“What makes Paris look like Paris” Given a large repository of geotagged imagery, we seek to automatically find visual elements, e.g. windows, balconies, and street signs, that are most distinctive for a certain geo-spatial area, for example the city of Paris. […] To address these issues, we prop...
Read in Iwata Asks: Yuzawa Yeah. We were sure to make use of...
Read in Iwata Asks: Yuzawa Yeah. We were sure to make use of that. And when the Wii U GamePad controller still hadn’t come together, we had Motoyama-san make a mockup (model) so we could check how it would feel in your hands. Motoyama I actually brought that today. I’m sorry it’s such a shabby ...
1 bit music by Tristan Perish: An electronic circuit is...
1 bit music by Tristan Perish: An electronic circuit is assembled inside a CD case with a headphone jack on the side. The device plays back 40 minutes of low-fi 1-bit electronic music—the lowest possible digital representation of audio. The Cantaloupe Music release of 1-Bit Music is no longer ava...
Intel’s “Technology Metabolism Index,” which shows...
Intel’s “Technology Metabolism Index,” which shows how citizens of countries’ tech adoption exceeds or lags what one would expect given their levels of wealth. ...
“The Digital Broadsheet”
“The Digital Broadsheet” ...
Facebook demetricator by Benjamin Grosser: Demetricator is free...
Facebook demetricator by Benjamin Grosser: Demetricator is free software that runs within the web browser, constantly watching Facebook when it’s loaded and removing the metrics wherever they occur. This is true not only of those counts that show up on the user’s first visit, but also of anything...
“tell me about meme”
“tell me about meme” ...
Drunken test, by Three Sheets Research: Following the release...
Drunken test, by Three Sheets Research: Following the release of Windows 8, we wasted no time in trying out Microsoft’s new operating system on a drunken subject. Jennifer, a 40-year-old mother of 2, is an active consumer of PCs, software and alcohol. She agreed to sit down with us the afternoon ...
The Destruction Company: Invigoration from the convergence of...
The Destruction Company: Invigoration from the convergence of release, taboo, and the socially forbidden: The Destruction Company brings its clients the real possibility of fantastical destruction, with the utmost discretion. Pioneering its market, The Destruction Company tailors to its clients w...
"Pixeliose" a disease resulting in partial pixelation of the field of vision
pixeliose An interesting Swiss film displayed at "Cinéma tous écran" (a local festival in Geneva): Pixeliose by Romain Graf. The story goes like this:"Adrien suffers pixeliose, an unknown disease resulting in partial pixelation of his field of vision. To cure this disease, he goes to a...