TechEBlog has compiled a list of seven high-tech watches you can’t buy, at least anytime soon. It’s strange, the chunkiness that makes the ‘PC Watch’ look awkward doesn’t look so bad on the ‘iPod watch’…
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Al Gore Should Distribute “An Inconvenient Truth” via BitTorrent
This is an interesting story about a letter written to Al Gore urging him to follow in the footsteps of the people behind the movie “The Corporation,” and offer an official BitTorrent version of “An Inconvenient Truth.” That way the movie and message would reach a much larger audience. Makes sense to me, and I’ll be it will make sense to Al and the movie company.
Filed under Innovation
POV Shuttle Booster Free Fall From Space
As an avid follower of space exploration I love seeing this video path from orbit to the Indian Ocean. It starts with the solid rocket booster separating from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It is filmed with a camera mounted on the booster itself, so you can follow the hypnotic free-fall from from space to the ocean. Very cool, very creative.
Filed under Innovation, Space, Video
50 Things We Now Know (That We Didn’t Know This Time Last Year) 2006 Version
From JEFF HOUCK at The Tampa Tribune Published: Dec 26, 2006
You know how it is.
You go through life thinking you’ve got your head wrapped around the world and all of its knowable information.
Then one day you read that since 2005, scientists have discovered more than 50 new species of animals and plants on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. These new members of the List of Animals We Previously Didn’t Have a Clue About include a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly that help it stick to rocks. Continue reading
Filed under Environment, Introspection, Nature, Observation, Science, Social ideas, Tech
Great Catalog of Optical Illusions
This is a pretty cool site showing various optical illusions. It does a pretty good job of both demonstating the illusions while telling their history as well as showing why they occur. There are 67 illusions along with dozens of variations. I enjoy the fact that someone has gone to the trouble of putting all of these in one place. Although I agree with one comment on digg about needing some tylenol after viewing too many of them. And of course, this is another case of someone having LOTS of time on their hands, but worth checking out.
Filed under Innovation
Creativity with Drag and Drop
This is a really great execution. Masayuki Kido is a Japanese web designer and clearly an artist. Some of this site is just beautiful and the motion effects seem right on. Click around and have some fun. Pretty cool.
Filed under Innovation
See-through Ring Faucet
Yes I know, it’s a faucet. 
But shouldn’t we have creative things in our daily lives too? This unique faucet visually frames flowing water in a circular fashion, giving you a full view of the water just as it falls over the edge.The opening orifice at the spout end lets in natural light which illuminates the flowing water for a striking view. But what’s the water pressure?
Filed under Art, design, Innovation
Giant Magnetic Slingshot for Space Launch
Slingshots for squirrels? … that’s old school my friend. And forget rockets for satellites too. All you need to launch something into orbit is a sled and a giant magnetic slingshot. As for the system’s cost, its low power requirements would allow spy micro-satellites to be slung into orbit for $50,000, a small fraction of the current $5-million launch cost.
Filed under Innovation
Take Your Dog Flying
This is just plain fun. These guys are simulating zero G’s by flying a parabolic pattern. As they drop and gravity disappears, their little dog gets to have a little fun. Watch the guy on the right who is clearly flying. He says that they’ve had “enough” and pulls out… which ends play time for the pooch. Nice little moment on Youtube.
Small Hidden Moments of Creativity
There are often hidden moments of creativity if you can find them, or stumble upon them. In this case, Steam Network site is down. But when you try to ping them, they are sending back funny error messages. Keep refreshing them. Very clever.
Filed under Innovation
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