Tower built by quadcopters
What happens when a roboticist and two architects team up? The Flighwt Assembled Architecture installation, where a fleet of quadcopters have built a 20 feet twisting tower out of 1500 foam bricks.
The Supaboy. Handheld Super NES goes on sale
Blow the dust out of the carts you stashed in the loft, as accessories manufacturer Hyperkin has released and commenced shipping the Supaboy: a handheld SNES, making for possibly the best portable console money could buy.
Condom ad disguised as Facebook friend request from your future child
So one random friend request later, I can warn you about an Olla Condom promo campaign that sends users friend requests from their yet-to-be-born sons. Not only is it just downright creepy; but it's also a violation of Facebook policy.
Take a look at the promo video below, which does a much better job explaining the "Unexpected Babies" campaign launched by Brazillian Agency Age Isobar.
Facebook introduces sentiment analysis for testing
Anybody with a Facebook brand page has probably seen the new Page Insights pop up in their left column. Well they seem to be getting a further upgrade into the sort of hit-or-miss world of sentiment analysis.
Facebook status character limit increases to over 60,000
Waving two fingers at the 140 character limit of Twitter, Facebook users can use such an amount to ramble before getting to the point, as the limit has been upped to "more than 60,000."
It was announced via a picture (above) that Facebook's Journalist manager Vadim Lavrusik uploaded to his wall, making the claim:
In September, we increased the character limit on status updates to 5,000 characters. Today, we're announcing that you can now write posts with more than 60,000 characters.
63,206 to be specific.
Playstation movie store viral ads take us into virtual reality
So Sony's recent viral campaign to promote the newly introduced video store on PS3 presents us with a virtual reality experience that we whole heartedly crave for.
Created by the recruited agencies Studio Output and the Marshmallow Laser Factory, Sony appointed them to build a series of viral films to promote the Playstation Video Store (via the tagline 'Great films fill rooms'), which resulted in the VR shots we got here, using 3D mapping, a steadicam and head-tracking via attached Playstation Move controllers.
IP crimes=child labour and murder. McGruff the Crime Dog said so
The Department of Justice and McGruff the Crime Dog have released their latest media campaign yesterday, targeting the wide world of piracy.
The campaign ties the aforementioned piracy and counterfeiting to to rather unwanted outcomes such as drug trafficking, gang violence, child labour, and the usual suspects of the industry.
Move Over OnLive & Gaikai. A New Cloud-Based Gaming Provider Emerges.
Betamax versus VHS, VideoCD (VCD) versus DVD, HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray – the noted format wars of old have all arisen through a combination of technological and sociological factors. The ‘Videotape Wars’ of the 70’s was driven by companies’ hopes to find a standardised media format for recording TV. The dawn of the digital video era was contested between the cost-effective VCD and the superior quality of the DVD, while the transition to high-definition played host to the one of the fiercest format wars in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray’s tussle for supremacy. Now, we think we’ve found the cloud-gaming equivalent.
UK mobile networks insist they don't use Carrier IQ
So masses of concern have amassed since the recent discovery about what Carrier IQ's smartphone diagnostic software actually records, and the fact it's on more than 141m handsets worldwide. UK mobile networks have been forceful in completely denying use of the software on their devices.
Intel Agency GCHQ Says Crack The Code, Become A Spy
British intelligence agency GCHQ (UK Government Communications Headquarters) today launched a viral campaign on Facebook and Twitter to uncover a new generation of spies. The campaign links to a website merely entitled ‘Can You Crack It?.'
Google shows us the evolution of search
Google posted a blog a couple days ago taking users for a peek 'under the hood' of the mechanics of its search engine: talking about the origins, improvements and the future of search, all from what started as a research project in 1996.
Little printer makes print media awesome
Presenting the Berg Little Printer, a novel little idea that prints out your daily updates from various online occasions onto receipt-style ticker tapes, sealed with a smile...it's just adorable, there's no other immasculating word for it!
iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts
It was your pretty standard Regional Express flight from Lismore to Sydney...well up until a passenger's mobile phone self-combusted shortly after landing.
Luckily the phone wasn't in the passenger's trouser pocket at the time, and no people on board were harmed. After the plane landed, the iPhone started to glow red and emit a dense cloud of smoke, which the Flight Attendant was quick to extinguish.
Introducing The World's First Networked Urinal Gaming System
We’ve all heard of toilet games. These are the games that prove indispensable when ‘in the can’, satiating our gaming appetite amidst the tedium of going to the loo - short and sweet, instantly playable interactive experiences that use the most basic control methods (preferably one-handed) but have an addictive/rewarding presence about them.
HP LaserJet Printers suffer from huge security flaw
MSNBC has reported an apparent security risk that may affect millions of HP LaserJet printer owners; giving hackers the opportunity to steal data or physically destroy your printer through uncertified software updates.
Rumour: Kinect 2 Can Lip-Read And Interpret Facial Emotions
The successor to Microsoft’s hugely successful motion-sensing device, Kinect, will be so accurate that it will be able to lip-read and be able to detect human emotion from subtle facial expressions, Eurogamer reports.
Facebook likely to receive privacy sanctions from EU over targeted advertising
The behavioural targeting of Facebook's advertising has come under fire from The European Commission, as they plan to implement a Directive next tear to prevent the social network from targeting ads based on user information unless he/she explicitly allows it.