Category: South by Southwest

One virtual singer, unlimited creators. Hatsune Miku: The open source girl who conquered the world

The Hatsune Miku demo booth at South by Southwest Interactive 2013. #sxswmiku The creators of Hatsune Miku, the virtual singer software, discussed how the vast collaborative effort that is expressed via Miku blurs the perceived boundaries between audience and star at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival 2013 in Austin, Texas. Miku is singing synthesizer… Read More One virtual singer, unlimited creators. Hatsune Miku: The open source girl who conquered the world

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The future of transportation in Texas: dystopia? We need to work a 12-step on this, Mr. Wilson

Panel Discussion: Deirdre Delisi, Michael Morris, Larry Phillips, Nicolas Rubio, Phil Wilson, with Aman Batheja (mod.) Texas Tribune Festival has once again brought TxDOT Director Phil Wilson, along with other heavy hitters in Texas transportation to the UT Austin campus to discuss the future of Texas roads. What does our future hold? I am as curious as the next traveler to… Read More The future of transportation in Texas: dystopia? We need to work a 12-step on this, Mr. Wilson

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Rock star: Chicxulub, the 65 million year old crater that rocked the world

Chicxulub rocked the world Austin Forum hosted Dr. Sean Gulick who has been studying the region of the Chicxulub crater, which was created when a gigantic meteor rocketed down from the sky and plummeted into the ocean near the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico 65.5 million years ago. After contemplating the damage done by this massive space rock, you don’t… Read More Rock star: Chicxulub, the 65 million year old crater that rocked the world

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Deep thinking with Nathan Martin, of Recode, Deeplocal

From the Deeplocal website. I thought I’d seen complex workflow charts working with engineering graduate students, but this kludge takes the prize. DEEPLOCAL Nathan Martin, owner of Deeplocal. Recode Recode.com was based on Priceline and was a punk trick. Copy subbar codes; change the bar code, and you can get your item at the price… Read More Deep thinking with Nathan Martin, of Recode, Deeplocal

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Hacking and tracking fingers, automobiles, with Daito Manabe and Kaoru Sugano

There was a point in time when I understood this. Now it remains as a mysterious poem. Poem Note Crypton CEO Hiroyuki Itoh (l) visited with technology artist Kaoru Sugano (r) and a member of Itoh’s Crypton Future Media team  (middle) representing Hatsune Miku at South by Southwest 2013. Somewhere, there is a picture but you… Read More Hacking and tracking fingers, automobiles, with Daito Manabe and Kaoru Sugano

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