The Professor was there: virtual reality, 1988
What Eric Demaine presently is to origami and programmable materials, Jaron Lanier was to virtual reality and the augmentation of human experience in the 1990s. At once its most vigorous […]
Author Archives: The Professor
The Professor opines on hidden history [3DP]
Often when the subject of 3-D printing [3DP] comes up, especially out here in the San Francisco Bay area where The Professor is based, he finds himself chuckling. There are […]
The Professor pays tribute to a former student who passed away
Note :: In the prime of his career, the designer and event producer Miguel Calvo died unexpectedly this year. The Professor herein offers a version of the statement that was shared at […]
The Professor looks at the tampon box anew
[“tampon chandelier” courtesy of joana vasconcelos] The Professor met someone in Boise, Idaho who once reported that his Mom regularly used a Tampax® box to hide her best jewels and […]
The Professor opines on the tree
[image courtesy of the starn twins] When he was young, The Professor thought that trees were superior beings that had evolved far in advance of humankind. It was evident to […]
The Professor watches a Red Sox game and it’s scary
First off: it’s the end of July 2013, and the Boston Red Sox are in first place. But barely. Tonight’s game has David Price pitching for the Tampa Bay Rays; […]
The Professor runs a test
The Professor’s son likes airplanes so here’s a picture of an Emirates 777 and, besides, he was the one who first set up this platform for the capture, containment and […]
The Professor / Steven Skov Holt 