dance of line.

Well into the digital era, paper keeps surprising us with its creative potential.

Are you doing the Boston Typewriter? Perhaps we're lucky that when it comes to marketing, viral video has its limits.

Google has asked its corporate partners in the company�s television venture to delay the introduction of products supporting the new broadcasting platform, thanks to poor reviews and a fickle and uncertain market for Internet TV.

Animaloscope, cinnomonograph, katoptiikum, lobsterscope, mutoscope, phenakistoscope, vivrescope, xograph�just a few of the turn-of-the-last-century's names for a strange new medium.

Old-fashioned telephone handsets and film cameras: gadgets that redeem the present by way of obsolete technology.

Chris Beckman's short film "oops" stitches together appropriated camera-drop pratfalls from uploaded videos to suggest a network of serendipitous mishap. Video after the jump.