Art Project -> Powered by Google

Google’s Art Project allows us to: “explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.” I really enjoy the clean interface that allows you to focus on the subject and not have to fumble around with the navigation. [...]

Word Lens -> Augmented Reality App

I just found out about this new app called Word Lens on CNN, so I’m sure the news of it’s release is spreading lightning fast at this point, and for good reason. It’s an augmented reality app that instantly swaps out text in different languages in our reality, on signs, in print, on the side [...]

GAP Denim -> Content Aggregate

This is a very dynamic and scalable aggregate interface that GAP has built in order to show ‘all things denim’. This platform pulls everything digital into one space – video, pics, audio, blog posts, news posts, press updates… so on and so forth. Because of it’s dynamic nature the feed will ‘auotmagically’ grow over time [...]

Spectives.com -> Visual RSS

Spectives.com is a web based visual rss tool (similar in concept to digg or delicious) that will help you track all your interests by category/tags. If you’re like me, you visually digest information much faster than you read, in other words… I can mentally absorb more information from a picture of Nike shoes faster while [...]

DAYTUM -> Track Your Everyday Data

This smartly designed web based dash-board-esque personal data tracking site is worth checking out if your the type of person who likes to know exactly where their life statistics stand at all times. You can customize your own charts and aggregate the data in nice neat + tidy graphics like the one above. It will [...]

Indaba -> Collaborative Music Community

A few months ago I posted about an online music tool/community called Hobnox, that allows it’s users to collaborate, record and share their creations via an Adobe Flash based synthesizer setup. Indaba does pretty much the same thing only the interface is more like an online track based Pro-Tools or Garage band, which is great [...]

Layar -> First Available Mobile Augmented Reality Browser

The idea of augmented reality through mobile devices has been baking for some time. This is first mobile Augmented Reality browser that I have seen in action and it premiers in the Netherlands. By using your mobile device as a lens into the world of information this innovative app promises to get you all the [...]

Glue -> The In-Browser Social Net

And so it begins -> Social Nets evolving into smaller in-browser apps that take on many of the same sharing features that Facebook offers, only in a nice tidy package. Glue is a free browser plug-in that helps you find books, music, and movies through your friends as you browse your favorite sites. Some other [...]

PeopleBrowser -> Alpha Release

This ‘Tweetdeck’-esque personal identity dashboard lets you update your networks, follow friends, organize favorites, and search for content via -> Twitter, flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, Digg, Seesmic, identi.ca, Photobucket, upcoming, and FriendFeed. They plan to release three levels of usability -> Lite/Advanced/Business. The Business roll-out will allow folks to easily track and sort large amounts of [...]

Zensify -> Launch Preview

Zensify is an app that has been long awaited by many in my opinion. No longer are the days of having to deal with a unique app for every social net experience that you partake in. Zensify will allow you to:

- view all your social networks in one timeline

- update Facebook and Twitter simultaneously

- perform [...]

Spezify -> Visual Web Search Filter

For people like myself who prefer to learn, search and discover visually this is a pretty cool way of doing so for the web. Spezify aggregates all of your usual social media suspects, twitter, flickr, Yahoo, etc., and allows you to enlarge each topic of interest for more information. Just enter the topic of concern [...]

Hobnox -> Amazing In-Browser Audiotool (beta)

This in-browser audio tool is going to quickly soak up what little spare time I have left in my life for sure. I’m almost a bit upset that I found it. It’s an Adobe Flash powered audio web app with thousands of possibilities packed in. Hobnox has also built a blog, video channel and social [...]

Wii Spray -> Virtual Graffiti Teaser

WiiSpray Teaser from Martin Lihs on Vimeo.

This Vimeo video was posted about mid week and is a great preview of Wii Spray 2nd edition. It was filmed on March 25th 2009 at eWerk with in front of a small audience. This technology is driven by Nintendo Wii technics and Flash. With the ability to [...]

Audio alignment -> Sonic Visualiser and MATCH

Audio alignment using Sonic Visualiser and MATCH from Chris Cannam on Vimeo.

After the the last couple of posts in regard to “motion tracking” technology I thought it would be fitting to mention my recent discovery of “audio alignment”. This technology makes it possible for multiple audio tracks to become easily analyzed and synced on [...]