I recall wasting away entire weekends playing Wipeout on Playstation with my friends when we were in college. It was a pretty amazing game back in the day when it first came out. The above vid is a ‘faked’ concept (according to my research findings) for a controlled quantum levitation mini version of the game. [...]]]>

I recall wasting away entire weekends playing Wipeout on Playstation with my friends when we were in college. It was a pretty amazing game back in the day when it first came out. The above vid is a ‘faked’ concept (according to my research findings) for a controlled quantum levitation mini version of the game. Like all sci-fi, it may not be real today, but the seed has been planted. Here’s an example on YouTube that is very real. Have a look.

Sometimes senseless, random scribbles on a wall can be a ‘thing of beauty’. Especially, when applied by a free-roaming gallery robot. Pretty amazing, would love to see it in person. Check out the video below.

Visit -> yang02.org

Visit -> kannoso.org

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

This NASA/ISS video has been super popular the past couple days in the digi-nets, and rightly so. It’s absolutely mind-blowing. What amazes me is the fact the earth is so electrically charged, both naturally and by man, at all [...]]]>

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

This NASA/ISS video has been super popular the past couple days in the digi-nets, and rightly so. It’s absolutely mind-blowing. What amazes me is the fact the earth is so electrically charged, both naturally and by man, at all times. Def a must view.

Notes from Vimeo:

“Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan
fragileoasis.org/​bloggernauts/​Astro_Ron and the crew of expedition
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around
350 km with a high ISO HD Camera developed by NHK Japan,
nicknamed the SS-HDTV camera. All credit goes to them.
I intend to upload a FullHD-version presently.”

Notes from Vimeo page:

“Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day. This short time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011. For 17 days I [...]]]>

Notes from Vimeo page:

“Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day. This short time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011. For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.”

Immaterials: Light painting WiFi from Timo on Vimeo.

Ever wonder what the world would look like if we could actually see all of the invisible WiFi signals and other forms of digital connectivity right before our eyes? This is an interesting attempt at doing just that. More information is available about the project via the links [...]]]>

Immaterials: Light painting WiFi from Timo on Vimeo.

Ever wonder what the world would look like if we could actually see all of the invisible WiFi signals and other forms of digital connectivity right before our eyes? This is an interesting attempt at doing just that. More information is available about the project via the links below.

Notes from Vimeo:

“This project explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs. A four-metre long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a photographic technique called light-painting.”

Visit -> nearfield.org/​2011/​02/​wifi-light-painting

Visit -> http://yourban.no/2011/02/22/immaterials-light-painting-wifi/

Photos -> flickr.com/​photos/​timo/​sets/​72157626020532597/​

QuaDror from Dror on Vimeo.

World renowned designer Dror Benshetrit spent four years developing the innovative structural joint above called QuaDror. The design is not only strong, supporting up to 86 QuaDrors on top of itself, it’s also incredibly compact and able to be flat shipped from place of development to place of assembly, saving valuable [...]]]>

QuaDror from Dror on Vimeo.

World renowned designer Dror Benshetrit spent four years developing the innovative structural joint above called QuaDror. The design is not only strong, supporting up to 86 QuaDrors on top of itself, it’s also incredibly compact and able to be flat shipped from place of development to place of assembly, saving valuable time and energy.

Visit -> http://www.studiodror.com/html/

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

For those of us who weren’t able to see the moon last night because of cloud cover or the need to sleep, we’re lucky to have folks out there like University of Florida professor William Castleman who put forth the effort to capture this rare winter solstice full lunar [...]]]>

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

For those of us who weren’t able to see the moon last night because of cloud cover or the need to sleep, we’re lucky to have folks out there like University of Florida professor William Castleman who put forth the effort to capture this rare winter solstice full lunar eclipse. The time lapse is very interesting and was well documented in HD, so it’s nice and sharp. Have a look for yourself.

Interaction designers have their work cut out for themselves these days, for sure. We’ve got a multitude of iPads, tablets, E-Readers, a bazillion different mobile phone devices, internet TV and many other untapped experimental multimodel, voice and gestural interactions to think about and design interfaces for. In addition to all of that, there’s this intriguing projection based interface [...]]]>

Interaction designers have their work cut out for themselves these days, for sure. We’ve got a multitude of iPads, tablets, E-Readers, a bazillion different mobile phone devices, internet TV and many other untapped experimental multimodel, voice and gestural interactions to think about and design interfaces for. In addition to all of that, there’s this intriguing projection based interface called ‘Skinput’, ideated by Chris Harrison. I love this concept mostly for that fact that it’s NOT another screen that I have to carry around with me. I love it for the fact that it’s a more sanitary interface, especially for public ATMs and Kiosks. I love that it’s so much more of a sustainable interface, in that it re-uses a nifty hi-tech preexisting surface that we always carry with us, our skin! There’s so many reasons to explore this direction… very inspiring. Check out the video below.

