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!!!