Tag: BEIJING2008

We love it when the worlds of nerdiness and design collide. Compulsive case-modder Nick Falzone recently built this wooden mini-ITX mod dubbed Chiaroscuro, based on the Beijing Digital Building from the 2008 Olympic games. He lifted the circuit-like depressions from the facade of the building for the outside of his case, resulting in a modernized Borg cube form that glows from the inside. Two ...

Despite having the highest number of online users in the world, China is still one of the most strict censors of the Internet. In the build-up to the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer, the nation has been talking about the easy availability of Internet access for the media covering the games, but now it's backing away from pledges of "complete freedom," indicating that some sites will continue ...