Visit -> http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/skinput/

TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

Shot with Canon and Red MX cameras, Tom Lowe paints an amazing modern portrait of the American Southwest with his debut film called ‘TimeScapes’. The above video features production footage from that feature film. It’s pretty much a mind blowing visual experience, and well worth a view [...]]]>

TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

Shot with Canon and Red MX cameras, Tom Lowe paints an amazing modern portrait of the American Southwest with his debut film called ‘TimeScapes’. The above video features production footage from that feature film. It’s pretty much a mind blowing visual experience, and well worth a view or two. Be sure to go full-screen.

Follow -> twitter.com/​timescapes

Visit -> timescapes.org

Wanderlust from Thinklab on Vimeo.

This is a very well shot and edited travel documentary by the talented folks at www.thinklab.com. It was inspired by a TED talk by Stefan Sagmeister, I’m making a guess here, but I think it may have been this one -> ‘The Power of Time Off‘. I am always impressed by [...]]]>

Wanderlust from Thinklab on Vimeo.

This is a very well shot and edited travel documentary by the talented folks at www.thinklab.com. It was inspired by a TED talk by Stefan Sagmeister, I’m making a guess here, but I think it may have been this one -> ‘The Power of Time Off‘. I am always impressed by the amazing warmth and almost ‘film quality’ you can get out of the Canon EOS 5D. This video really displays the capabilities of what you can get out of a camera under 3K these days. Amazing. More description on the project below.

Notes from Vimeo:

‘Inspired by a TED talk by Stefan Sagmeister we packed up a Canon 5D and travelled through South America, Europe, and New Zealand. This is a little of what we saw.’

Music -> http://www.myspace.com/maxrichtermusic

chiral | documentation projection & paper sculpture | MOCA Taipei 2010 from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.

A new friend sent me a link to this very intriguing multimedia projection on paper sculpture project earlier in the week. I really enjoy the overall visual effect and the mood set by the musical score and the quality edit. The [...]]]>

chiral | documentation projection & paper sculpture | MOCA Taipei 2010 from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.

A new friend sent me a link to this very intriguing multimedia projection on paper sculpture project earlier in the week. I really enjoy the overall visual effect and the mood set by the musical score and the quality edit. The project itself is very interesting and is best explained with the words of the creators.

Notes from Vimeo:

‘Projection & Paper Sculpture: Robert Seidel
Soundtrack: Richard Eigner

Chirality is a scientific term describing a structure that is not identical to its mirror image. “Chiral” collects cinematic etudes, which develop various conceptual approaches in order to expand the two-dimensional image into space. They are projected onto a sculpture (510 x 260 x 370 cm) and a screen (250 x 200 cm) made from handmade Taiwanese paper and develop very different lives on these configurations of the same material.

The amalgamation of volumetric lights sets ideas from Chinese calligraphy into motion and melts them with influences from European Art Informel as well as impasto painting to an abstract-organic sculpture. The installation is completed by a soundtrack by Austrian composer Richard Eigner (ritornell.at). With the premiere in MOCA Taipei the first iteration of the long-term project was presented…’ 

Chromaroma Visualisations from Mudlark on Vimeo.

This visualization ‘game’ is powered by one’s Oyster Card in and out of the London Tube. It records your movements and trips as well as tracking others, as a result promoting more use and exploration. At the very least the rendering is a visual treat. Have a look.

Visit -> http://www.chromaroma.com/

Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg (founders of: http://flowingmedia.com/) used a clever algorithm that they developed for the WIRED Anniversary visualization and a collection of photographs from the Boston Common Flickr stream to create the stunning graphic visualization above. In the short description, their software calculated the relative proportions of different colors from various photos taken [...]]]>

Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg (founders of: http://flowingmedia.com/) used a clever algorithm that they developed for the WIRED Anniversary visualization and a collection of photographs from the Boston Common Flickr stream to create the stunning graphic visualization above. In the short description, their software calculated the relative proportions of different colors from various photos taken in each month of the year, and rendered them on a wheel. I like the end result, to me it resembles the tiny razor sharp folds of the iris of one’s eye. Check out more of their work via the link below:

Visit -> http://hint.fm/

Buy a print -> http://www.imagekind.com

Check out -> older Flickr visualization posts

If the name ‘PlasticBionic’ doesn’t have you intrigued then maybe the visuals above will pull you in. 27 year old Nantes, France based designer Julien Brisson has some seriously interesting work percolating on his super tight grid based portfolio site. His typography and graphic design skills are extremely refined and tend to skew a bit [...]]]>

If the name ‘PlasticBionic’ doesn’t have you intrigued then maybe the visuals above will pull you in. 27 year old Nantes, France based designer Julien Brisson has some seriously interesting work percolating on his super tight grid based portfolio site. His typography and graphic design skills are extremely refined and tend to skew a bit on the sci-fi/hi-tech end of the spectrum, which I like. Kinda geeky, super cerebral and well crafted. Very inspiring works beyond the link below. He’s one to keep an eye on.

Visit -> http://www.plasticbionic.com

Neurosonics Live from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

On the intro notes you’ll read that the above was a live filming and that there were no post production enhancements made, “what you see is what the audience saw”. Chris Cairns has been working with beatbox musician Beardyman to produce live version of his short called ‘Neurosonics’ that [...]]]>

Neurosonics Live from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

On the intro notes you’ll read that the above was a live filming and that there were no post production enhancements made, “what you see is what the audience saw”. Chris Cairns has been working with beatbox musician Beardyman to produce live version of his short called ‘Neurosonics’ that I posted about here a few months back. Using interactive holograms this project of his transcends just being a fun viral video idea to becoming a serious bleeding edge entertainment technology. Pretty amazing test footage.

