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The popularity of numbers

An applet that lets you explore the popularity of numbers from 0-100000 on the Web. Makes heavy use of cool animated transitions.

Truly creative 3D sketching

This is an old and simple tool but it’s amazing to see a trained artist using it. This is the very first convincing example of a “creative” 3D sketching tool I see. Also watch the various drawings at the end of the video.

Wat is wetenschap? (What is Science?)

Dutch video (mainly in English) on science with B. Latour More audio and videos: http://www.anthem-group.net/bruno-latour-audio-video/

On writing and creativity

For those who are writing at the moment… A nice presentation of Elizabeth Gilbert at TED 2008 on writing and creativity and a few words by cory doctorow on his writing methods: writing in the age of distraction

Jean Baptiste Labrune presentation

JB Labrune came back for a short visit yesterday. Jb is a former Phd student at InSitu and currently postdoctoral associate at the Media Lab. In a talk called Beyond Tangible Interfaces, he presented us with the recent work done at the media lab, particularly in the tangible group. He also put all of these [...]

Objectified

touch and telephone

Palm introduced the Pre during CES, it is a small multi-touch phone, with a physical keyboard. Three features make it interesting: Its Web OS [fr] The task switching mechanism Wireless Charger LG also presented a new touch phone/watch, Baudisch here you go! Finally, Microsoft is investing more money into touch technology [fr].

Microsoft’s Songsmith

no. comment. via gizmodo.

OLPC downsizing

The OLPC organization will be laying off half of its staff and ending its involvement in Sugar development, core of the OLPC Environment. I don’t know what this mean in regard of software developments for the version 2. From the announce: This restructuring is also the result of an exciting new direction for OLPC. Our [...]

Une orgie d’images

Dans la nef du Grand-Palais, jusqu’au 31 décembre : 80 films, 80 artistes, 80 écrans, en multi-diffusion. Entrée libre, de 17h à 1h du matin – sauf le 31. http://www.lefresnoy.net/