Yesterday I mentioned casting metal parts (reLink) so when I saw this video I couldn’t resist posting it here. Worth watching at least up to the point where they finish pouring. I may take an interest in new processes, but I still find the old-fashioned methods fascinating.
Tracking Your Attention Please
An acquaintaince of mine passed this along: billboards that customize their message based on the electronic gadget a user is holding. I’d mentioned something similar to him when we were discussing how virtual worlds can function like crystal balls in helping designers to forecast what might develop in meatspace. I’d also suggested to BW’s Heather Green, over on Blogspotting some time back, that this sort of thing was coming.
The best/worst part of this story though, depending on your point-of-view, is the thought that software agents are going to bickerbid over which ad gets shown in the event certain conflicting situations arise. From the New Scientist article (Link):
If more than one person is standing in front of the screen, however, the system must try to choose material seen by as few of the current audience as possible.
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Peugeot Competition Going Transreal
Earlier in the week I was reading a forum post about the next Peugeot automotive design competition (an annual affair). Surfing to the competition website (Link) I was surprised to learn that it’s going transreal. Here’s the pitch:
P.L.E.A.S.E. innovate !
Re-invent the ‘Drive of Your Life’, Peugeot style:
• Discover a LIFE size version of the car at the Frankfurt 2007 Motor Show and
• Drive it in the XBOX 360 VIRTUAL world!
RepRap in Action
A week or so ago I asked Vik Olliver (the same guy who made the “meccano glue gun” fabber – reLink) to post images of his latest device, Zaphod. I didn’t get any pictures, but we do now have a nice clip of the device in action over on YouTube. Excellent.
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Cracking Curious or Rezincarnation
Interesting post on New World Note (Link) discussing the spike in new accounts after the recent Second Life security breach (reLink). While I don’t track statistics, I did find myself watching the SL front page stats, and also noticed that active logins were relatively high following the breach; usually over 8000. And by virtue of my new Google custom page (which I’m still not sure I like), I was seeing a whole slew of articles on the breach – from MSM to never-heard-of-’em press (reLink). That story did have some legs.
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