It used to be that you could bury a time capsule, or hide some old love letters under your linoleum floor for fun.
In the digital age, New Yorkers are sticking USB sticks in concrete on the sides of buildings to share information with others.
.Net magazine has published a fascinating interview with the brains behind the ‘Dead Drop’, Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl. He is encouraging people to save hidden treasures on a USB, then plant it in a public space. Curious techies can then attach their device to the USB and gain data from the cityscape.
It remains to be seen whether the idea will take off, but we’re loving the idea of besuited Manhattanites crouching on the sidewalks with their laptops to tap into the city’s digital underworld.
