January 2012
75 posts
David Skok: Aggregation is deep in journalism’s... →
Open Source Cities: TED Prize 2012: Crowdsourcing... →
opensourcecities:
Today, TED announced the winner of the 2012 TED Prize: the City 2.0. Breaking from their tradition of recognizing an individual global innovator, TED is embracing the concept of crowd-sourcing urbanism (an idea we obviously support at Open Source Cities). The organizers…
Open Source Cities: TED Prize 2012: Crowdsourcing... →
opensourcecities:
Today, TED announced the winner of the 2012 TED Prize: the City 2.0. Breaking from their tradition of recognizing an individual global innovator, TED is embracing the concept of crowd-sourcing urbanism (an idea we obviously support at Open Source Cities). The organizers…
Arduino and the real time web →
NYPL Map Warper: Home →
The NYPL Map Warper is a tool for digitally aligning (“rectifying”) historical maps from the NYPL’s collections to match today’s precise maps.
HTML5 Please - Use the new and shiny responsibly →
WatchRefine.io Demo (by Refine.io)
Experimenting on Mechanical Turk: 5 How Tos →
Google Scholar results for "mechanical turk" →
What's New in HTML5 Media →
Enabling & Using WebGL on iOS - Nathan de Vries →
Kill Screen: SSX Developers scan NASA satellite... →
killscreendaily:
EA Canada have turned to an unlikely source for help building tracks in the new SSX title; namely, NASA. Data from the Aster Global Digital Elevation Map, a joint project between NASA and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade have been uploaded into EA Canada’s Mountain Man level…
HTMAPL: Flickr-like →
[map=yes] the code-y bits →
beautiful webgl audio visualizer →
The 1140px CSS Grid System · Fluid down to mobile →
The 1140 grid fits perfectly into a 1280 monitor. On smaller monitors it becomes fluid and adapts to the width of the browser.
Beyond a certain point it uses media queries to serve up a mobile version, which essentially stacks all the columns on top of each other so the flow of information still makes sense.
Sky Viewer →
lleigha:
Modified Google Maps. Use up/down arrows to navigate.
Yooouuutuuube →
Watchsimcoecity:
(via thestar.com Latest Videos - thestar.com)
Watchsimcoecity:
To give international investors and companies a better opportunity to get to know about all the possibilities of the area, a unique experience was created. What once was a static model of the landscape made from wood and foam now became a digital interactive standalone application with a voiceover which allows delegations to travel around the world and easily experience the look,...
Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social... →
Military’s ‘sock puppet’ software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda
more drone zeitgeist
Seams, beautiful and otherwise —... →
How To Be More Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) -... →
Watchvia Windows Phone Design Days - Metro | Jaime Rodriguez | Channel 9)
Jeff Fong, visual design lead on Windows Phone, talking about the origins of Metro. Noteworthy tidbit: at 2:36 he cites work I did six years ago (while at OfficeLabs) as a design reference.
The Art of Geometry | Colossal →
i was mentioned in this roundup of geometric sculpture and “new aesthetic” projects
WatchPortland/CreativeMornings - Bill DeRouchey (by CreativeMornings/Portland)
Tattoo that tracks sodium/glucose via modified...
crysmoore:
Researchers are developing nanosensors that are injected into the skin that fluoresce under a modified iphone. These nanoparticles are reactive to glucose and sodium and their activity can be tracked by using the iphone’s modified hardware and software. The idea being that diabetics can cease pricking their fingers and cyclists can monitor hydration levels.
More info here:
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