#Gif
Oh yes.
ViaOnDisplay.
http://youarelistening.to/
Listen to the police sounds of a city set to a random ‘ambient’ soundtrack.
Feeds from New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago and San Francisco.
Sweet.
Be sure to turn off the lights.
NYC Here.
LA Here.
You’ll find the rest.
Via@SamMatthews (who made me credit him).
Nike Better World
Liking this Nike Better World site that uses HTML5, CSS 3 and JavaScript to create an impressive and pretty unique layered scrolling interaction. It’s a good example of a big player using HTML5 – although the site still relies on Flash for video? Kinda odd considering HTML5 video is probably the most common form of the tech on the on the web right now. Anyways, it’s not perfect (there are a few little code confusions) but overall it’s pretty dam sexy.
Here.
Nice work W+K Portland.
MTV | Music Meter
Using an algorithm which parses one million records per day, the MTV Music Meter provides a ranking of the internets most talked about and fast moving tunes. For each artist in the ranking, the Meter provides news, tweets, video and enables purchase. The platform also provides a “Pandora-like” function which links to music suggestions and other similar artists.
I think we’ll see an increasing amount of ‘real-time’ home pages start to pop up as brands and audiences begin to look for alternatives to the now (mostly) out of date .com depository. It won’t work for everyone, but for brands with big portfolios and most retailers this is a really smart way to represent their offerings online. Plus, as this example shows so well, you can easily add ecommerce into the mix, which could be a very clever answer to the ongoing .com Vs shop dilema.
Music Meter here (Available on iOS and Android devices in January).
Kinda like Sound Index from the BBC – which weirdly, for such a smart service, seems to be continually in and out of Beta..?
Google Translate Beatbox
♥ it.
Here.
Just click listen.
4TH Amendment Wear
Garments printed with metallic type that could, in theory, show up on TSA scanners and displays the 4th amendment.
“The clothes are designed as a silent protest against the new reality of being searched to the point where we’re basically naked. We don’t intend for this to be anything more than a thought-provoking way to fuel the debate about safety vs. civil liberties. If we sell a few items, great. But the main intention is to open more dialogue. It’s more of a conceptual piece than anything else.”
♥ it.
Here.
Singing Sweetagrams
#singingtweetagram at the end of your tweet and the Rocabelles might sing it foryou to send to a friend. From a flaming hot Poke for Orange.
Here.
And Vinyly…
“When the album that is life finally reaches the end wouldn’t it be nice to keep that record spinning for eternity? We offer the chance to press your ashes in a vinyl recording your loved ones will cherish for generations. Record a personal message, your last will and testament, your own soundtrack or simply press your ashes to hear your pops & crackles for the minimal approach”
Genius.
Here.
2D/3D Maps | Horizon
This awesome TAT concept seamlessly combines maps in 2D and 3D. While 2D maps are great for getting a simple overview of a place, 3D maps show you what a place actually looks like. TAT Cascades makes it possible to create maps that combine both approaches, shifting dynamically between 2D and 3D.
Below is another use of the tech, in the form of Horizon Lists. Effectively a contact list in 2D that transforms into a simple 3D list showing more detailed information. While a simple 2D layout is useful when looking for a specific contact, the 3D layout can be used to check if anyone in the list has shared some news. With TAT Cascades, it is possible to create UIs that seamlessly and dynamically alter between 2D and 3D.
More here.
From the mighty TAT.
Mozilla | Seabird
Since Mozilla Labs launched the Concept Series with an open call for participation they’ve had thousands of people join in, share ideas and develop concepts around Firefox, the Mozilla projects and the Open Web as a whole. In response to an open call Billy May produced a throw-away concept for an“Open Web Concept Phone”. Working directly off of that community feedback, Billy has since finished the exploration with his concept “Seabird”.
I think it’s pretty obvious that the limitation of current mobile devices is the screen – you just wouldn’t want a 40′ phone. Until that changes a mobile will never supersede a computer, TV or cinema…
Love it.
Here.
3D Vid here.
Uniqlo | Lucky Counter
Tweet an item to lower its price.
Smart. Very smart.
Here.
Future Rock Band
Augmented reality and gaming.
Marvellous.
Thank You Citizen
Just over week ago I broke my watch strap in a comedy stair based tumble. I emailed the the manufacturer (Citizen) about said incident/broken watch strap and they requested I send in the item. They’d quote me and then go ahead and fix the watch providing I was happy with the repair cost. Today, a week later, I received my lovely shiny fixed watch – without any apparent repair charge. As you can imagine I was pleasantly surprised, but being a bit of a cynic I checked the enclosed invoice just to be sure – I found this:
Brilliant.
Citizen – for awesome service – rubbishcorp® salutes you.
Link.
Suitcase Stickers
Sweet.
3 more here.
ViaTheCherryFlava.
Tim Hearn | Gallery
My good friend Mr Tim Hearn takes photo’s of wildlife. He’s been travelling the world for years taking said photo’s and he’s actually got pretty good – as you can now see on his new blog item which is here.
Good work Mr Tim Hearn.