Friday 12/30/11

So you think you can dance? Check out this guys break-neck moves:
http://vimeo.com/30619461

What do you get if you combine Battle Royale with Running Man? The Hunger Games:

Fed up of typing in made up words on security forms like on Ticketmaster? Did you know they're actually making you work digitising books at the same time?
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration.html

Want to learn a new language for free and translate the web all at the same time? Try Duolingo:
http://duolingo.com/

Friday 12/23/11

Everyone's favourite hobitt is making a return to the big screen. Just one more year to wait:

Screening of Disney's new movie, War Horse, up at the Disney lot:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568911/

Unless you have a cat, you probably didn't know this is how they yawn:

Friday 12/9/11

New TEDx event next week if anyone is interested:
http://tedxmb201112-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Since I didn't really have anything this week, I decided to replay one of my favourite videos from last year- this is how all Christmas trees should be:
http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/christmas-trees-of-the-future-video

Tommy also showcased some literary journals including Tin House. Check them out from his desk!

Friday 11/11/11

Today is Remembrance day, Armistice day and Veterans day. Don't forget:
http://www.usageorge.com/Wallpapers/Holidays/Remembrance-Day.html

For anyone who's not been an is interested, you should check out the Downtown Artwalk, second Thursday of the month:
http://downtownartwalk.org/

Also a reminder that you should submit your entries for the calender competition. I show cased some of my reject photos.

And thanks to Tommy for his insights into why we should still enjoy our paper bound books as well as our electronic books.

Friday 11/4/11

Coming to a wrist or projectable surface near you:
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=155040

What can you do with 288,000 jelly beans?

History time. There was this guy and his name was Guy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Gunpow1.jpg

These days he looks more like this:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4IsrUoO6T68/TNJ-oszuGYI/AAAAAAAABDg/mwBv4QpCiiI/s1600/2006_v_for_vendetta_005.jpg

But we celebrate him every year in England:

From space it might look something like this:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-25/hires/iss025e012937.jpg

India from space during the festival of lights looks like this:
http://themaccabees.tumblr.com/post/11976150598/india-from-space-on-diwali-festival-of-lights

Thanks to Tommy for reminding us where the term pot luck comes from. It's none of the following:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pot+luck

Friday 10/14/11

New Avengers trailer just out and Iron Man is funny:
http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=avengers2012

This has got to be the worlds longest xylophone:

Apparently kids cereals today make you hyperactive in a whole new way:

Friday 10/7/11

Man invents mouse and dies:
http://visualnews.columnfivemedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Steve-Jobs-Charis-Tsevis.jpg

He also does speech at Stanford:

Friday 9/30/11

This week due to technical difficulties, there was no sound at show and tell. The good news is you can here them now.

Holographic display from Kenn.

Short film all shot on the new Nokia N8 mobile phone:
http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/how-mobile-are-devices-mobilizing-filmmaking

Friday 9/23/11

Was Einstein wrong? Is faster than light travel possible?
http://hsphysicsteacher.com/lightrefraction/11%20Light%20&%20Refraction/11.20%20Pink%20Floyd%20-%20Dark%20Side%20of%20the%20Moon.jpg

Read the story here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/23/us-science-light-idUSTRE78L4FH20110923

Discovered by the people at CERN who build the large haydron collider:
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/resources/image/jpg/atlas1.jpg

The experiment works like this:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20110594-264/physics-shocker-neutrinos-clocked-faster-than-light/

If true, it would prove this guy wrong:
http://www.webwallpapers.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/albert_einstein_wallpaper_5.jpg

Just as this guy claimed:
http://blog.conciergepreferred.com/chicago/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tesla-master-of-lightning_2.jpg

Only Tesla said this 80 years ago in an interview:
http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1932-07-10.htm

So who is Tesla? Well he invented many, many things you take for granted an use every day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

If true, the implications could mean the presence of unknown dimensions or multiverses:
http://www.sciencephoto.com/image/408424/530wm/F0034371-Multiple_dimensions,_conceptual_artwork-SPL.jpg

Or even time travel!
http://novelnovice.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/delorean.jpg


Also today from Kenn is a hilarious video from Captain Planet:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5876f2aced/don-cheadle-is-captain-planet

And a fascinated insight into writing articles by Tommy. Here is the last article he wrote as a freelancer:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/at-home-with-lisa-ziven-a-curator-of-comfort