Visit -> http://chriscairns.tv/

Designer, programmer and inventor duo Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz have developed a dynamic font system/interface that they are calling ‘LAIKAFONT’, as part of their bachelor thesis study at Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. The font is modified through many different outside forces e.g., motion, weight and even some obscure tests from the [...]]]>

Designer, programmer and inventor duo Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz have developed a dynamic font system/interface that they are calling ‘LAIKAFONT’, as part of their bachelor thesis study at Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. The font is modified through many different outside forces e.g., motion, weight and even some obscure tests from the circadian rhythm of a geranium plant (whatever that is). In short Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz are exploring the potential of fonts to live freely in within the digital medium. If the font is not set fixed to the side of a truck or on a piece of newspaper, why should it not be modular, dynamic and reactionary to the outside world? Hmmmm, interesting stuff. Now go play with it yourself.

Visit -> http://www.laikafont.ch/applet/test_eng.html

From Vimeo Page:

“For our bachelor thesis, we engaged ourselfs with dynamic typography, especially with dynamic typefaces. Since not much work has been done in this field, we devised a system in which a typeface would not be defined static fonty styles anymore but would be able to change it‘s shape and appearance at any moment reacting to a broad spectrum of inputs.”

I’ve seen many hints of this technology coming to life and I’m excited to check this out. Basically it’s voice and motion based navigation for the web via your pre-existing computer mic, webcam and browser. Wouldn’t it be nice to sit in front of your home computer, say “Weather.com… 36hr forecast” and have the computer [...]]]>

I’ve seen many hints of this technology coming to life and I’m excited to check this out. Basically it’s voice and motion based navigation for the web via your pre-existing computer mic, webcam and browser. Wouldn’t it be nice to sit in front of your home computer, say “Weather.com… 36hr forecast” and have the computer launch a browser and respond to your location while you tie your shoes to go for a run? Totally hands free? That’s pretty much where I think our home pc navigation options are going. Pretty smart. Have a look at the video above and check out the link to andreaslutz.com.

Visit -> andreaslutz.com

Music Track -> professorkliq.com

Along the same vein as other group/community blogs (like http://spacecollective.org/ below) this grid-based designed blog ‘Motherboard’ designed by http://www.area17.com/ and sponsored by Dell Corporation focuses on technology, art/design, gaming, environment and a category they call ‘wonderful’ which is pretty much a catch-all for things that are… wonderful I guess. At first glance the content seems [...]]]>

Along the same vein as other group/community blogs (like http://spacecollective.org/ below) this grid-based designed blog ‘Motherboard’ designed by http://www.area17.com/ and sponsored by Dell Corporation focuses on technology, art/design, gaming, environment and a category they call ‘wonderful’ which is pretty much a catch-all for things that are… wonderful I guess. At first glance the content seems to be pretty interesting, I do suspect that because of the amount of contributors that the quality of curation may become a bit sub-standard over time. It is a nice idea and I do see this kind of large scale corporate sponsored group blog/crowd sourcing portal to become pretty trendy, I hope these corporations follow through though, and actually try to learn from the content they are pulling together for innovation and not just using this platform as another means to get their logo in front of eyeballs.

Visit -> http://www.motherboard.tv/

Visit -> http://www.area17.com/

It’s not everyday that you come across a website so interesting and so inspiring that you lose complete track of time, forget to make dinner and do the upcoming week’s laundry. That’s pretty much where I found myself the other evening after clicking through some of the content and postings on Spacecollective.org. SpaceCollective.org is [...]]]>

It’s not everyday that you come across a website so interesting and so inspiring that you lose complete track of time, forget to make dinner and do the upcoming week’s laundry. That’s pretty much where I found myself the other evening after clicking through some of the content and postings on Spacecollective.org. SpaceCollective.org is an online community of post-ideological, non-partisan, forward thinking terrestrials. It’s a place for minds from all over the planet to come together to explore what it means to be human today and into the future. Created by filmmaker Rene Daalder (creator of The ‘Future of Everything’) and designer Folkert Gorter the site is well designed and offers the mind a place to feed beyond every click.

Visit -> http://spacecollective.org/

Sonar Ruler Demo from cc laan on Vimeo.

Similar to how a bat detects objects while in flight, this iPhone app called Sonar Ruler sends out sound clicks and measures the time it takes to return to its microphone, then displaying a fairly accurate distance reading. Pretty sharp. I wonder how this technology will evolve? Could [...]]]>

Sonar Ruler Demo from cc laan on Vimeo.

Similar to how a bat detects objects while in flight, this iPhone app called Sonar Ruler sends out sound clicks and measures the time it takes to return to its microphone, then displaying a fairly accurate distance reading. Pretty sharp. I wonder how this technology will evolve? Could make for some interesting uses for the visually impaired.

Visit -> Sonar Ruler