Category: Random Links

Final project proposal: Conscience Dispenser

This project is a paper towel dispenser that measures and reflects how many trees you are consuming by using each paper towel. The project proposal PDF is attached. The conscience dispenser  

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Connections For FaceBook Installation

Interesting way to visuzliaze Facebook connections in realtime. Each person in the space inputs their Facebook account, and steps onto the platform. The software connects people and shows photos, videos, info shared between them:

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Biggest drawing in the world.

So I had this idea, to provide a participant or multiple participants with GPS transmitters, and assign them to a certain route to make a drawing, statement or a mark on the map, in large scale. As I was looking for precedence, I stumbled upon a march much larger scale of the same idea carried …

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Gamification and data visualization in London subway

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things that can be done with processing and for the people interested in music

Piano

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Developer turns GeoCities archive into a “Digital Pompeii”

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Mashup example

I just stumbled upon this mashup in Design Taxi’s newsletter, featuring Mad Men’s Don Draper presenting Facebook’s Timeline. http://designtaxi.com/news/350687/Mad-Men-s-Don-Draper-Presents-Facebook-Timeline/

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Proposed FaceBook Buttons and Internet Vices

Nice idea for FaceBook Buttons from Failbook.com Also check out Internet Vices by Patrick Moberg: More at this link.

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Reading Commentary for Week 1: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us by Bill Joy

With Bill Joy’s profession and background, it doesn’t surprise me to know that he has been aware of the possibility that artificial intelligence would surpass human beings in the future.   After reading his article however, a number of sci-fi movies came to mind because of the similar themes he discussed (i.e. The Matrix, Bladerunner, …

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Reading Commentary for Week 1: The Web Means the End of Forgetting by Jeffrey Rosen

After reading this article, I did see the ramifications of oversharing on the internet especially in social networks (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter).  There are always stories about people killing themselves because they got bullied, they got fired because of what they had posted on Facebook or identities were stolen.  I do agree with this article …

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