Digital Schweinshaxe

I GET THE FEVER. The Soccer World Cup is coming. First matches start tomorrow. Up to today I  hadn't found a good overview when to plan meetings, to invite my mother in law or to arrange bbq with friends. All these silly sponsored paper folders with details about who plays when - just  drive me crazy. But from today on, I finally I know, when NOT to arrange meetings, when Germany plays, and when my Italian wife has to be treated with care:) Have a look at this beautifully designed World Cup planner.

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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing innovative work environments for the emergency management community called Precision Information Environments.

Amazing time lapse of european airspace coming back to life.

201 Days is the awesome documentation of physical sensations felt by artist Katie Lewis. Wow!

hive is an interactive light installation floating above water in the park behind Frankfurt’s opera by students from School of Design Mainz we gladly supported for the light festival Luminale 2010.

Debug is a great physical installation exploring what happens when you let nature interact with technology. It is an experimental machine that transforms the movements of insects into beautiful patterns printed as posters.

An interesting proposal for a future display technology by Julia Y. Tsao.

What a great application. It’s a Clock attempts to humanise the measurement of time by providing us with a scale more suited to the realities of life. Instead of giving you the exact time, the app says “It’s nearly eight thirty.”

Awesome numbers. Great infographic piece by Jesse Thomas.