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Above is a video created by Stephen Heppell and prepared for the Department of Children, Schools and Families to engender a debate about 21st century schools, personalisation, etc

Untitled from Christian Cerrito on Vimeo.

Shouting and waving your arms at buggy technology doesn’t normally do anything useful. With these robots, it makes art. FULL STORY FROM WIRED HERE.

Lastly, the Globe and Mail will run multipart features under the umbrella “The Download Decade.” Part 1 is on Napster. (Can you believe that was 10 years ago already?!) There are a few other interesting side stories as well. GO HERE.

The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the 1859 opening of the Port of Yokohama. To commemorate this anniversary, the city of Yokohama is sponsoring “EXPO Y150”, a grand exposition focusing on the history and attractions of the city, based on the theme “Set Sail”.

Y150 kicks off today in Yokohama (website link in English). What’s interesting was the performance group La Machine. For weeks I have been seeing these 2 ‘creatures’ docked at the harbour. Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Watch the video below to see what it was all about. Looks like a slow motion version of ‘War of the Worlds’ set to music.