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WorldWide Telescope

Posted by _tango! on February 28, 2008
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This is a first from what I know.. a TEDtalk available the day after the actual talk! Awesome! Hopefully this trend keeps up, besides the free LIVE session later today.

“Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft’s Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft’s new WorldWide Telescope — a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and builds a comprehensive view of our universe. (Yes, it’s the technology that made Robert Scoble cry.) Download this TEDTalk in high-def >>”

via TED

TED 2008 Prize Video Stream Live!

Posted by _tango! on February 28, 2008
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TED’s opening one entire session to the public, and it just so happens to be one of the best sessions each year, the TED Prize!.

“Join a global audience and watch online as the 2008 TED Prize winners, Dave Eggers, Neil Turok and Karen Armstrong, share their inspiring visions, followed by the moving and infectious music of Vusi Mahlasela.

It will be an evening of big ideas, bold plans and audacious wishes — and you’ll hear ways to help grant their wishes right away!

Click here for the live feed, Thursday, February 28, starting at 5:15pm US/Pacific time >>“

BIL Conference: Minds set free!

Posted by _tango! on February 27, 2008
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BIL Conference 2008
For those of you lucky and unlucky enough to attend the TED conference this year check out the BIL Conference, which takes place right after TED this weekend, March 1-2, along with some awesome speakers joined by many TEDsters and the best part is that it’s FREE! Yes, it’s free to go as long as you can get yourself to Monterey somehow.

The idea is simple. BIL loves TED. But not everyone can go/afford TED, hence why not make a free wiki conference right after TED called BIL for anyone to go to.
Read more about it here along with their many Wiki’s. Awesome!!!!!!

I’m not sure what to expect, but I looooove the idea. If you make it, let me know what it’s like…sounds very spontaneous, relaxing, fun, and lots of goofy smart people starting a mini Burning man for ideas in Monterey. =)

Hulu.com

Posted by _tango! on February 25, 2008
Posted in: brand, entertainment, experience, food, information, me, tech, thoughts. 5 comments

I gave Hulu.com a quick test run this weekend and I must admit, it’s pretty awesome and addictive! (the hilarious SNL Natalie Portman rapping video above) Sure there’s Joost, Veoh, Miro, Youtube, DailyMotion, and direct online streams from ABC, NBC, FOX, and several other networks, but hey, besides appearing like a lowercase web2.0 Hulk logo at first, it’s pretty clean, simple, and fun. They even have HD streams! One nice Hulu feature is embedding videos or even sections in a video, though you can’t embed a playlist of videos yet.

Hulu does have a few short commercials throughout their streams, but thus far it hasn’t distracted me much. I’ve only had one brief pause in a video unlike my horrible Joost experience, but maybe that’ll change once Hulu gets out of Beta in late March.

Anywy, I’ve embedded a few videos from Chef Gordon Ramsey’s feisty reality show “Kitchen Nightmares” which I’ve found very entertaining and a nice kick in the butt to fix your business and get rid of the lazy ones. He really shouts the crap outta you to be successful and make change!

Also, I’ll add a few movies! (Sideways, October Sky, Weekend at Bernie’s)

Videos after the jump (meaning, after you click “read the rest of the story”)

Hulu.com(I’ll have a more in depth review down the road)

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Weekend Links

Posted by _tango! on February 23, 2008
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lamp bar sketches weekend links

This has been an odd week, of rescheduling then un-scheduling, hence, busy for no reason in the end. Makes you really appreciate people with concrete answers, directions, over the ones that can’t make decisions.

Tech: Building the perfect laptop(Lenovo x300). Great read on the process and obstacles.
Odd: Expensive High Heels without the heel!
Neat: How to be unidentified by a camera using an invisible light.
Cool: Self-Healing Rubber…Kind of like Silly Putty.
Music: FiddleFoxx…a fast paced fiddle crew with a beat boxer!
Video: How people from different nations count cash. How do you count your cash?
Fashion: Project Runways fashion walks during Fashion Week.
Nature: One crazy swimming pool location over Victoria Falls, with video.
Art: One HUGE panoramic image of London.
Music Video: Making music from 2 iphone and one DS.

Pecha Kucha Event at GSD Harvard

Posted by _tango! on February 21, 2008
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Pecha Kucha Harvard gsd 2008

The 3rd Pecha Kucha Boston will take place this Friday at the GSD Harvard (7-10pm). I’ll be there, so come! Otherwise, their events take place all over the world, so check out for your city here.
Brief: a dozen+ artist/designers/creatives, 20 slides each, 20 seconds each slide..rapid fire presentations and fun! Architecture, Digital Media, Urban Planning, Landscape, graphics, lot’s of ideas!

Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Piper Auditorium, Harvard GSD
Street: 48 Quincy St.
City/Town: Cambridge, MA
FREE!

Poster of the speakers after the jump…yah, Ben Fry of Processing.org will be speaking!
Their Boston Blog
Webpage
Facebook Page

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RISD: Apparel Design Show

Posted by _tango! on February 21, 2008
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RISD apparel Show“Come see the labors of the Apparel Department from start to finish. Work from the Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores will be displayed. Live models will wear selected looks for the opening. Cupcakes, cookies, snacks, wine and beverages will be served.

Opening night is Thursday February 21st
6pm to 7:30pm

The gallery will be displaying the work until Tuesday February 26th. Gallery hours are Fri-Sat 10am-4pm Sunday 2pm-5pm and Mon-Tue 10am-4pm.”

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Woods Gerry Gallery
Street: 62 Prospect Street (corner of Angel and Prospect)
City/Town: Providence, RI

I’m going!
via facebook

Update: Some pictures from the show after the jump.
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SpeakLike: Real-Time IM Translation

Posted by _tango! on February 20, 2008
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SpeakLike Im translation

“SpeakLike, the first instant messaging(IM) service for accurate, real-time translation chat across different languages. You type text in your language, and others see it in theirs. ”

Very cool idea…though they are using real people for now to accurately translate in real-time. I’m sure computers will accurately do this down the road, otherwise, those real-time phone translators we all saw in those AT&T commercials in the 90’s should be coming soon.. I’ve seen a few in action.

FYI: Blahblahfish is a pretty hilarious site that translates English to another language and back again for some rather messed up sentences.

via Springwise
SpeakLike

Col-Pop: Soda and nuggets in one cup!

Posted by _tango! on February 5, 2008
Posted in: design, experience, food, fun, ideas, inspiration, wacky. 9 comments

col-pop col pop soda nuggets

Col-Pop: The Future of Fast-Food Technology from Adam Kuban on Vimeo.

I’m not a fast food fanatic, but the Col-Pop is one damn great idea. It’s a soda cup with a bowl lid to keep your soda and nuggets in one convenient design. You still have to use your other hand to grab the nuggets, but maybe a tilt into the mouth works. It’s “convenience design” at it’s best 😉

Watch the Video here.

Reminds me a bit of the neat Wine Tapa Plates.

via gizmodo (source SeriousEats)

Superbowl Weekend Links!

Posted by _tango! on February 3, 2008
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plastic balloon

Odd: Sonic Boiling, boiling water through sound!
Sculpture: a whistling sculpture. very mysterious.
Neat: hermit crab in a glass shell
Design: the egg chair comes in chocolate!!!
Neat: world class packer for art. very interesting!
Art: Obey Giant makes awesome Obama Poster!
Cool: museum makes solar plastic bag float(above)
BUY: TED ticket on ebay!!(it’s legit, sponsored by TED, and proceeds go to charity. Bids are up to 34k, and auctions ends Monday)
Art: Troika cloud sculpture.
Fashion: a very bizarre fashion show in paris
Funny video: Improv Everywhere pulls off a frozen in time stunt in Grand Central!
Brand: Generation of Why-ers!(gen “Why”)

2008 Seamless Computational Couture show

Posted by _tango! on January 26, 2008
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party dress seamless mit fashion show

“On Wednesday, January 30, fashionistas and techies will unite at SEAMLESS: computational couture, a fashion show and celebration that fuses cutting-edge style with the latest advances in technology. At this evening event that kicks off at 8 p.m., the Museum of Science exhibit halls will be transformed into a catwalk for “computational couture,” showcasing 20 selected, emerging designer teams from around the globe and creations that push the boundaries of wearable technology. Models wearing the interactive clothing will strut to live media performances by video artists sosolimited and DJs Eddie O and Mike Uzzi of Zero G Sounds.”

Above: Party Dress by Dana and Karla Karwas (New York):“Party Dress functions as a pavilion worn exclusively by five women that seamlessly injects architecture into fashion by using the body as space. The dress begins as a shared, bustled garment that gradually unfolds to create a temporary, inhabitable structure. Each seam, each dress, and each body are interconnected by a single, amorphous surface of flowing material.”

“With room for spectators beneath the fabric, Party Dress flirts with traditional concepts of public and private space while adding sparkling wit to the conversation between fashion and architecture. Party dress works across multiple scales and environments, unraveling conventional notions of space, materiality, and temporality.”

I’ll be covering the event so look out for more posts in the next few weeks. Otherwise if your in the Boston area, get your tickets here!($15)..oh, fyi, Project Runways Steven Rosengard, will be th MC.

2008 Seamless show info
Boston Science Museum Tickets<