Month: October 2011

  • The RFID conscious family.

  • Your data on Google – Good to Know – Google

    Your data on Google – Good to Know – Google A look at how Google uses the data it collects from you.

  • Introducing “The Nest” – a learning thermostat

    Introducing “The Nest” – a learning thermostat

  • RFID Tracking Possibilites

    RFID Tracking Possibilites

  • Even hermit crabs aren’t immune to swings in their own ecological economies. A global shortage of shells is leaving the entire species short on housing, and the DIY design community over at Makerbot isn’t having it. Stepping in to bring shelter to the shell-less, Makerbot has launched Project Shellter along with artist in residence Miles Lightwood to…

  • Magnetic liquid – ferrofluid – магнитная жидкость / Dancing Ferrofluid (by ArefyevaTatyana) -Thought this was somewhat topical for our design class. Had I been tasked with naming this piece, it would have been something more like “Colorful Hedgehogs Play in Mercury.” (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • Networked Cartography

    No Metro lines, no URLS. This time, it’s the 140 most influential people on twitter, sorted by #name #handle #category #influence #activity. Plus: When they started tweeting and what they first said. It took quite some time until we had it in the shape we envisioned. Also check out their Web Trend Map 4 – they…

  • The world is filled with people who take pride in never having played Angry Birds, or who turn their noses up at iPhone games in general. Let them. There was a legitimate case to be made for the possibility of Angry Birds winning game of the year from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences,…

  • Maniacal Rage: Fuck You, Tiny Wings

    Maniacal Rage: Fuck You, Tiny Wings maniacalrage: I hate this game. I hate it so much. Every time I open it, I tense up. I dread touching for sunrise. I hate the night. It’s a fucking bastard, the night. And what about the sun? The sun is a lazy bitch who only helps you out…

  • Hacking for a greater good.

    Hacking for a greater good. The internet just scored an epic win at the hands of Anonymous. Whether or not you supporting hacking is one thing, but when its used to help bring an end to one of the sickest injustices on the planet how can you not be all for it?