Very cool demo of Wired’s new iPad application. Once you get past the Creative Director’s monotone and completely disinterested manner (think Ferris Bueller’s teacher…Bueller, Bueller…), the video really shows off some cool features.
My favourite quote is from Chris Anderson…”…people may actually want to pay for it…”.
Take 8 giant flat panels positioned in a circle around the user and display Google StreetView information on them… That is essentially what Google’s Liquid Galaxy is all about, but it is almost so much more than that…
|Is this a case of traditional media embracing new technologies to remain relevant or is this akin to putting perfume on the proverbial pig? Personally, I love that Esquire is innovating its traditional form factors. We will always need great content and as more and more traditional media players fold or cut-back on writers and [...]
|A very talented group of teens at the University of Quebec (Montreal) did this video in one take. Very cool:
|Contrary to popular belief, September 30th’s Pay It Backward Day isn’t just about coffee. Though we are hoping to encourage thousands of acts of ‘coffee kindness’ in order to raise money for SickKids Foundation, it is important to keep the bigger picture in mind.
In truth, the heart of the Pay It Backward Day movement goes [...]
Powerful and important video on the fantastic work that SickKids does everyday…
|To show how their Street View tech actually works, Google released this cool little video…
|Standard humanoid robots mimic the human form but the mechanisms used in such robots are very different from those in humans, and the characteristics of the robot reflect this. This places severe limitations on the kinds of interactions such robots can engage in, on the knowledge they can aquire of their environment, and therefore [...]
|According to The Age, scientists have recently cloned the Pyrenean ibex which was declared extinct back in 2000. As posted on the site this morning:
THE Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain.
Shortly before its [...]