Friday 9/16/11

Yesterday was another TEDx event at Ignited next to our office. This months topic was innovation:
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3429

Where good ideas come from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxK3yioIYv0

House all made from Lego:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1nTGje0pw

Real life Simpsons house:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxK3yioIYv0

Friday 9/2/11

There's another TEDx social event in a few weeks taking place next door at Ignited. Details here:
http://tedxmanhattanbeach.com/events/social-september-2011/

This week I arrived home on Wednesday to find my street closed while they were shooting a commercial for the Smart car.
http://www.smartusa.com/

What was more interesting than the Smart car was the chase camera car from Pursuit Systems. They've build custom rigs on high end vehicles specifically for this purpose. Check out their products and their awesome show reel here:
http://www.pursuitsystems.com/index.html

Ted (not TED), also showed one of the lowest budget rental DVDs for Hall Pass. Low budget evidently means lack of basic menus such as scene select, clipped highlights and a terrible logic structure for legal warnings.

Friday 8/26/11

Thundercats are on the loose, in a cinema near you:

TEDx Manhattan Beach was held last night at Ignited next door to ZOO. Here's some of the details:
http://tedxmanhattanbeach.com/

The TEDx event was themed around gaming and how it can change our world. This was one of the intriguing videos played:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

Friday 8/12/11

TED comes to Park Place- next door in fact:
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3252

Fascinated TED talk about denial and magic using technology:
http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods.html

iPad usage for the blind:

Friday 7/29/11

Charlie Sheen's replacement for Two and a Half men is announced:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-20074168-10391705.html

Famous objects from classic movies, the quiz:

http://famousobjectsfromclassicmovies.com/play#118

Microsoft create a commercial for Gmail:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsofts-latest-google-compete-weapon-the-gmail-man/10217?tag=content;feature-roto

Friday 7/22/11

So what actually happened during Carmageddon on the 405?

In case you weren't aware, it's Comic Con this week:

http://www.comic-con.org/

As usual, there's a whole load of new trailers released at Comic Con including one for The Amazing Spider Man:

http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=amazingspiderman

And for those of you that like shaky camerawork in the style of Blair Witch, there's a new Paranormal Activity movie:

http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/11177/trailer-for-paranormal-activity-3-teased-at-comic-con/

Friday 7/15/11

TEDx events next door:
So last night going past the office next door, they were putting up a TEDx banner for an event. Turns out Ignited make games next door and host monthly TEDx events. I've contacted them to find out more.
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3252
http://www.ignitedgames.com/

Just in case you weren't aware, the 405 is closing and they're calling it carmageddon. Even Hitler is ranting about it:

Freddiew Medal of Honor Cat:

Friday 7/8/11

A list of British words American's should know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States

The final space shuttle launch ever:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=100244431

And what exactly is a solar sinter:
http://vimeo.com/25401444

Friday 7/1/11

It's been a couple of weeks since the last show n tell due, but this week we had:

Go the fuck to sleep. An book for grown ups who have kids. Thanks Ted:
http://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/1617750255/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309541753&sr=1-1

Kenn also shared this very creative online puzzle game with some great original art with a hand drawn quality- Machinarium:
http://machinarium.net

Friday 6/10/11

What can you do with 13,000 dice? This:
http://thisiscolossal.com/2011/05/a-portrait-of-tobias-wong-using-13138-dice/

Kids go crazy and start a drug war:
http://vimeo.com/24175601

Ever wanted a giant electro magnet? You will now:

New at E3- the WII 2 showcases what is coming for 2012:

Friday 5/27

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG
http://vimeo.com/15076572

Results from the Red Bull Soap Box Race are in:
http://www.redbullsoapboxusa.com/Races-Results.aspx

And some of the highlights too:

Friday 5/18/11

There's an internet revolution going on, and it has music:
http://therevolvinginternet.com/

And on the eve of the 2011 Los Angeles Red Bull Soap Box Derby, here's a sneak peek at the line up:
http://www.redbullsoapboxusa.com/LosAngeles-2011/default.aspx

For anyone who's not familiar with the race, or just wants to see some awesome action- here's what happened in  2009:

Friday 13th

Since superstition always crops up on Friday the 13th, it's time for some zombies!

