Remember your last augmented reality experience from a printed sheet of paper? No? Normal. Augmented reality* is not yet what we could call a convenient experience. Check the below video to see if you find any interest to it. ;) * i.e. you show a printed QR code to your webcam and your computer shows [...]
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Google Calculator in Love?
If you Google this formula, you’ll get a lovely heart: (sqrt(cos(x))*cos(400*x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.4)*(4-x*x)^0.1
Is Music As We Know It Really Dead?
Lots of folks are talking these days about Spotify and the way it changes how we consume music. For a monthly fee, Spotify offers a music tap to listen at. An “all you can eat” deal. In such a model, that’s right, music becomes like water or power. You open and eat as much as [...]
Arianna Huffington On Tour Overseas!
Do you want to make money with your blog? Then your final goddess is Arianna Huffington. Search no more gurus: she’s the one. The Secret. From scratch she co-built the Huffington Post, recently sold to AOL for $315 million (it was post Bush Jr second election and she wanted an open voice to fight the [...]
Steve Wozniak: “Search Engines Should be Replaced By Answer Engines!”
In his crusade against Google, Steve Wosniak said to Tech Crunch – while in line for the iPhone 4S – that “search engines should be replaced by answer engines” (check below video at min 3:45). Of course, Steve’s talking about the Siri app built in the iPhone 4S. In other words, he believes reaching the [...]
Minecraft: Watch Djamila City Built in Timelapse!
This great video is from a french team. They built a Minecraft city called Djamila, oriental style. Took 450h during 3 weeks to build and shoot in timelapse. Remember, code is sometimes poetry!
Thanks to Apple, You’re in Jail!
Every iOS device user knows more or less the word “jailbreak”, a reminder that when you buy Apple, you buy jail. See how everything that you can click on iOS was previsouly accepted by Apple (30% margin) to be there? See how everything not considered as appropriate by Apple (censorship) is simply in danger of [...]
500 Million Chinese Online, but No Facebook, Twitter, Youtube!
China counts now over 500 million people surfing online, and the e-commerce is simply booming (+22% last year). But the system remains 100% state controlled as popular US sites like Facebook, Twitter or Youtube are banned there. As many things made in China, this online community is now massive!
Get Your 8 Bit Pixel Super Hero!
This 8 bit pixel things will definitely be remembered as the nerd trend of 2011. A revival of the 1980’s super computer graphics. Check your 8 bit super hero avatar in this very funny collection.