You excited for the iPhone? Yeah? Well, get ready for the dark side.
Microsoft has been working on a touch screen computer called Microsoft Surface. Check out this video from Popular Mechanics:
Then check out the site to play more. What really blows my mind is the way the Surface can interface with other objects like digital cameras!
I don’t watch television. This is not because I do not like television, this is because I have no paid for cable and I also do not have an antenna to receive local stations. Therefore, no T.V. for me. This is why I have just now seen these commercials for the Helio.
Have you seen them? They’re precious! The music coupled with the inquisitive, easily excitable ‘bots makes me fall in love with the commercial and the feel they provoke. Observe:
Now, I’ve been known to be more susceptible to advertising than the average person but…I really, really want a Helio Ocean now!
I feel like ever since I watched Empire Strikes Back on Sunday I’ve been bombarded with Star Wars related stories so I figured I might as well collect them for a show and tell.
Star Wars + Robot Chicken = Robot Wars? Star Chicken?
Surely anyone who loves Star Wars and/or Robot Chicken has heard of the Lucas/Green/Senreich collaboration for the Adult Swim stop motion animation series, Robot Chicken. For those not yet “in the loop,” Seth Green and Matthew Senreich of Robot Chicken approached Lucas and Co. about making a special Star Wars episode of Robot Chicken. I know the Chicken has done some Star Wars themed sketches in the past but this one will be a full episode and fully endorsed by Lucasfilm.
Read all about it at StarWars.com
Etch-a-Sketchist does Chewy and Han
Conan Visits Industrial Light and Magic
I don’t mean to toot my own horn or anything but I sometimes consider myself to be pretty artsy crafty. I mean I like to dabble in photography, painting, screenprinting, stenciling and things of that nature.
Last weekend I had some free time on my hands and decided to try experimenting with DreamWeaver. I then realized that I had uninstalled DreamWeaver and so I opened up this little pre-installed program I had called ComicLife. A few hours later I had this:
Get your hands on Comic Life by Plasq now!
Wow. So, if you’ve been anywhere on the internet (and when I say “anywhere on the internet” what I mean is geek and tech blogs) you’ll have seen at least one of the many videos of efforts of the Graffiti Research Lab (GRL). Although they really have no affiliation with Adult Swim, Sean Stevens, or Peter Berdovsky since the incident that happened around the Boston metro area in February (CNN Article | GRL comments) GRL’s site has seen a noteable influx of traffic.
I’d like to take this time to point out that the very first Mermaids Heart Robots post ever was about GRL. I feel special.
The Graffiti Research Lab is has a gallery exhibit in NYC going on now! Check it out if you’re in the area. Open City
(note: I have just recently seen the articles published on Wired and CoolHunting regarding the projects of the GRL before MHR was ever conceived. *sigh* So much for being a tastemaker.)