Misery Bear- Dawn of the Ted:

Trailer for the game- Dead Island:

Friday 5/6/11

See the super powers mapped out:
http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/PopChartLab_Superpowers_FinalFinal-Large.jpg

Little Thor (continuation from VW little Jedi)

Ideas for the office renovation:
http://www.interiororiginal.com/stunning-interior-design-of-wikileaks-bunkers-in-sweden.html/floating-conference-room-design-wikileaks-office-in-sweden

Ideas about architecture that sense and responds from TED:
http://www.ted.com/talks/carlo_ratti_architecture_that_senses_and_responds.html

Friday 4/29/11

Just a little video of the type of animation you can knock up with Google docs

TED talk by Mike Matas: a next generation digital book:

http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html

Real life Mario Kart:

Friday 4/15/11

X-menu First Class trailer from Ted:
http://collider.com/x-men-first-class-fan-made-opening-credits/84435/

Nuit Blanche short film:
http://vimeo.com/9078364

The making of Nuit Blanche:
http://vimeo.com/9076775

Friday 4/8/11

Zoo to get Lynda.com account. Access to hundreds of training videos and resources. See Neda for details.
http://www.lynda.com/

Crazy robot thing that can pick up liquid like substances and leave their shape and form intact from Kenn:

New free running academy just opened up in Northridge this week. Check out the video from Paul:

Trailer for the upcoming movie, The Green Lantern:

Short animation about a guy trying to download his first piece of music:

Friday 4/1/11

Here's what the next generation of Rock Band will look like (hopefully) using augmented reality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTS16klgqMU&feature=channel_video_title

Fake or real. I'm not sure, but I can think of ways to fake it- nail gun art:
http://www.break.com/index/nail-gun-art.html

Friday 3/25/11

Ever wondered what it would look like to visualise all your search engine results at once. Neither had I until I came across Spezify:
http://www.spezify.com

Japanese precision walking. Military parades, eat this:

Free speed reading software for Firefox that moves the words into your view rather than you moving your eyes.

Read Demon iPhone app demo that allows you to read ridiculously fast.

Friday 3/18/11

Fascinating TED talk how Amber Case thinks we're all cyborgs. I think she might be right:
http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now.html

We might be cyborgs here on earth, but NASA are putting robots up in space:

Friday 3/11/11

This link from Joey shows how someone got carried away and decided to build the house from the movie Up and fly it using just balloons.
http://hypebeast.com/2011/03/disneys-up-house-recreated/

Some of you may remember a while back we played a video featuring tarp-surfing. Well, it's gone mainstream now and you may have seen it in this somewhat higher budget video in the LA river:

Friday 3/4/11

Information on new research to be conducted in association with the University of Leeds into automation of asset matching tools:
http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/postgraduate/research-degrees/scholarships/algorithms-for-audio-content.shtml

TED conference 2011 is on now in Long Beach

TED not only has ideas worth spreading, but also ads worth spreading.
Target Kaeidoscopic fashion:
http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/target_kaleidoscopic_fashion_s.html
Intel- the Chase:
http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/the_chase.html
World's Smallest Stop Motion:
http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/the_world_s_smallest_stop_moti.html

This next video has a parental cautionary warning if you are easily offended. However, if you like Michael Bay and you like explosions, you'll love his new movie- Michael Bay Explosions!!!

Friday 2/18/11

'Don' You Go Rounin' Roun to Re Ro' is a can't-miss British film, if you like movies you cannot understand.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/livin-single/1291769

MADAGASCAR, CARNET DE VOYAGE (extrait) Nomination Lutins 2010

The Gruffalo - Film Festival della Lessinia

Toy Story 3" Bonus Feature Preview "Day & Night"

Lost Things

Friday 2/4/11

Volkswagon Commercial- The Force:

Stephen Fry Kinetci Typography- Language:

The best optical illusion I've ever seen:

Friday 1/28/11

The Music Maze- like Pandora's music genome project, this can find new artists of interest to you.
http://static.echonest.com/musicmaze/MusicMaze.html

The beauty of data visualization. Putting data into perspective.
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html

Snake oil. A data visualization website
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements/

Word Lens
This iPhone app can translate what the iPhone camera sees from one language to another on the fly and displays augmented reality on the screen whereby the translated text appears in place of the foreign text.