Logitech have announced a new washable keyboard – the K310 Yes, it is washable. You can get it wet and it has drainage holes See the video below to get a feel for it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/_H_DFeMZHng[/youtube] I’m seriously considering getting a few of these for the office! The new model keyboards should be available in Europe […]
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Video: Lego History Explained
We all know Lego, but do we know its history? Lego’s celebrating their 80th birthday this year and released a video explaining their story: [youtube]http://youtu.be/NdDU_BBJW9Y[/youtube] Enjoy!
Video: Disney Turning Plants Into Interactive Interfaces
No, this isn’t science fiction or fantasy. Disney is experimenting with using plants as interfaces to computers. The concept may sound a little different, so here’s a couple of videos to demonstrate the technology in action. [youtube]http://youtu.be/_uTJiEYI1ik[/youtube] From the description: The visitors communicate with living and artificial plants by reaching to and touching them and […]
Cadbury’s Slick Olympics Advertising
Cadbury’s hired Dublin firm Publicis to produce their advertising for the Olympics (you can see some of the ads when you go on to the RTE Olympics site to watch the stream) The end result is incredible: Cadbury Olympic Idents from Publicis Dublin on Vimeo. TV Sponsorship stings for RTE’s coverage of the London 2012 […]
#Nikeletter Campaign
A 16 year old in the US who has cerebral palsy may have inadvertently sparked a massive social media campaign targetting Nike. The letter Matthew Walzer posted on his blog a couple of days ago was picked up by NiceKicks, who have not only blogged about it and encouraged other people to share the letter, […]
Canoe With Google
Google’s doodle today is interactive again and this time the theme is canoeing. As usual you can control the avatar using your keyboard, though this time round you can also control the canoe’s position using the “up” and “down” arrows, though that’s not indicated in the instructions [youtube]http://youtu.be/e3StGKCGc_Q[/youtube] Yet again when doing the screengrab I […]
Daft.ie Unveil TV ad
Daft.ie is one of Ireland’s great online success stories. Up until now, however, the site has relied primarily on “word of mouth” and online advertising to expand and grow. However this may change as they unveiled their new television advert earlier today which features original music by Maria Clarke [youtube]http://youtu.be/vkbiW0rmyFc[/youtube] They’ve also made available some […]
The Police Raid On Kim Dotcom Footage
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz) has been getting a lot of media coverage in recent months. One of the more recent scandals surrounding the Megaupload founder, however, is not so much related to Megaupload’s activities but to the manner of his arrest. When Kim Dotcom was arrested in New Zealand in January the authorities carried […]
Google’s Basketball Doodle
Today’s Google doodle is sports themed again. This time round it’s basketball and yes, I still can’t play! Here’s a quick screengrab of it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/b2FPEXQfYK0[/youtube] Related articles Shootin’ Hoops – London 2012 Basketball Google Doodle Game (techie-buzz.com) Shoot Hoops With Tomorrow’s Interactive Google Doodle (mashable.com) Google’s Interactive Doodle Is Olympic Themed (technology.ie)
Google’s Interactive Doodle Is Olympic Themed
Google’s doodles are usually static images, but from time to time they have pretty slick animated ones. Today’s is pretty cool, though I didn’t do too well trying to control the little man in the animation: [youtube]http://youtu.be/kmSH26CbOL8[/youtube] You can browse past Google doodles on their dedicated site. Related articles Google London 2012 hurdles doodle lets […]