Draw your own circuits?

Xerox has developed a cheap conductive ink that could potentially be used to draw electronic circuitry. No more etching, just draw!

It’s not quite ready for prime time yet as you might imagine, and you will need some reasonably high temperatures to apply it, but it’s a pretty exciting glimpse into the future.

Jeremy’s Bing photo features in TV ad

This TV ad for Bing implies vampires are fans Amnesiafish Jeremy’s photo contest winning lightning shot.

Nice one, Jeremy! You’re a big hit with the undead.

@iclazie

Awe-inspiring sculptures by Fabio Viale

These sculptures by Fabio Viale are made entirely from marble…

more images at today and tomorrow

Historical Moments of Internet Social Power Changes

I was just checking my folder where I keep interesting screenshots of stats (ok, I admit they’re probably only interesting to me but hey… I just like sharing). So here’s some ‘interesting’ moments where power shifts occur in the world of social and UGC. (Note: Stats are from the publicly available Alexa site). Note that I screen grabbed these at the time and saved them because there’s not always a guarantee you’ll be able to get the data in the same state in the future. Currently Alexa now only goes back 2 years since they changed their data analysis so the first screenshot below is something of a collectors item (if you collect screenshots of stats that is).

~ @eunmac

Below: Jan 2007 YouTube clearly passes MySpace.

Below: What has happened since (in a little under 3 years)

Below: Another change in global domination in 2009. Facebook passes YouTube in July.

 

Below – What’s next? Despite the hype surrounding Twitter it’s got a long way to go to catch Facebook which continues to grow at a phenomenal rate with YouTube appearing pretty solid – although interestingly Twitter appears to be now on par with MySpace and looks set to pass it next month.

 

Kasabian does giant Guitar Hero with soccer balls

I’m a big fan of Kasabian. I’m a big fan of Guitar Hero. I’m not a big football fan(soccer to the aussies) but I’m a big fan of tech stunts. I love this.

@handypearce

U2, brought to you by YouTube

Right now, something pretty special is happening on the intertubes.

For the first time, U2 is currently streaming live their headline show at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. If you’re lucky enough to read this post in the next half an hour, head to the U2 YouTube channel and check it out.

While not everyone is a U2 fan, you have to admit this is impressive.

I’ll come back and update this post once the stats are available on how many people tuned in.

In the meantime, enjoy!

@AngGraham

Augmented reality X-ray vision

X-ray vision – the thing that every 80s child dreamt about – is here. See through walls, cars and other objects … and look like a right dork whilst wearing the augmented reality headset.

@handypearce

The future of the multi touch interface

Everywhere you go now you see touch interfaces, phones with touch screens, computers based on touch screens, maps in shopping centres are touchscreens and Windows 7 will support multi-touch.

Something we saw in Minority report would give you aching arms after a while and a tablet would just destroy your neck.

So the guys at 10/GUI came up with their own version of the future of Multi-touch and I think it is rather nice. It will take a while to get used to but so did the mouse when it first got introduced.

check out the video:

  Here is the site

Amazing commercial

simply amazing – 1000 cellphones syncing 53 different ringtone alerts from 2000 sent messages to reconstruct Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture

The 2009 Croissant Games

On October 14th 2009, Razorfish formally joined the Publicis family. As Razorfish offices all around the globe celebrated with a glass of Bollinger and a boursin cracker, the Aussies did something a little different.

Ladies and Gentleman, Mesdames et Messieurs I give you The 2009 Croissant Games.

 
And some pics from the day here

@handypearce

White Gold’s Milkdonkulous Giveaway

If you haven’t checked out the Milkquarious rock opera yet and you’re into bizarre milk-oriented retro glam rock psychedelic warfare with unicorn pegasus cows, you should have a look and listen: www.milkquarious.com

The Milkquarious experience includes:

• A lengthy but entertaining rock opera of high tongue in cheek production quality
• Possibly more entertaining running commentary in an optional audio channel
• A competition for students to remake scenes from the movie
• Helpful tips for the students from the creators
• A beat machine just for kicks

All in all a very impressive effort from Goodby Silverstein & Partners and Hi-ReS!

Extending the rock opera into a competition is a great idea. Have a look at the YouTube channel to see what it’s all about. Here’s the lowdown from White Gold himself:

Finally, some more screens from the movie for extra milky flavour…

Enter the battle for Milkquarious…

@iclazie

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Windows 7 and Twitter a/c for @MicrosoftHelps

A big couple of days for Microsoft as they launch Windows 7. Below are links to the launch in New York and link to the You Tube channel for Microsoft Australia ads where Amnesia Razorfish helped run the social efforts. Well done to the guys locally for a massive effort yesterday.  We love the new operating system and have glowing reviews from the staff on Windows 7 already.

New York

Australia TVC’s

@MicrosoftHelps twitter account

Lonely Planet demos ‘Trippy’ app through Google Wave

Chris Boden, Lonely Planet’s director of mobile and innovation, said: “The Trippy gadget turns trip planning into a collaborative activity, enabling a group of users to create itineraries together in real time.” The full article is over at Brand Republic.

@carlmoggy

The art of story telling

Great video on power of story telling from Canal

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Amazing 3D projections

If this is real – it’s bloody awesome. What do you think?

@handypearce

Voice and webcam navigation

Navigate this website using your voice and webcam alone. A little clunky perhaps, but love the concept.

http://andreaslutz.com/

(via here)

Hand From Above

Hand From Above is an interactive installation by Chris O’Shea. He was commissioned by Abandon Normal Devices and Liverpool City Council for BBC Big Screen Liverpool and the Live Sites Network to create something for the BBC Big Screen. Hand From Above interacts with unsuspecting pedestrians, it can tickle, stretch, flick or remove entirely them on the big screen. Chris used openFrameworks and OpenCV to build this software.

Watch the video here

Quoted from today and tomorrow

Bing Sees Growth in Australia

An article in the Australian reported that Bing and Yahoo are starting to see an increase in market share to take on search giant Google. This is in line with trends in the US too. Lower CPCs generating higher efficiencies are said to be helping the increase.

We’ve also see this across our Search clients, but the article doesn’t touch base on the limitations of low consumer demand on the 2 engines and the challenges faced in optimising to low conversion volumes. We’re hoping to see a greater increase in Bing/Yahoo’s share as more of the US product features are launched locally – creating a real competitor to Google’s dominance.

Yahoo (serving Bing in Australia) has also recently launched a new feature to allow advertisers to see performance on their Premium Network (Bing/Yahoo) and Standard Networks. This will drive efficiency through greater targeting controls.
Full Article here:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,26195446-7582,00.html

“I want that one”

Yeah – I know it hasn’t got anything to do with twitter or terabytes, but I LOVE THIS WATCH. Designed and made by the cool people at 100% 

@handypearce

Piano Stairs – by Volkswagen

How do you get people to take the stairs instead of the escalator? Make it “fun”…or in this case a set of piano keys. Not sure I see the tie in with VW, and thefuntheory.com site is still under construction. Nevertheless an interesting advertising piece.