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Fly Ball

2011-10-26T15:03:11Z

As seen in a Mashable article here, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has invented a spherical flying machine. It is a beatiful concept.

Real or Not?

2011-10-16T18:32:51Z

As pointed to by a tweet from @brucesharpe, automatic modification of photographs has reached an awsome level as indicated by this:

What an iPhone (and Talent and a Budget of $136,363) Can Do

2011-02-20T18:54:41Z

From the Korea JoongAng Daily in association with the International Herald Tribune here comes an article about Korean film director Park Chan-wook who just won best short film in the Berlin International Film Festival for his 25 minute film "Night Fishing" which was shot on an iPhone.

The film's $136,363 budget was funded by KT, the exclusive iPhone service provider for Korea.

Egyptian Progress Bar

2011-02-12T19:13:20Z

The Last Day of Kodachrome Processing After 74 Years

2010-12-30T22:12:11Z

Kodak stopped making Kodachrome film last year. The last facility to process the film in the world will process the last roll today because they have run out of the chemicals. I would not know about this story except for a tweet by David Pogue here.

This was the film that recorded many moments of my family's life growing up. My father shot Kodachrome slides mostly with a Kodak 35mm camera and we spent many evenings looking at them being projected in a darkened room. He used Kodachrome all of his adult life. With my father's great skill at correctly guessing exposures it captured many fond memories. His camera did not have a light meter. He used his eye and many years of experience.

RIP Kodachrome.

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes

2010-12-18T22:42:52Z

In 2007 Hans Rosling appeared at TED and showed an amazing display of stats that were actually interesting. That video is here. Below is another, more beautiful example of a similar idea with higher production values.

The video is from a BBC show called "The Joy of Stats."

The iPad is Only for Consumption of Media

2010-12-08T04:41:48Z

Don't tell David Hockney.

He has an exhibit of his iPad work at the Pierre Berge-Yves St. Laurent Foundation in Paris.

Wonderful Flying Type

2010-12-06T21:50:50Z

Gruber points here to a wonderful video by Jarrett Heather here that shows a mastery of kinetic typography. According to Heather's post, he used After Effects, Toon Boom Animate, Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere to achieve this slick video.

Shop Vac from Jarrett Heather on Vimeo.

GoogleTV Can't Win for Winning

2010-11-30T13:51:53Z

As the GoogleTV team noted, "Google TV made it on Fox's Holiday Gift Guide: Best Gadgets for Families list!" This was linked to here. The irony is that Fox.com blocks GoogleTV as reported here.

The force is strong with this one.

2010-11-27T17:09:50Z

Elecronista reports here about an ad campaign by Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo for the Samsung Galaxy S Andriod phone. According to Electronista, as a Korean company, Samsung faces an uphill battle in Japan against domestic manufacturers and Apple. Much of the advertising for Andriod phones has been pretty geeky and maybe NTT DoCoMo is just trying to be funny but it is somewhat disturbing. The message of the "walk with you" ad: "Having a Galaxy S is like having Darth Vader by your side."