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This is what digital displays are going to be like in the not so far future…

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:30:34 +0000

Go Internet!!!

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:06:31 +0000

Here’s how support for #SOPA and #PIPA changed in 24 hours. For more, see:http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/

Blurring the lines between technology and reality

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:53:41 +0000

The graphics in this video are simply breathtaking. It’s a tribute to the new Ferrari 458 Italia made by the guys of Gran Tourismo. Parts of it if you were not looking closely you’d swear that it was actual video footage. Make sure to watch it in HD and full screen:

Can’t wait to see what “Gran Tourismo 10″ might be like in 10 or so years time. They’ll probably be beaming it into our heads in a virtual reality that will be indistinguishable from real life! Fingers crossed anyway..

List of Facebook Smilies

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:50:51 +0000

Well yes everyone knows the basic smilie and wink etc, but I for one can never remember what to write to get the other emoticons, and I end up typing random characters which just confuses whoever I’m talking to. So, below is a big list of all the facebook smilies you can do, and the characters you need to type (or copy and paste) to get them!

Smile		:) or :-) or :] or =)
Frown		:( or :-( or :[ or =(
Tongue		:p or :-p or =P
Grin		:D or :-D or =D
Gasp		:O or :-O or :o or :-o
Wink		;) or ;-)
Glasses		8) or 8-) or B) or B-)
Sunglasses		8\| or 8-\| or B\| or B-\|
Grumpy		>:( or >:-(
Unsure		:/ or :-/ or :\ or :-\
Cry		:'(
Devil		3:) or 3:-)
Angel		O:) or O:-)
Kiss		:* or :-*
Heart		<3
Kiki		^_^
Squint		-_-
Confused		O.o or o.O
Upset		>:O or >:-O or >:o or >:-o
Pacman		:v
Colon Three		:3
Robot *		:\|]
Putnam *		:putnam:
Shark *		(^^^)
Penguin * (Added 17 Sept 09)		<(“)

The Social World in 60 Seconds

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:59:51 +0000

It’s pretty amazing how much happens online every 60 seconds on the various networks and platforms…

Making a house from Shipping Crates

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:25:56 +0000

Here’s a mind-boggling statistic: 84% of the world’s refugees could be housed with a year’s worth of recycled American pallets–those wooden platforms used for shipping crates. That figure inspired the Brooklyn-based firm I-Beam to design the Pallet House, a 250-square-foot low-cost shelter constructed of 100 discarded pallets.

Nearly 21 million pallets end up in landfills every year; if repurposed, they could house more than 40,000 refugees. And since the pallets are designed for transport, they can first be used for carrying shipments of other types of aid, including food and medicine. Once onsite, it takes a five-person team less than a week to assemble and nail the modules together using basic hand tools. Tarps or corrugated roofing could serve as temporary measures to prevent water from penetrating the interior until enough locally available materials like dirt, wood, and thatch can be gathered to thoroughly cover the exterior and fill the wall cavities.

In addition to having the pleasing aesthetic of a garden shed, the Pallet House is far sturdier and more permanent than the tent structures common in refugee camps, where displaced individuals stay an average of seven years. I-Beam has built prototypes in New York, Indiana, and at the Architecture Triennial in Milan and is currently working on housing for those who lost their homes during the earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan.

The 12 year old App Developer!

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:51:51 +0000

This is incredible! A TED talk given my a 12 year old who has been developing his own apps!

I think its fantastic and this type of thing should be taught in schools! Just imagine the advances in technology if a portion of kids this young came out of primary school with a vivid imagination the ability to make applications!

Very interesting snapshot of the mobile market

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:19:54 +0000

So this graph shows the current state of play for Mobile sales by OS in the USA over the last two years. Amazingly approximately 650,000 users switched from a non-smart to smart phone every WEEK in September 2011. iPhones were already prominent but Blackberry’s ruled the roost back then – however they ahve been shrinking steadily and after their recent downtime their demise is imminent. iOS has grown steadily, however its really nothing compared to the staggering explosion in growth that Android has had!

The race is far from over though if you just look at the amount of non-smart phones still out there – a truly massive market yet to be captured!

A Fantastic TED Talk on why Facebook & Google are bad for the future of the Internet

Colly — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:29:29 +0000

The GoPro HD Hero – An incredible little HD action sports camera

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:24:45 +0000

I just got one of these. It’s amazing. Have a look at this video – the quality it records in is simply stunning

I took it out on my motorbike over the weekend and got some great shots, especially when its mounted to the side of my helmet – works really well.

See www.gopro.com for more info – buy it on Amazon