Scientists at Disney Research have developed mind-blowing technology that can make pretty much anything — doorknobs, human skin, water — responsive to touch.
Imagine a desk that’s all touch-sensitive, says VentureBeat’s John Koetsier. How about a couch that automatically flicks on the TV when you sit down? Or a doorknob that locks when you tap it. Also consider a smart swimming pool that “detects a young child who can’t swim,” says Extreme Tech’s Anthony. “The possibilities of Touché are almost endless, and really rather exciting.”
(via discoverynews)
The Art of the Book Cover : a TEDtalk by associate art director at Knopf, Chip Kidd.
Combining two of my favorite things: reading and design.
![Post-Apocalyptic World of the Day: Lucie & Simon, a self-taught artistic duo out of France, have traveled the world photographing major metropolitan areas — such as Times Square and the Louvre — without signs of life. Their technique involves using a neutral density filter that allows for extra-long exposures, which removes moving objects like people and cars.
Don’t miss the rest of their series, Silent World, or the short film that pairs their images with music.
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Don’t miss the rest of their series, Silent World, or the short film that pairs their images with music.
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Post-Apocalyptic World of the Day: Lucie & Simon, a self-taught artistic duo out of France, have traveled the world photographing major metropolitan areas — such as Times Square and the Louvre — without signs of life. Their technique involves using a neutral density filter that allows for extra-long exposures, which removes moving objects like people and cars.
Don’t miss the rest of their series, Silent World, or the short film that pairs their images with music.
(Source: thedailywhat, via helloyoucreatives)
“Marketing is dead” says Saatchi & Saatchi CEO
The chief executive of one of the world’s largest marketing groups has today declared that marketing and strategy are dead.
Addressing an audience of senior business leaders at The IoD’s Annual Convention taking place at London’s 02 earlier today, Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, claimed that in today’s crazy world strategy is dead, the big idea is dead, management is dead and marketing, as we know, is also dead.
During his colourful presentation, which followed on from a speech from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Roberts said: “I am a radical optimist, I don’t buy into all this recession talk. I do not think we are in a recessionary environment, but we do have too many recessionary leaders. To win today we all need to power things up and speed things up.
“We don’t just live in a VUCA world - a volatile, uncertain, ambiguous and complex world - we live in a super VUCA world. We live in a vibrant world where our kids are connecting to each other and to brands across the world with no money involved. To us this is a world that’s gone crazy.
“Management is dead. To win today you need a culture and an environment where the unreasonable power of creativity thrives. Ideas are today’s currency not strategy. Martin Luther King did not say ‘I have a vision statement’ did he? He had a dream. You have to make sure you have dreams and your brand also needs a dream.”“Strategy is dead. Who really knows that is going to happen anymore in this super VUCA world? The more time and money you spend devising strategies the more time you are giving you rivals to start eating your lunch.
(Source: thedrum.co.uk)
An Invocation for Beginnings
I’m scared.
I’m scared that my abilities are gone
I’m scared that I’m going to fuck this up
And I’m scared of you
I don’t want to start, but I will.
This is an invocation for anyone who hasn’t begun
Who’s stuck in a terrible place between zero and one
Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of my future performance
They’re just healthy little fires that’ll warm up my ass
If my FILDI (fuck it let’s do it) is strong let me keep him in a velvet box until I really really need him
If my FILDI is weak let me feed him oranges and not let him gorge himself in ego and arrogance
I may not hit up my facebook like it’s a crack pipe
Keep the browser closed
If I catch myself wearing a to-to (too fat too late too old) let me shake it off like a donkey would shake off something it doesn’t like
And when I get that feeling in my stomach — you know the feeling when all of the sudden you get a ball of energy and it shoots down into your legs and up into your arms and tells you to get up and stand up and go to the refrigerator and get a cheese sandwich — that’s my cheese monster talking. And my cheese monster will never be satisfied by cheddar only the cheese of accomplishment.
Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best of them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
Let me find and use metaphors to help me understand the world around me and give me the strength to get rid of them when its apparent they no longer work.
Let me thank the parts of me that I don’t understand or are outside of my rational control like my creativity and my courage.
Let me remember that my courage is a wild dog and it won’t just come when I call it, I have to chase it down and hold on as tight as I can.
Let me not be so vain to think that I am the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.
Let me remember that the unintended meaning that people project on to what I do is neither my fault or something I can take credit for.
Perfection might look good in his shiny shoes but he’s a little bit of an asshole and noone invites him to their pool parties.
Let me remember that the impact of criticism is often not the intent of the critic, but when the intent is evil, that’s what the block button’s for.
And when I eat my critique, let me be able to separate the good advice from the bitter herbs.
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Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else, and if it is, let me become fascinated by the shape of the stone.
Let me take the idea that has gotten me this far and put it to bed. What I am about to do will not be that. But it will be something.
There is no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. My pencils are sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.
Warts and all.
Let’s start this shit up.
And god, let me enjoy this. Life isn’t just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.
(Source: updateordie.com)
Birth to 12 years in 2 min. 45 sec. Time Lapse Lotte. (by Hofmeester)
Car VS Piano: www.carvspiano.com
Broadcasted live experiment. Congrats to all involved ;)
