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Developed for the nine Poor Clare Sisters who live at a monastery in York, UK, the Prayer Companion is a communication device with a very explicit purpose: it alerts the nuns to issues that need their prayers. The nuns, whose everyday lives have changed little since medieval times, have taken vows of enclosure, and their only connection to the outside world is through occasional access to Catholic newspapers, mail, and limited use of the telephone and computer. Designed to be understated and unobtrusive, the Prayer Companion subtly scrolls a ticker tape of issues across its top; its small screen can only be viewed from above and close-up, thus minimizing its distracting potential. The device was designed specifically for the nuns and is the only one of its kind. “Goldie,” as the nuns call it, sits on a table in a hallway that they often pass through, scrolling news as well as the feelings of anonymous strangers whose blog entries are aggregated by the website We Feel Fine. The nuns have told Bill Gaver, of the Interaction Research Studio, that “it has been valuable in keeping [our] prayers pertinent.”
The unbelievably fast KUKA robot faces off against one of the best table tennis players of all time. Who has the best technique? Who will win the first ever table tennis duel of human versus robot?
Spark conspiracies, incite riots, and predict the future with a confidence scam for the Twitter era.
On Saturday, a Twitter accountappeared that perfectly predicted the outcome of the final World Cup game, down to who scored the winning goal for Germany. It was a con—and a classic one. (We’ll talk about how the con works in a moment.)
But it also felt like a missed opportunity, and immediately made me think of a much more serious con perfect for the 2016 election...
A Computer Glossary was shown in 1968 in the IBM Corporations pavilion at Hemisfair, the Worlds Fair in San Antonio, Texas.
The film, another in the series of Eames Office projects promoting understanding of the electronic computer, begins with a live-action, close-up sequence depicting the path that data travels in the computer, accompanied by a sound track of professional jargon being spoken by the computer-room staff. The film goes on to introduce various terms specific to electronic data processing, thereby creating a computer glossary. Animated sequences define and illustrate the glossary (according to definitions that were valid in the mid-1960’s)
The graphic presentation of terms and definitions is accompanied by short, animated dramatizations of computer operations and applications. See accompanying graphic design work for this film here.
A Computer Glossary was written by Glen Fleck and Charles with the assistance of Lynn Stoller of IBM.
It won a bronze medal at the Atlanta International Film Festival in 1969.
The Memoto camera is a tiny camera and GPS that you clip on and wear. It’s an entirely new kind of digital camera with no controls. Instead, it automatically takes photos as you go. The Memoto app then seamlessly and effortlessly organizes them for you.
The Gramophone is a an old and disused vinyl record that has been rescued, transformed into an amplifier for any mobile device with built-in speakers. There are no wires or battery, so you can take it wherever you want.
The Gramophone uses a classic funnel shape, proven to enhance the sound of speakers that are often small and inadequate.It lets you use your mobile device to reproduce rich, fluid and amplified sound. At Morfina Studio we always put the environment first.
Therefore, the materials used in this product and its production have been carefully selected to reduce environmental impact. And relax, we´ve made sure the records have as little sentimental value as possible.
What do we know about animals and how do we know it?
Crow Sourcing examines how we know animals as much through idioms as through direct experience.
There are thousands of idioms and expressions that color how we think of animals and other creatures, like "high horse," "lame duck," and "monkey business." Like "bee-line" and "get your goat." Crow Sourcing focuses on the ones that are not very intuitive. For example "as the crow flies." It isn't easy to reason out what it means and its origins. How does the crow fly? We may assume that it flies directly because of usage. It's possible that in centuries past sailors at sea released crows to figure out the best path towards land, but the origin of the idiom is disputed. Now that computer graphics technology has advanced to the point where photo-realistic animals can talk, dance, and play a drum kit, our reliance on entertainment media to learn about animal behavior is more problematic than ever. While virtuality and urbanization have gained influence over human perception, spoken languages retain vestiges of our ancestors' closeness to the natural world. Crow Sourcing engages collective memory and understanding to demystify and reanimate a dizzying array of animal sayings and expressions. It aims to provoke discussion and reflection about our creature cousins at a time of unprecedented habitat destruction and extinction.
Choisissez votre zone de combat, personnalisez votre enfant et transformez-le en véritable guerrier pour l’envoyer au front. Une seule issue possible… A vous de jouer.
Afin de sensibiliser sur la problématique des enfants-soldats dans divers pays du monde, AIR Brussels vient de développer une campagne digitale... surprenante!
Dans ce faux jeu, les joueurs sont invités à personnaliser un enfant pour le transformer en véritable soldat… et l’envoyer combattre. Les gamers, et autres visiteurs, seront sensibilisés à une problématique qui leur est sûrement inconnue, celle des enfants-soldats. Avec cet environnement familier que représente le jeu en ligne, une seule et unique question reste: peut-on réellement jouer avec la vie d’un enfant ?
Le jeu est développé avec le plugin « Unity », logiciel de gestion 3D en ligne.
Un webdocumentaire sur un projet original de Alain Devalpo pour France Culture.
Le 26 septembre 2002, le Joola, ferry sous tutelle de l’armée sénégalaise, assure la liaison maritime entre Ziguinchor (capitale de la Casamance) et Dakar. A 22h55, il sombre au large des côtes de la Gambie. Le nombre de victimes avoisine les 2 000 morts. La Casamance est en état de choc (à l’échelle de la France, cela représenterait 130 000 morts). C’est l'un des plus importants naufrages civils de l’histoire de la navigation maritime. Tout le Sénégal pleure ses disparus.
