A glimpse into the future of live performance…
Oops, wait that wasn’t the right link, this was…
iPad encore.
Oh, yeah. We had an encore of our own. We recently got another of our iPad Challenge apps published in the iPad app store (the last one was listed as a staff pick this week which is just not right on so many levels). This time it’s an app that turns your iPad into a mask so that you can give yourself Facejobs at a moment’s notice. Thank you Steve for this new evolution in digital clothing! We kinda envisioned it as a digital puppeteering app. When you talk the digital puppet face talks. Plus you can load your own puppets from your iPhoto Library, so kids can draw or make funny faces and you can turn them into puppets in minutes!
Ok, silly but just wait til this coming Halloween when you have no idea what to wear. Then, my friend, you will be happy you know Steve and have one of his wonderful iPads.
More faces coming soon! On to the top five…
————-Top Five—————
1. The quantified life…
and other adventures in data driven living. The NYT’s piece is very nicely balanced, worth reading for an overview of the trend.
This is a powerful new entry in the data driven life space, combining gaming and diabetes management for kids…
Now available in the US!
And a related attempt, old school.
And then there is the rise of the data platform…
3. Nature by Numbers is a short film about math and nature.
Ok that was way too geeky… let’s step back to the basics, hmm, yes, marshmallows will do nicely…
4. The Marshmallow Challenge. This is a nice, short, example of an activity that teams can do, that when given the overall data about performance, leads to some interesting “aha” moments. I’m not sure I buy every single correlation he makes, but it is worth considering and most of it is spot on.
5. 3-D cube games… Or what happens when displays get cheaper and cheaper and cameras become more an more embedded in everything we do…
Related somehow but with projectors…
—————The Rest————-
World Bank data visualization… nicely done.
The Show Book of the World… Original 1930s prospectus for “Life” magazine. Worth reading all the way through. Some things sound so timely even today, others are strikingly of their time.
This week in robot balancing tricks.
And human balancing tricks, with robot companions…
Oh, that briefcase suit is nice.
Lovely little robotic sculptures.
iFixit takes on fixing everything electronic (they used to just focus on mac stuff).
Build your own musical number…
Chris Ware didn’t get his cover to be the cover, but it doesn’t really matter because his rejection has turned it into a bloggable delight. Zoom in to see the details, a bit subversive given the feature (Fortune 500).
Skinput doesn’t quite sound right.
Not new, but I’ve never seen it before. Pedal Powered Rollercoaster…
The sincerest form of flattery?
Ahh, you made it to the end, for that you get a special treat…
Not everyone will like this one, but I’m a PJ fan. Yes I think that’s Gordon Brown watching as she sings Let England Shake.