And on a different note, would this video w/ kids + puppets pass ER&O review?
Friday, February 25, 2011
PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew
PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew is a game where two people use two microphones to control one jet-pack equipped, shape shooting space-man.
PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew @ GGJ Postmortem (Portland, OR 2/3/2011) from Incredible Ape on Vimeo.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Reality Is Broken
I hear this book is really good!Jane McGonigal is one of my favorite thinkers, and it's a delight to have her philosophy neatly distilled to a single book, her just-published debut Reality Is Broken. McGonigal is the leading practicioner in the use of games to motivate people to solve real problems with their lives and with the world.
See the full review here: http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/mcgonigals-reality-i.html
Xoom Set for Thursday Launch at Verizon, Adobe Clarifies Flash Support
via PCWorld
"The launch of the first Android Honeycomb tablet is becoming a disaster, as Adobe runs damage control on the news that Motorola's Xoom tablet will ship without Flash support.
"The launch of the first Android Honeycomb tablet is becoming a disaster, as Adobe runs damage control on the news that Motorola's Xoom tablet will ship without Flash support.
Although the Xoom is Flash-capable, an advertisement for the Android tablet on Verizon Wireless' website says Flash support is expected in spring 2011. The Xoom launches Thursday."
Video: Toyota's Humanoid Minstrels Take the Stage in Tokyo, Trumpeting Robots' Mastery of Music
Via Popsci
"Who says robots can’t feel? Toyota showed off its humanoid robots’ ability to let the music move them last weekend in Tokyo at an event soundtracked by a couple of humanoids playing the violin and the trumpet with human accompaniment."
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-02/toyotas-humanoid-minstrels-take-stage-tokyo-trumpeting-robots-mastery-music
"Who says robots can’t feel? Toyota showed off its humanoid robots’ ability to let the music move them last weekend in Tokyo at an event soundtracked by a couple of humanoids playing the violin and the trumpet with human accompaniment."
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-02/toyotas-humanoid-minstrels-take-stage-tokyo-trumpeting-robots-mastery-music
Friday, February 18, 2011
HTML5 Will Be Done in 2014, What Comes Next?
"Web developers were given a green light Monday to start using HTML5.
Even though many are already using the still-unfinished language to code complicated web apps, the web’s governing body made the transition official by announcing that HTML5 will be complete by 2014."
Full Wired Article
Even though many are already using the still-unfinished language to code complicated web apps, the web’s governing body made the transition official by announcing that HTML5 will be complete by 2014."
Full Wired Article
Learn About Vegetables through Puppets and Beyonce!
Has anyone else heard of this company? Seems similar to the Muppet style: http://www.supersprowtz.com/
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Disney Looking Into Cradle for Customers
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company has started an ambitious and risky march toward the one corner of childhood it does not already dominate: newborns.
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Late last month, the company quietly began pressing its newest priority, Disney Baby, in 580 maternity hospitals in the United States. A representative visits a new mother and offers a free Disney Cuddly Bodysuit, a variation of the classic Onesie.
In bedside demonstrations, the bilingual representatives extol the product’s bells and whistles — extra soft! durable! better sizing! — and ask mothers to sign up for e-mail alerts from DisneyBaby.com. More than 200,000 bodysuits will be given away by May, when Amazon.com is set to begin selling 85 styles for a starting price of $9.99 for two; Nordstrom and Target will follow with more Disney Baby items, including hats. Read More
Related
Late last month, the company quietly began pressing its newest priority, Disney Baby, in 580 maternity hospitals in the United States. A representative visits a new mother and offers a free Disney Cuddly Bodysuit, a variation of the classic Onesie.
In bedside demonstrations, the bilingual representatives extol the product’s bells and whistles — extra soft! durable! better sizing! — and ask mothers to sign up for e-mail alerts from DisneyBaby.com. More than 200,000 bodysuits will be given away by May, when Amazon.com is set to begin selling 85 styles for a starting price of $9.99 for two; Nordstrom and Target will follow with more Disney Baby items, including hats. Read More
“Reality Touchscreen” Is 10 Meters Long, Accepts 100 Touch Inputs
Via Tech Crunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/08/reality-touchscreen-is-10-meters-long-accepts-100-touch-inputs/
"Students at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have created a “Reality Touch Screen,” a 10 meter long touchscreen that accepts up to 100 multitouch inputs at a time. As we see from this short video, the effects they’ve been able to create are wild and the sensitivity looks great."
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/08/reality-touchscreen-is-10-meters-long-accepts-100-touch-inputs/
"Students at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have created a “Reality Touch Screen,” a 10 meter long touchscreen that accepts up to 100 multitouch inputs at a time. As we see from this short video, the effects they’ve been able to create are wild and the sensitivity looks great."
Friday, February 4, 2011
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