Archive for May, 2008
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he federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of trav
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a good idea if not a little creepy…
a gorilla named Bokito escaped from Rotterdam Zoo. During his escape the animal attacked a female visitor, who had frequent eye contact with the animal. Health insurance company FBTO always offers simple solutions, s
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I love Nespresso, such an innovative brand..
“first prize went to this [project], a thermosensitive work of art that gradually changes its appearance thanks to the heat of the water.
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Account planners and their friends using their brains to help solve problems for causes and non-profits.
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Vic Gundotra, engineering vice president of Google gave a glimpse of the functionality of their new mobile phone system Android.
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The Telectroscope is a charming piece of artwork by Paul St. George. The installation … visually connects the cities of London and New York. Simulating a massive tunnel, people on both sides of the Atlantic gather in front of the device to wave at each
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BV3 will have their first show in 8 years at the Jazz Festival of Montreal on the 1st of July. This is really an event!
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Have you ever thought about how many brands you use in a typical day? Well I did and created a visual representation of my Typical Friday in Brands. I have to admit that I was pretty surprised at how at how big this thing got once I started working on it.
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- 20% of users account for 82% of all photos
- Pro users make up just 3.7% of users, but account for over 59% of all photos
“What the research shows is the amazing power of a very small group of users to shape the community. This group puts enormous ef
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And the nominees are ….
Velib (the Paris city communal bicycles) somehow made it on the page of the most life-enhancing item of Wallpaper* magazine. I’m really wondering why, I’m running into so much trouble everytime i’m trying to get one….
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Hum.
Visualizes photos as planet … i don’t exactly know how to describe this site … it’s totally useless but still cool..
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Japanese brewery Sapporo Holdings said it would make beer using the third generation of barley grains that had spent five months on the International Space Station in 2006. “We want to finish the beer by November. It will be the first space beer,” Sapporo
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The magazine invited aspiring centerfolds across the U.S. to submit (non-nude!) videos to YouTube describing why they should be the one to be splayed across those august pages come January 2009, the release date of the anniversary issue.
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The New York Times is working on an API that will make the whole website “programmable, organisable”, adding layer of mash-ups to NYTimes content.
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“When I start shooting bankrupt offices, I found it to be more archaeology than photography. Everywhere I went I found signs of life, interrupted.”
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swissmiss turns 3
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In the swissmiss products collection:
MyBox is based on a simple idea, a lockable desk that you can shut at the end of your working day and perhaps move next to the wall until you need it again. Designed by Iiro Viljanen. A good idea!
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In the swissmiss products collection:
Reconditioned phone based on a vintage Bundespost design.
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The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) is dedicated to a more perfectly spelling union.
“… we will be taking a road trip around the country to stamp out as many typos as we can find, in public signage and other venues.”
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Fictional project wanting to send a GPS equiped suitcase around the world to draw a figure
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The vehicle, which is due to be launched next year, will derive up to 75% of its power from photovoltaics mounted on its roof, and the rest from pedal power.
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More on the solar rickshaw and other solar energy oriented projects (yachts, moto helmets, floating houses, …)
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Iceland, [is] a melting pot that had contrived to combine humanity’s better qualities, offering a lesson for the rest of the world on how to live sensibly and cheerfully, free from cant and prejudice and taboo.
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I.V. Plant Pot by UK designers Vitamin has gone into production. It’s a pot that feeds plants using an intravenous drip.
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.. a free fall for about eight minutes. Fournier’s jump can set four records: fastest free fall, longest free fall, highest altitude for a human balloon flight and highest parachute jump. He would exceed the speed of sound and approach 1,000 miles an hour
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Liberty Electric Cars announced plans to convert “tens of thousands” cars and SUVs to electric operation, starting with the Range Rover
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The Mars phoenix twitter.
Uh.
You read right.
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The follow up
…how the primaries would be playing out if the candidates had spent less on ads and more on action.
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Extreme cruising – from six weeks to six months in duration – is one of the fastest-growing niches of the cruise market. […] Some cruises offer an unusual 67-day north-south route from the Arctic to the Antarctic this September through November.
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Coca-Cola showing a mother and her baby: “For a better start in life, start cola earlier!”
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Hum.. .
“Dov, you’re not selling tee-shirt, you’re selling neo teen porn and rape fantasies”
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Great outdoor ad where lighting is used to represent a rainbow, the ad being for the loto
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Axon Automotive is a newly formed car company based within the UK. It aims to manufacture the most fuel efficient cars in Europe […] at 100mpg, the most fuel efficient car in its class.
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Clinton campaign’s new strategy … vote for Chelsea in 2016.
With Jean Sarkozy (Sarkozy’s son) now in the municipal of Neuilly-sur-Seine (next to Paris), the political world is becoming stranger and stranger
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The new Weezer videoclip includes most the big viral hits of the last year.
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A website that sales paintings for the price of what’s represented on them. So you can buy the painting of buffalo wings for 12,70$ or a painting of a hundred bucks for 100$
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Rob Walker argues that this accepted wisdom misses a much more important and lasting cultural shift. As technology has created avenues for advertising anywhere and everywhere, people are embracing brands more than ever before–creating brands of their ow
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YouTomb is a research project by MIT Free Culture that tracks videos taken down from YouTube for alleged copyright violation.
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Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”–the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attent
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The ads—done by a female creative team!—are for the Xiomara Coronado Beauty Center (there’s also a scary Shakira). That’s some graphic digital surgery, ain’t it? Ecuador—I think you can forget about any goodwill missions from the Jolie-Pitts.
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We present subjects “in plain English” using short, unique and understandable videos in a format we call Paperworks.
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Am I being “age-ist”? Maybe. But maybe not. The world is a pretty complicated place right now and I’m thinking that it’s not such a great time to elect our oldest President ever. So sue me.
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New York University student Drew Burrows showcased INBED, an “infrared-sensitive” light projected virtual girlfriend, at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show at Tisch School of the Arts. So what is it exactly? It’s a single mat
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The goal of having “Spaceless” is to use the condo balcony to maximize living space and to improve the building environment by enhancing the functionality of the balcony space.
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Ultraslim laptop backpacks!
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Give your speakers some extra personality by making them out of a vinyl doll. Kid Robot makes the easily hackable Munny doll and I’ve been meaning to cut one up. The combined need for some new speakers created a happy union of doll and speaker.
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Om reports that after much jostling, the micro-blogging/messaging company has nailed down a $15 million second round, bringing its total raise to around $20 million. The pre-money valuation is said to be $80 million. Past backer USV participated as well a
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THIS
IS
ASTHMA
tomorrow to a theater near you
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If you quit today, we will pay you for the amount of time you’ve worked, plus we will offer you a $1,000 bonus.” Zappos actually bribes its new employees to quit! Why? Because if you’re willing to take the company up on the offer, you obviously don
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Poptimistic is super-saturated richness, hyper-realism, brightly lit in even the furthest corners, up tempo, and generally positive.
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EA has formed an unusual partnership with Ikea to make a selection of the retailer’s furniture and home furnishings available to players of The Sims 2, sequel to The Sims - the life simulator that is the best-selling PC game series ever.
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I’ll be away til next monday,
Cheers
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