Invisible drum kit
Hadn't seen this one before. Rowan Atkinson is just superb.
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One should always have something sensational to read on the net...
Hadn't seen this one before. Rowan Atkinson is just superb.
A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk entitled 'From Concepts to Companies' at a conference in Katowice, Poland, organised by the Polish Information Processing Society (PIPS) and sponsored by DisplayLink. The talks are now online here - mine is below, in case you're interested.
You can right-click here to download a smallish MPEG4 (H.264) version.
On the one occasion, many years ago, when I tried to fly a radio-controlled plane, I found it extremely difficult. It was OK when the plane was flying away from me, but when I wanted to bring it back towards me, the left/right controls were reversed. It was most counter-intuitive and the landing was far from elegant.
Recently, though, I've been thinking that it ought to be straightforward to mount a wireless camera on a small plane. A view of the transmitted video signal ought to let you fly the thing as if you were sitting in the cockpit of a real plane, something I know how to do.
I haven't, alas, had a chance to try it, but it turns out that lots of other people have. It's called FPV (for 'First-Person View) and there's lots more about it on this site. Here's a nice example:
John Bird and John Fortune explain what's being going on in the world of finance for the South Bank Show...
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Many thanks to Hap for the linkA nice demo of a new interaction mode. I can't quite decide how useful it is yet, but they get points for innovation! (And for a good video)
Thanks to Claes-Fredrik for the link.My brother Simon sent me a link to this splendid short performance by Raymond Crowe (who describes himself as an 'unusualist').
My brother Simon pointed out a wonderful use for YouTube tonight: finding those great comedy sketches that you remember from days of yore. So I went off searching for Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and came across an old favourite - the art gallery sketch:
Cook was absolutely brilliant at improvisation, but Moore had many other talents. I love his parody of Beethoven: Lots more good stuff where they came from!
The NYT's David Pogue has done a fabulous little video about the process of reviewing the iPhone. Very nice!
Many thanks to John for the link.Many thanks to Frazer for the link to this rather sweet binary adding machine:
Not quite sure why, but I find this rather appealing. An interesting mix of cultural influences.