Like some people in the comment thread on the video, I’m slightly concerned that it’s an early April Fools’ joke. But if it’s not…. wow.
technology
24 Mar 10
Nike Chalkbot
During the Tour de France, the team at DeepLocal was able to make a huge impact with their pneumatic spraypaint machine along the tour route. Together with Nike and Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG campaign, the creation was aimed allowing people to put their messages in bright yellow paint for the racers and cameras to see. More than 36,000 people submitted messages to the cause via Twitter and text message which were then cued into the software program by DeepLocal.
This is how the tradition looked originally.
You can see more pics of the Chalkbot project at DeepLocal’s site.
Here’s a great little video summing up the project as well.
18 Mar 10
WHY Yacht – Why Not?
The famous Wally yachts have been outdone by their own developer, which is quite a task. Michael Bay used the 70m Wallypower in his film The Island where it looked so futuristic and geeked out that a lot of people thought it was CGI. Not sure if the power producer will be able to pull off getting one of these new creations into a future feature.
I kind of don’t even know how to preface the pictures and video. I’m still somewhat breathless. See the WHY site for more details and tech specs.
03 Mar 10
Flyfire by SENSEable City Lab
The Flyfire project by SENSEable City Lab and ARES appears to be pretty amazing if the execution can live up to the concept. This would be an incredible asset to liven up musical performances, sporting events or be a standalone show in an old abandoned warehouse.
19 Feb 10
Amazing Wordpress plugin for mobile browsers
My good friend and fellow tech geek Jason threw this my way earlier this morning and I am simply smitten with it. The WPtouch plugin for Wordpress basically comes to action when somebody with a mobile browser hits your blog page. When they do, the contents of your page are displayed in a super sexy layout very native to the phone. Everything is very easy to read and access. The settings you can control within your Wordpress admin panel are also very impressive. I can’t recommend this highly enough if you have have installed Wordpress on your server for blogging.
Look at my blog (blog.justin-johnson.com) with your iPhone, iPod or Android to see for yourself (but probably not this particular post, because that would be like looking at a reflection of a mirror in a mirror).
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17 Feb 10
Interaxon’s Mind Control Lighting
This Canada based company has custom designed and built a lighting exhibit called Bright Ideas for the 2010 Olympics. Basically, brain waves are able to translate into a signal which the lights react to on a grand scale. It’s based on electrical signals read by a headset. Currently, there are lighting displays also operating in Toronto, Ottawa and Niagara Falls.
30 Dec 09
Favorites of 2009
Favorite website: Wonderwall Inc. (visit site)
Favorite Resource: The 99% (visit site)
Favorite Blog: Sushi & Robots (visit site)
Favorite Tweet: @kolchack – “ Hackers have exposed a slew of hotmail account passwords, which could be potentially damaging to all of us six years ago.”
Favorite Commercial: It May Be Time
Favorite TV Show: Dexter
Favorite Music Video: Charlotte Gainsborg & Beck – Heaven Can Wait
Favorite Album: Horehound by The Dead Weather
Favorite Photo: Cuban Tree Frog (by James Snyder)
Favorite Mustache Photo: Danny Jones (by John Paul Douglass)
Favorite Podcast: This Week In Tech
Favorite iPhone App: Worms Armageddon
Favorite Geek Out: Motorola Droid
Favorite Startup: Aardvark (visit site)
Favorite Underdog: SquareSpace (visit site)
Favorite Movie: The Hangover
Favorite Meme: #succeed
Favorite Personal Aircraft: Gulfstream G650
Favorite PR Blunder: Kanye
Favorite T-Shirt: Sterling & Cooper & Draper & Pryce
Favorite White Elephant Gift: Happiness Is Being a Polish Grandma
10 Dec 09
iPhone Wallpapers
Here’s a few random urban iPhone wallpapers I did just for kicks on my own phone using some of my brother’s photos. Grab ‘em if you’d like as well.
16 Nov 09
Esquire’s Augmented Reality Issue
As I was traveling over the weekend I picked up the new Esquire at the airport. I had heard about the issue’s digital interaction component earlier that day and wanted to check it out. So now that I’m home, I just finished seeing what it was all about. And it was pretty cool. The bit with RDJ is pretty funny… but what with him isn’t?
The Lexus advertisement was pretty amazing as well. It simulates the infrared camera inside the cabin monitoring the driver’s alertness. Gillian Jacobs joke bit is pretty good too, albeit an old joke. The photography with JR was really great, but using the magazine as the cursor to move back and forth between the images got to be a little obnoxious. It meant getting the magazine between you and the monitor which made it hard to view the photos fluidly.
All in all, I enjoyed the experience. Now that I’ve downloaded the software, it will be quick and easy to see what they come up with on the next one.
11 Oct 09
U2 360 Tour – Tampa
Here are some photos and a video from my phone at the concert Friday night. We had field tickets and started really close to the stage. Muse was fun and the crowd wasn’t too bad, but once U2 was on, it got crazy. We stuck it out for 5 songs, but the heat, smell, and cocaine users next to us were a little much to handle. So we moved back a bit to the center of the field which had a great view also.
This was Beth’s 5th show and my 1st. I was severely impressed with the stage setup. The lighting and video range it had was incredible. Apparently it consists of 190 tons of steel, 70 tons of AV equipment, and a $750,000 a day operating budget. And not only that, but because it takes 3.5 days to load out once a show is over, they had to commission three of them to leapfrog cities on the tour route. It was an awesome experience. The 3 hour / 2 mile search for a taxi afterward is another story:)
