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Ray, Chief Design Engineer from Martin, demonstrates a flight sequence with the Martin Jetpack (55kg). They are targeting the first ones to be in use Jan 2010. It seems that's not really easy to fly with it …

Augmented reality seems to be the buzzword on everyone's lips, but at the moment it seems more to hang around the "gimmick" categories than the real lifechanging stuff that it could be capable of.  But with magnetometers now beginning to become standard kit in phones, are we soon to see a raft of more interesting applications?

If you ever dreamed of being a rock star without having to learn an instrument – you will find this awesome. Moshing in front of the MoshPit Amp will pull you straight into the epicenter of a metal concert. A wall of sound under your command, a vulcanic, orgasmic eruption, a vent for your aggressions, ecstacy, armageddon – it's all in this inconspicious little box …

Sugar Stacks is a simple website focused on representing the relative sugar contents of popular food products by stacking the relevant amount of sugar cubes next to them.

The huge above-the-line empires have ruled our lands for quite some time, their size and resource is considerable but their hold on the conscience of the everyman is waning – and fast. Just as many digital shops are struggling to add thought and insight to their impressive production values, the ATL agencies are finding it hard to do more than animate their press ads in banners …

Takayuki Fukatsu has released a new application for creating TiltShift effects on the desktop. TiltShift Generator is an Adobe Air app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Using a simple set of controls you can quickly apply wonderful TiltShift effects to your photograph. Radius and strength included, a number of different effects like saturation, contrast, brightness and vignetting have also been added.

Using a webcam you can control a paint gun to create an real time, collaborative painting.

It's an enticing concept and one we've looked into for clients before and certainly gives the Flash microsite a reason for being in these Twitter days …

Viewers of the beautiful Inlingu ad "Battle of Wordsare" are introduced to a world in which key economic words and phrases in Helvetica type have become helicopters, fighter jets, tanks and explosives …

Im Vergleich zu Filmregisseuren geraten meist die Titel Designer in Vergessenheit. Saul Bass ist einer von den wenigen Berühmten, die sich in ihrem Bereich seinen Namen gemacht haben. Selbstverständlich nicht ohne Grund …

Experiential stuff is in. The added dimension is a differentiator. Proof that today’s generation requires engaging, interactive content – no matter where and how. If offline won’t come to online … yes, the Mohammed and mountain rule kicks in.
 
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