If you’ve ever found something strange – or strangely unexpected – on Google’s Street View, then 9-eyes.com is for you. Its curator, Jon Rafman, collects some of the most arresting images that that the overmind of G has captured accidentally as it roves the land. You could easily lose hours on this blog, so be warned.
(Autoblog)
[…] innovation is not the product of one person’s great idea, but rather many people’s trial and error, ragpicking from the past. […] it takes 20 years for a new idea to become a mature product category
The Altantic takes a wide-eyed look at Microsoft scientist, Bill Buxton’s fascinating gadget collection in a recent piece on the evolution of today’s most inspired technologies. While I had seen some of the mid-20th century inspirations for Apple’s designs, I hadn’t necessarily seen many of the devices that Buxton has amassed. Really cool stuff, especially for charting tech progress!
In an effort to remind drivers that the left lane is for passing, Washington state troopers pulled over 223 left-lane ignorati for ignoring the law.
If only Maryland’s state police had thought of this at any point over the last four years. It’s a state where blocking the left lane is an art form.
“Desenrascanço (loosely translatable as “disentanglement”) is a Portuguese word used, in common language, to express an ability to solve a problem without having the knowledge or the adequate tools to do so, by use of imaginative resources or by applying knowledge to new situations. Achieved when resulting in a hypothetical good-enough solution.
A really interesting new video that presents some statistics and thought experiments on a world without the now ubiquitous(-ish) Facebook. A good five minutes 3:22 to get you pondering.
This is certainly a unique way to make electronic devices feel more like traditional media. Not 100% into the idea of bending a display to navigate, but you can see the promise of adding another gestural interaction to our bag of tricks.
(Engadget)
If only I were traveling to southeast Asia, I would be all over this exhibition. H/U/M/A/N M/A/C/H/I/N/E may sound like a lost Nine Inch Nails track, but it’s actually a really curious mix of installation, painting, photography, music and video pieces being presented by Takahito Irie. Check out the intro video:
(Creators Project)
The Scandinavians sure do know how to get me with an introduction video. And orange leather seats.