
May 12, 2009, at 6:06 am
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Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.
The above “Fluid Sculpture” is a simple but thought provoking design. Liquid is pumped through a transparent hose that is braided and wound into a simple shape. When colored liquid is introduced the hose takes on that particular color and as the color curls it’s way through the endless [...]

May 7, 2009, at 6:16 am
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How much material is contained in a tone? from realiction on Vimeo.
In my mind, what I’m seeing/hearing while taking in this documentary on Düsseldorf based musician Hauschka, is musical innovation that is part sound effect, part performance art and part throwing how we approach our everyday musical instruments out the window… and then maybe setting [...]

May 6, 2009, at 6:09 am
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Yes, some are claiming this Dockers iPhone app as being the first “shakeable” ad, I’m not sure if I agree with them on that idea. However, It definitely comes off as more of an “ad” amongst some of the softer hitting accelerometer/GPS ad apps that I have seen out there. I wonder how long [...]

April 23, 2009, at 11:07 am
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New Belgium Brewing from whatis waste on Vimeo.
I found this great site http://www.whatiswaste.com/ while looking for blog topics for Earth Day this past week. The site is all about innovative companies from all over that are not just “talking the talk” of being green and sustainable but also “walking the walk” and coming up with [...]

April 17, 2009, at 6:09 am
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It’s not often that you hear of a musician completely wiring an upright lounge piano in order to control it by a midi interface. If anyone’s music requires such a Frankenstein approach it would be Dan Deacon’s. This video series shows Dan Deacon acting out his madman approach to music creation in the mountains of [...]

April 15, 2009, at 6:08 am
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iPhone RFID: object-based media from timo on Vimeo.
I think we’ll start to see RFID technology infuse into our everyday lives more and more as our mobile devices evolve. It’s such a simple technology and it can be used in endless ways. Seen here, by holding the phone close to certain toys you get different video [...]

February 10, 2009, at 8:47 am
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I find the above commentary by author Steven Berlin Johnson to be pretty thought provoking. Recently, I’ve started to drink decaffeinated tea during the day in replace of coffee. The main reason I decided to do this is because the caffeine overload coming from my 5 cup a day addiction was starting to wreck my [...]