'Monster Roll' Short Film Pitches Sushi Chefs Against Sea Creatures
Heroic sushi chefs in epic battles against giant sea creatures. Just your standard combination of comedy and action, with a ridiculously awesome premise to boot. Co-producers Daniel and Sarah Blank have quite literally created a beast of a short film with 'Monster Roll.'
James Dyson Award Finalists Revealed. A Bright Future For Design Technology
Fifteen project finalists the design-focussed James Dyson Award have been shortlisted by a panel of high-profile designers, engineers, academics and journalists. They will now be judged by the aforementioned Founder and designer of the iconic Dyson vacuum cleaner, where a winner and two runners-up will be selected.
Facebook 'Relevant Ads' Track You Across The Internet
Facebook security engineer Joey Tyson wrote a post detailing several new advertising initiatives they have implemented to further monetise the website.
'Enter The Freeman:' Amazing Half-Life Short Film
Machinima has always been a slightly ropey industry in terms of material to be taken seriously beyond sniping montages and comedy sketches. There have been some amazing pieces of work, such as Mortal Kombat Legacy; but we were still waiting for that true depiction of the Half-Life universe in film. Enter The Freeman: possibly one of my favourite Youtube clips all weekend realises this dream of mine.
British Spyware Found On Smartphones And Computers
Google security engineer Morgan Marquie-Boire and Berkeley student Bill Marczak have discovered new evidence that spyware sold by British firm Gamma International is in use in some of the world's most repressive regimes.
Channel 4 Redefines The "Super Human" In Paralympic Campaign
As children we read about them in comic books, collected figurines and watched the latest Hollywood blockbusters with actors clambering to portray them. But in recent weeks it seems Channel 4 have royally re-designed our perception of a “Super Human,” giving the athletes of the Paralympic games their time in the limelight.
NASA Commissions Mars-Inspired Sci-Fi Photography
Artists Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick were commissioned by NASA to create a photo-mosaic panoramic image based upon inspiration from pictures captured by Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. This has spawned an entire project of amazing photography titled Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea.
Botiful: The Social Telepresence Robot
Remote-controlled robots are commonplace, so it'd take a pretty specialised concept for us to pay attention. This is where Botiful comes in: a "social telepresence robot" that can be controlled during a Skype call to move yourself through the world of who you are connected to, making you remotely present from anywhere in the world.
Nottingham-Based Web Agency Sponsors Magento Developer's Paradise
If one mentions a three day party in Ibiza, the images you can’t help but conjure up are ones of drunk, sun-burnt teenagers drinking fluorescent coloured liquids until they pass out. However, somewhat defying all stereotypes of those who party in Ibiza, the island is playing host to Magento Developer’s Paradise conference, with the promise this year will bring “lots of code and fun in the sun.”
Girl Who Couldn't Move Her Arms Helped By 3D Printed Exoskeleton
At the age of 2, Emma wanted to play with blocks. But this wasn't possible due to a condition called arthrogryposis, meaning she couldn't lift her arms with her own strength. Traditional hospital treatment for this was superseded by a 3D printed exoskeleton (she calls them her "magic arms"), which aids her with all her movements.
'Sight:' The Dystopian Future Of Wearable Computing
Wearable computing is close to part of the technological mainstream. Google are just two years off releasing Glass, and Apple have begun filing patents to ensure yet another campaign in the courts throughout the life of augmented reality. But what is the future of this emerging technology?
The answer could be rather dystopian, as a short film produced by a group of Israeli shows.
'Hiding Duck Project:' A Kickstarter Crowdfilming Platform To Combat Human Rights Abuse
A Kickstarter project has been opened to provide a secure and free network of hardware and software for the over 500 citizen journalists in Syria, Egypt and Bahrain to record the acts of abuse to human rights.
The Value Of A 'Like.' An Experiment In Buying Fans
There's a rule in social media marketing that many stick to: your fans should be earned, not bought. It's a guideline that's become abundantly clear over the past year, with an explosion of controversy recently from an experiment conducted by the BBC in this area. But is this really the case?
O2 Responds To Infuriated Network Users On Twitter. Perfect Crisis Management
So O2 haven't exactly been the most reliable network over the last couple days. A huge amount of customers have been affected by the network outages across the country, so many have taken to Twitter to vent their anger. Luckily, the in-house social media team of @O2 were waiting, with some rather hilarious responses.
@grahamcummings7 Maybe later, got tweets to send right now.
The Next Microsoft: Design Student Rebrands The Company
Los Angeles-based design student, Andrew Kim, has presented a comprehensive rebranding plan for Microsoft. Something that he has worked on in the space of just three days.
An Open Letter to “Adam C” of Airborne Gamer
Dear Adam,
We hope you are enjoying those hits you're most probably receiving for this idiotic piece of sexist prose. A personal metaphorical pat-on-the-back from us: you've attracted attention and revenue to Airborne Gamer with the journalistic equivalent of deliberately trapping your balls in a car door.
Crowd-Funded Space Mission To Protect The Earth From Killer-Asteroids
Former NASA Astronauts and space scientists have announced their crowd-funded mission to map out the orbit of every potential earth-destroying asteroid, using a space telescope which will orbit around the sun.
'We Know What You're Doing.' Revealing Facebook Statuses Publicly Collected And Exposed
Privacy concerns have always been rather synonymous with the social era of the internet, and the rather appropriately named WeKnowWhatYoureDoing.com is probably not going to help the situation. Revealing Facebook statuses from random people are collected and publicly displayed for the world to see.
'Science: It's A Girl Thing!' The Backlash Against The European Commission
The European Commission has made a great error. A frankly moronic error that makes them appear to be misogynistic idiots trying to sell a new perfume for teenagers called “Science”. But no, the following video isn’t advertising a new perfume (“with subtle hints of sulphur and a lingering scent of formaldehyde in a beautiful bottle designed to pay homage to the double helix”) it’s in fact trying to interest young women in science.
Microsoft E3 2012 Press Conference LIVE
Gamers, twenty-four of the most important hours of the year starts here. Welcome to the E3 press conferences, with the first to drop being Microsoft's, and we'll be showing the whole thing LIVE.