Mind-Reading is (nearly) here: Reconstructed Movies from our memories
Researchers have started working with computation models which let them record memories from your brain. The quality isn’t great – yet. Anyone who’s seen Strange Days knows that were just seconds away from black-market brain pattern swamping, a completely new market for porn and Juliette Lewis in a copper wig! Hopefully, this tech will be used solely for good and help people suffering from memory loss and degenerative brain diseases. But, you can see the iPhone 12 ads with iMemory chips installed – there will no doubt be ‘an app for that’, probably in nanotech-pill form.
Behind-The-Viral: Stacking 36 treats on Dog’s nose
You and 600,000+ folks have seen the dog patiently sitting with the treats stacked on the nose. Here’s how it happened. I wish my dog would just sit and wait for 20 seconds…Thanks for the tip, Derwood!
Teagueduino
Their blurb says: Teagueduino is an open source electronic board and interface that allows you to realize creative ideas without soldering or knowing how to code, while teaching you the ropes of programming and embedded development (like arduino). Teagueduino is designed to help you discover your inner techno-geek and embrace the awesomeness of making things in realtime — even if you’ve only ever programmed your VCR.
DIY Video Games w/ Teaguedino
I say: this open-source, full-on, egalitarian programming and kit o’ parts is a bunch of ads and cool competitions waiting to happen. Check out the Mario Bros game in a box. And get moving!
BloodRelations: Virtual Blood Donations
From the Saatchi & Saatchi Impossible Brief, BloodRelations lets you donate virtual blood online. ‘Blood Relations’ is the realisation of the winning idea received in response to the Impossible Brief, announced at Cannes this year. The idea was premised on the question: ‘Could you hurt someone who has your blood running through their veins?
(Virtual) Simultaneous Jump to the Moon!
Hot Hot Hot ‘agency’ Party has launched a new manga with an app that asks you to jump at certain times, with all the simultaneous jump power of 1000s of people bridging the distance to the moon….er, OK. Check it out and download, esp if you read Japanese.
Augmented Structures: Acoustic Formations
Where arty-installations meet cool digital out-of-home. A mood / demo video waiting to happen. You can see how they set it up and then check out the event (in the dark of course).
Justin Timberlake ‘In Time’ Movie Promo
To start drumming up interest in what I’m sure will be a spectacular, highly original art house movie, TalentHouse and Justin Timberlake invite you to submit art/photos to win the chance to have your work appear at the premiere or on Justin’s FB page. Not sure where the prize is, but it will be interesting to watch the highly-followed JT’s social pull converting to opening night social push.
Minimaforms Social-Sourced MemoryCloud
Minimaforms makes cool interactive, architectural “stuff” and their latest sources stories for a new MemoryCloud project in Detroit.
The Skin I Live In | Creepy new Pedro Almodovar
I avoided reading anything about this since it’s advertised as having a killer twist. It does, and going in cold, with no idea what’s going to happen, pays off. Wow.