Category Archives: innovation

iPad publisher concepts

As the iPad gets closer to arrival publishers seem to be flexing their digital prowess. The first video shows Adobe working with WIRED on how their magazine will come to life on a plethora of upcoming tablets and iPad like devices. Then the video below shows a number of Penguin titles brought to life for [...]
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Nike Live Stong Chalkbot

I know I’ve been offline for a while, but how did I miss this? A new friend in NYC just sent me the link to the Chalkbot created by Deeplocal for Nike and the 2009 Tour de France, the idea lives on the website ‘Wear Yellow’. In short you can send a message of hope [...]
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Thoughts on augmented storytelling

Jen Wilson, of The Project Factory, presented ideas and realities of the mobile web at the ADMA class I tutor. Amongst other brilliant things we were shown this clip – HP MScape game prototype. The clip got me thinking. Story writing comes to life through a variety of mediums. A book, allows you to get [...]
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73mph jet cyclist

Bob Maddox bolted a dual-exhaust pulse jet engine to the side of an ordinary bicycle, donned a leather jacket and helmet and then held on tight as he peeled off a 73-mph run down a deserted back road. Found these great pictures and article on WIRED
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The Internet Symphony playing now in NYC

They did it. The Internet Symphony is complete. Nice work by my mate Tom Uglow at Google in the UK – who’s at Carnegie Hall NYC right now. See my original post on the project here.
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Vision of 2019

Hoorah for Tom, another inspirational share to add to my collection of ‘digital educational’ videos (now topping 14). “When Microsoft decides to imagine the future, it never fails to impress.” Shame they struggle with the present.
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Sega Games on the iPhone

Big phat link to PSFK for the news.
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Wow Wii

Its taken me forever to watch this TED clip, so its no doubt old news to everyone else. Johnny Lee, a human interaction researcher, show’s how the Wii remote can be adapted, at minimal cost, to become a 3d interface for learning and inventive game play. I like the fact that he’s got a massive [...]
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Sunlight on (Google) Earth

Quick post: Google Earth 4.3 (beta) is now available, not only with more advanced 3d photo-realistic renderings of notable cities and builiding but with the ablility to simulate sunrise to sunset, with the aptly named ‘Sunlight’ feature. Watch this video to get a view..
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iBand – Nintendo DS & iPhone tunes

Can your phone do this? Talk to me… so if the iPhone wasn’t hacked, cracked and genuinely pushed beyond the realms of its supposed purpose in life – this couldn’t of happened. May we all open our lives and platforms to invention and opportunity!!! It’s Friday, I’ve had a beer – bare with me and [...]
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First SecondLife Documentary bought by HBO

A 35-minute feature filmed entirely in Second Life has been sold to HBO. Its entitled ‘Molotov’s Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey’. The video below is an overview of the feature, below that is the trailer. This cross medium narrative I find extremely inspiring. Second Life inhabitants have been filming/recording their [...]
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Burble London: Audience controlled LED balloon installation

The Burble is a massive structure reaching up towards the sky, composed of approximately 1000 extra-large helium balloons each of which contains microcontrollers and LEDs that create spectacular patterns of light across the surface of the structure. The public, both audience and performer, come together to control this immense rippling, glowing, bustling ‘Burble’ that sways [...]
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Facebook Friendwheel App

This is a picture of my friend wheel, all the people I’m connected to through Facebook. Great application developed by Thomas Fletcher. There are a number of custom settings you can mess around with – have a play. Go here to get the Facebook Friendwheel application.
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Google Maps Street View Demo

You cant fail to see the ongoing potential of Google Maps, they’re simply on another planet when it comes to mapping our world. Panoramic image integration is just the beginning…
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Concrete screen

The screen consists of concrete with embedded optical fibres, arranged as pixels, capable of transmitting natural as well as artificial light. The light-admission points are on the back of the screen where the fibres are positioned. The light, or the picture, will then be displayed in pixels on the front. The light source can be [...]
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