Category Archives: Research Fodder

The kachina concept has three different aspects: the supernatural being, the kachina dancers, masked members of the community who represent kachinas at religious ceremonies, and kachina dolls, small dolls carved in the likeness of kachinas given as gifts to children.

“The Urban Death Project (UDP) utilizes the process of composting to safely and gently turn our deceased into soil-building material, creating a meaningful, equitable, and ecological urban alternative to existing options for the disposal of the dead. The project is a solution to the overcrowding of city cemeteries, a sustainable method of disposing of our dead, and a new ritual for laying our loved ones to rest.”

“Exploding Caskets It’s rare. But it happens. The idea is pretty simple: a body is placed in a sealed casket, the gases from the decomposing corpse become trapped. The pressure rises and before you know it the casket is like an overblown balloon. It doesn’t necessarily explode like balloon, but it will spill out all the nasty fluids and gasses trapped inside. “

From Opop: “When I’m with my client at home, I can dress a little more casual,” she remarked of her cyberpunk get-up, her hair pulled into a high ponytail. “Out at galas or other functions, I dress more feminine. I present myself as a secretary so no one realizes I’m a bodyguard.”

Stolen from Jay: “To succeed, Cambrian is investing in and working with companies that share its vision. It made an early investment in Glowing Plant, which raised more than $480,000 on Kickstarter to create genetically modified glow-in-the-dark plants. In response, the crowdfunding platform banned projects involving genetically engineered organisms. Glowing Plant plans to use Cambrian’s technology as it makes more plants.”

The robots are packed with HD security cameras and sensors to take in their organic, protein-based surroundings. There’s also an artificial intelligence on board that can sound alarms when the robot notices something awry. It can also read license plates and cross-reference them to see if they’re stolen.

Priest holes created by Nicholas Owen aka Little John