A l'occasion du dixième anniversaire du naufrage, Jean-Philippe Navarre et Alain Devalpo sont retournés sur les lieux du drame à la rencontre de témoins directs, dont Patrice Auvray, le seul rescapé français.
Tous ont accepté de revivre cette déchirure pour graver le récit de cette tragédie qui a fait plus de victimes que le Titanic.
Dès qu’une œuvre tombe dans le domaine public, elle peut être « uploadée » sur le site archive.org. La liste ne peut donc que s’agrandir. Pour les cinéphiles, c’est une véritable caverne d’Ali Baba. On peut déjà y trouver près de 5000 long-métrages, regardables en streaming, mais également disponibles en téléchargement (très souvent de haute qualité). Films noirs, films d’horreur, cinéma Bis, screwball comedy, le choix est vaste ! ...
Dancers + camera + kaleidoscope = this infinitely gorgeous short video. (Watch in 1080p fullscreen if you can.) It's made for TEDxSummit, an unprecedented ga...
This new display technology, Graffiti Fur, utilizes the fact that the shading properties of fur change as the fibers are raised or flattened. Users can erase drawings by sweeping the surface with the hand and flattening the fibers, and then draw lines by moving fingers in the opposite direction and raising the fibers. These material properties can be found in various items such as carpets in our living environments.
The Graffiti Fur demonstration allows users to draw patterns on two different "fur displays" using a roller device and a pen device. The technology converts ordinary objects into rewritable displays without requiring or creating any non-reversible modifications. In addition, it can be used to present large-scale images without glare, and the images it creates require no operating costs.
Dave is an extremely gifted clairvoyant who finds out specific financial information. This video reveals the magic behind the magic, making people aware of the fact that their entire life can be found online. And by doing so urging everybody to be vigilant.
JavaZone is Scandinavia's biggest meeting place for software developers, and one of Europe's most important. JavaZone has been described as a high-quality, independent conference, and is a forum for knowledge exchange, recruitment and branding. Some 40 large and mid-sized businesses - our partners - exhibit their products and services in a separate exhibition space, while more than 90 presentations are given in the conference facilities. Each year, around 2,300 conference tickets are sold. This means that, over the two days the conference lasts, we deliver more than 200,000 hours of expertise. When you add to this the many informal discussions that take place at stands and between attendees, JavaZone stands out as a tremendous arena for knowledge transfer. Of course, a conference involving so many developers is also a key arena for recruitment. Through their exhibitions and other activities, the large and mid-sized companies use the opportunity to promote their business and recruit new staff. ...
Sketchfab is a web service to publish interactive 3D content online in real-time without plugin. The world we live in is in 3D, but the web is still in 2D, and we want to change that. We think your 3D models deserve something better than screenshots or "showreel" videos. That's why we created Sketchfab. We understand 3D and bring it to the web. Take a look at our intro video below to learn more.
Your robot is built on the social data to create a mirror of your online self. It draws the data from the sites that you've added in for analysis and assigns parts based on your activity in Facebook, Twitter or Foursquare.
What is Robotify.me?
If a tamagotchi got on facebook then took steroids. At BBH Labs, we're going to try something. We want to turn the world's social data into little robots. A robot for everyone based on their online personality and actions. And then we'd like the robots to live together.
Savez-vous comment atteindre l’ivresse tout en restant classe et branché(e) ? Le designer français Philippe Starck et un scientifique franco-américain, David Edwards, ont mis au point un petit aérosol qui permet de ressentir en un coup de spray « une sensation d’ivresse » sans les effets néfastes de l’alcool.
« Nous ne sommes pas des saints. Notre cerveau a besoin d’évasion. Il existe des milliers de façons de s’évader et l’une d’entre elles s’appelle l’ivresse. Or si l’alcool peut faire du bien, il fait aussi beaucoup de mal. La question est donc comment se faire du bien sans se faire de mal ? WA|HH est une alternative qui propose l’idée d’ivresse sans ses effets néfastes ». Ph.S.
The Revolights Founders grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where innovation is the norm. Adam and Kent are excited to make their revolutionary lights available to cyclists worldwide. They hope to provide safer roads for riders and drivers alike, and to push the market toward more forward-thinking, safety-minded products.
Once upon a time, in an age long forgotten because it was somewhat boring and contrived, there was this picturesque hamlet full of god-fearing wholesome people.
plateforme réunissant une sélection de ceux qui ont retenus mon attention des événements plus que nombreux et bons qui se produisent à Bruxelles (et un peu plus loin)...
En revisionnant l’excellent court-métrage de Pixar « For the birds », on se rend compte que les oiseaux passent pas mal de temps à parler et ont des têtes et expressions vraiment réussies. Ce devait d’ailleurs être l’un des axes de recherches sous-jacent au projet de ce court. Quoiqu’il en soit, je me suis toujours demandé exactement ce que ces volatiles pédants et caustiques diraient dans certaines situations. L’idée est venue de là.
En plus, la façon dont sont représentés les oiseaux dans le film (de face, plein écran et sur un fil) était parfaite pour une reprise en format BD. Le problème de ce genre de BDs est de trouver régulièrement des scenarii drôles. C’est là que l’idée d’un site communautaire autour de ce concept est née.
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