links for 2010-03-16

"Attach photos, video, music, text, pdfs, zips, etc to any barcode."

Thinglink meets Yellow Arrow.

"In response to two strong global vectors: the rise of pervasive information technologies and the privatization of the public sphere, Marc Böhlen and Hans Frei propose hybrid architectural programs called Micro Public Places (mpps). mpps combine insights from ambient intelligence, human computing, architecture, social engineering and urbanism to initiate ways
to re-animate public life in contemporary societies. They offer access to things that are or should be available to all: air, water, medicine, books, etc. and combine machine procedures with subjective human intuition to develop joint forms of observing and knowing that neither system is capable of on its own."