Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Itay
I laugh thinking what NASA scitentists might think, and the reaction this may cause, if they suddenly picked up a transmission like this on some obscure distant frequency - all joking aside, this technology is quite amazing.
Reactable is “a collaborative electronic music[al] instrument with a tabletop tangible multi-touch interface”, in other words its an interactive [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Itay
The optical illusions of Akiyoshi KITAOKA, Professor, Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan are quite impressive.
Over time I will post more selections from his work.
Please note that these images may cause dizziness, or in extreme cases even make people sick. If you don’t feel great after looking at a couple, its a good [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Itay
The power of people helping people is amazing. The guys at Yedda have bridged the gap between you and those who may know the answer to your questions. You no longer have to rely only on your ‘experts’, but you can let Yedda find them - wherever they may be!
This service, available at www.yedda.com, allows [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Itay
This is a very cool site. The description on the site explains it best:
…earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. “India”. Note– since [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Itay
Over the last year or so I’ve regularly visited this website and shown it to friends for a good laugh. My guess is that the creatives at Blendtec though of the “will it blend?” concept as a marketing test, tried it, and it took off!
BUT NOT AN iPHONE!!! Well, YES an iPhone- watch [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Itay
WOMEN’S ENGLISH
1. Yes = No
2. No = Yes
3. Maybe = No
4. We need = I want
5. I am sorry = you’ll be sorry
6. We need to talk = I need to complain
7. Sure, go ahead = I don’t want you to
8. Do what you want = You will pay for this later
9. [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Itay
The folks at www.designboom.com have some really interesting concepts from the ‘dining in 2015′ competition - same event where the pen cap cutlery were in the top 3 winners.
This was was submitted by a group of Iranians. I have to give them credit for finding some use to all the bad stuff that comes out [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Itay
I came across this neat optical illusion a few weeks back and was throughly entertained and amused by how it appeared to spin counterclockwise for me and how if I’d concentrate hard or focus closely on one part I could make it reverse its direction.
Initially I was also led down the path of believing that [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Itay
Next time you go camping and realize you forgot to pack the plastic cutlery or if you are at work and realized you don’t have a spoon for your yogurt… fear not!
I ran into this cool design - biodegradable pen caps in the shape of a knife, fork and spoon. Brilliant isn’t it? And since [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by Itay
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WOW - What a beautiful aquarium! As I continue to research for my project I came across Reefkeeping’s January 2008 tank of the month. (Reefkeeping is ‘an online magazine for the marine aquarist’).
This 15 1/2 foot, 1600 gallon tank is incredible - congratulations to Stanley Genadek.
Read the full article and see all the photos here
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