Diversions
Videos
Technology
User interfaces
- 2012 March Google Unveils “Project Glasses” (AR Handsfree Computer Glasses)
- 2011 A Day Made of Glass… Made possible by Corning. Shows how glass can be incorporated into out daily tasks
- 2012 – and the sequel A Day Made of Glass 2: Same Day. Expanded Corning Vision
- 2010 Töken Experience – Touch Screen DJ Set “Töken” is a glass panel platform with multi touch technology for musical execution, created by Rodrigo Campos from Santiago – Chile, whose purpose is to raise the status of “live performance” to the next level.
- 2009 reactable live performance @ submixpro studio torino 01 Submixpro studio is proud to host Italy’s first and so far unique installation of Reactable. We are happy to contribute to the future of electronic music by sharing our videos, experiments and techniques with all enthusiasts out there.
- 2009 Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (Mae, & Mistry, 2009)[1]. This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment.
Presentation
- 2012 The 100,000-student classroom
- Interactive Multimedia (Takes a lot of preparation and practice)
- iPad
Ethical/Security issues
- Welcome to Life A science fiction story about what you see when you die. Or: the Singularity, ruined by lawyers by Tom Scott
Software
- Operating System
- Flash
Hardware
Help desk
Humor
- 2011 My Blackberry Is Not Working! – The One Ronnie Uses computer terminology in a different context.
- Medieval helpdesk
- Screen cleaner
- Instagram (College humor) warning – some swearing
- IT crowd – Jen’s job Interview
- IT Crowd: Jen brings in the Internet
- EDS “Airplane” – Job satisfaction!
- USS Missouri – An example of knowing all the facts.
- Honda Car Add (Super Dominoes) – Absolutely amazing video using car parts as domino pieces, 606 takes, took around 3 months to produce and cost around $6 million. More..
- An illustration of an interactive YouTube video (hunting a bear)
- While I don’t generally go in for horror stuff this video shows how an iPad can be combined with some old fashioned magic
- A modern Little red riding hood
Just for interest
- Headroom – Not too sure about this one but makes me think everytime I board an airplane!!
- African Lion Hunting in Masai Mara – Another “I don’t know why” but makes you think.
Suggestions
Add your amazing videos below ….
- Voice Recognition Elevator … In Scotland? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNuFcIRlwdc
- Eleven…if ye dont understand the lingo….
From EIT
And for really unusual web sites
- Quality Schnallity Inc Move mouse to left until you see speak, then select zombie tabernacale choir (click on the zombies)!
- Old Spice Muscle Music Watch a video of a guy playing music with his muscles then it runs a flash movie that allows you to create music using your keyboard
References
- ↑ Mae, P. & Mistry, P. (2009) Talks Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense. Retrieved November 13, 2009 from ttp://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
Images
- Optical illusions
Just for interest
- 3D street painting made by Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink duing the 4th Sarasota Chalkfestival in Forida US. This 3d street art is inspired by the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, instead Legoman where used as models
- Venn Diagram:Coffee
Literacy
Eye halve a spelling chequer
Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rarely ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect in it's weigh My chequer tolled me sew. (From Kim B - 2012)
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