TED brings us a super fun talk by Joe Sabia on storytelling through technology using none other than one of the greatest technology devices around, the iPad. Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer who invented the pop-up book and takes us on a journey of the evolution interactive & technology based storytelling. Storytelling can only get even more exciting from here!

How does some smartphone film making with out the need of your very own personal camera man sound? With the Swivl they have created a useful looking smartphone and compact camera holder that will track your every move and for the test video it looks like it is quite a smooth tracking system without too many sudden jumps. The idea of gearing it towards video bloggers of all kinds is superb and it will be interesting to see new ways people can make use of it with their iPhone and Android apps. [via PSFK]

Last week I wrote about how I was very excited about attending the Unruly Tech night organised by their events co-ordinator, Emilie and I must say it turned out to a brilliant evening. Firstly the the Unruly office is absolutely stunning and we were instally greeted by the very kind team at Unruly. We were taking to the play room to get our hacking on and using the instructions were given freedom to create a mini robot masterpiece.

My robot felt like breaking down by chucking its tail away. Once I did get it to work it just felt like going in a 360 degrees rotation frenzy. Enjoy some of the pictures of the workshop and you can see more at the Unruly Media Facebook page.

I also met some great people including Becky from Codasign who recently done a very interesting ...]]>

Last week I wrote about how I was very excited about attending the Unruly Tech night organised by their events co-ordinator, Emilie and I must say it turned out to a brilliant evening. Firstly the the Unruly office is absolutely stunning and we were instally greeted by the very kind team at Unruly. We were taking to the play room to get our hacking on and using the instructions were given freedom to create a mini robot masterpiece.

My robot felt like breaking down by chucking its tail away. Once I did get it to work it just felt like going in a 360 degrees rotation frenzy. Enjoy some of the pictures of the workshop and you can see more at the Unruly Media Facebook page.

I also met some great people including Becky from Codasign who recently done a very interesting looking workshop called Build your own superhero using processing and the Kinect. I must say thank you to Emilie and The Unruly team for an enjoyable workshop and I look forward to attending more of their events. Emilie also organises MzTEK which run technology workshops just for girls.

I was browsing through LookBook.nu to find ways people incorporate technology and smartphone accessories into their style where I found this wonderful Punk styled iPhone Case by Issa Tchieu. You can see it fits perfectly into her full outfit style and she has also shared a DIY picture of the case being made.

It was only a matter of time before someone fell in love with Siri! I am all for seeing more AI/human duets.

New ideas for physical meet digital in the mobile apps world are picking up steam and this new game from LEGO titled Life Of George could be a winner.

The idea of creating something in LEGO to challenge your speed with a timer adds the extra element of excitement. It also allows you to create your own models to share to the world. I am not sure on the size/colour limitations but that could mean some great contests and battle oppurtunites.

The evolution I would love to see in this is by allowing you to create and compete with more complicated 3D models instead of just flat 2D designs. How interesting would it be to combine it with a 3D scanning app like the trimensional app

The downside is that I am not sure how easy it will be to cheat with this ...]]>

New ideas for physical meet digital in the mobile apps world are picking up steam and this new game from LEGO titled Life Of George could be a winner.

The idea of creating something in LEGO to challenge your speed with a timer adds the extra element of excitement. It also allows you to create your own models to share to the world. I am not sure on the size/colour limitations but that could mean some great contests and battle oppurtunites.

The evolution I would love to see in this is by allowing you to create and compete with more complicated 3D models instead of just flat 2D designs. How interesting would it be to combine it with a 3D scanning app like the trimensional app

The downside is that I am not sure how easy it will be to cheat with this which always ruins the fun for people competing fairly.

via Contagious Magazine