links for 2006-08-18

• Digital World Reveals Architecture of Evolution
  The architecture that pervades biological networks gives them an evolutionary edge by allowing them to evolve to perform new functions more rapidly than an alternative network design, according to computer simulations conducted at the University of Chicag
  (tags: evolution Network Computation)
• Gamasutra - Feature - "The Theory of Parallel Game Universes: A Paradigm Shift in Multiplayer Gaming and Game Accessibilit"
  UA-Games possess the ability to adapt their interface and content to best serve the requirements of a specific gamer under specific gaming conditions.
  (tags: games)
• Kevin Kelly -- Street Use
  This site features the ways in which people modify and re-create technology. Herein a collection of personal modifications, folk innovations, street customization, ad hoc alterations, wear-patterns, home-made versions and indigenous ingenuity.
  (tags: culture technology innovation)
• pasta and vinegar » Andrew Hudson-Smith on city visualizations
  If you look at chat systems using avatars such as Second Life and then merge it with Google Earth I think that’s the one to watch. To fly into the cities of the world and have people walking around them as avatars would suddenly make an inhabited virtua
  (tags: visualization virtualreality)