Here’s a funky ad – being promoted to geeky and gadget blogs – to promote the new Olympus Pen E-PL1 camera. I’m showing it here because it’s not only stop motion but also because Japanese stop motion animation artist Takeuchi Taijin directed. Rather than using paper or photos for this animation – the team used […]
Genesis biopod. Sleep with the fishes. Underwater coffin.
Designer Jack Hokanson invented this pod in honour of his own father. It’s a coffin. It’s a coffin that’s designed to sit at the bottom of the ocean… and be a mini marine habitat. Within minutes of reaching the bottom of the ocean floor the Genesis biopod begins its transformation from urn to habitat. The […]
Hydrogenase – bio-hydrogen airships of the future
Vincent Callebaut, the Belgian architect, hopes his design of organic seaweed powered bio-hydrogen airships will be in service by 2030. Firstly, don’t they look cool? The large craft are 1,300 feet in height and have housing areas, science labs and entertainment sections. The Hydrogenase are designed to be waterproof, fireproof, able to carry more cargo […]
Apple versus Nintendo – what about the WiiPad?
This isn’t a WiiPad. Yup; there’s an iPad. Yup; there’s a WiiMote. It’s actually a jailbroken iPad being used to run SNES games. In this case the iPad is playing Super Mario World. Straight away, I think, this video illustrates what a threat Apple is to the causal gaming hopes of Nintendo and Sony. All […]
TomTom advert humiliates Darth Vader, funny though
This advert for TomTom is actually plugging a real product. Yup. Visit www.tomtom.com/starwars and you’ll be able to download you very own Star Wars voices for your GPS unit! What a great idea! It’s ideas like this which will give TomTom a fighting chance against pesky companies like Google who insist on giving their mapping […]
Google impresses with Hubble Tour in Google Earth
Search engine Google has given all space geeks a real treat. They’ve combined their awesome map technology with footage from the Hubble Telescope. If you’re a Google Earth fan download the tour straight to your machine. With a flirt towards Star Trek fans Google describes this as the Final Frontier.
Who wouldn’t want a talking Tardis cookie jar? (Ululating jammie dodger Tardis?)
The very idea of a Tardis cookie jar is a good one. Whoever thought about making it a talking cookie jar was a brave man (or a brave woman indeed). How will the Doctor Who fans react? It’s for sale at Think Geek and I think they deserve an extra speshal pat on the back […]
20 miles of fibre optics to re-create Tree of Souls in London
The Na’vi’s Tree of Souls is coming to London. It’ll be recreated in Hyde Park for just one weekend to help launch the DVD sales of Avatar. The Hyde Park Tree of Souls will utilise 20 miles of fibre optic cable, change colours, emit a glow, and employ sensors to react to people. Turns out […]
Stunning: Robot artist creates Halo helmet
This video of a Japanese machining robot is pretty. Well; to the right geeky sort of mind set anyway. I love the way it carves so easily through the metal. It looks like someone carving into light plastic or foam. The choice of sculpture is enough to make this video a must watch for any […]
Where’s the Navibot? – the irony of www.samsung.com/navibot
Samsung have a new viral video out that’s proving to be popular. It’s popular because it’s good. The video shows a conference room, boring a heck, except there’s a small navibot moving around on the floor. Sometimes something impressive happens. Then the bot flies off. We’re directed to www.samsung.com/navibot to find out more. We’re supposed […]
