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The Google Story

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Sixth Sense Technology

Just mind blowing.
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EML

Those of you who are used to analysing sentiment will know it’s no easy task—even though some of our dashboards automate certain processes for us. Programs are not good at understanding natural language and we have to configure them to recognise specific words that indicate different types of emotion and sentiment. Through some recent poking [...]
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If the walls could listen

Leah Buechley from MIT has been working on a project to create interactive wallpaper that uses low-tech materials to create an amazing display. What I like about this project is how it utilises technologies such as bluetooth: a technology that I still think is underrated and under used. What if your mobile phone could automatically [...]
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The Social Utility

I loyally (or stupidly) upgraded to an iPhone 3GS last week. The appeal to me was the 32GB flash memory and built-in Nike+. I’ve never used Nike+ before, but I’ve always recognized it as a business idea that’s innovative on so many levels. The alternatives to Nike+ are ugly looking, expensive devices that are produced for [...]
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Make things

I like making things. Call me an empiricist, but I think the best to way learn something is to get stuck in and get your hands dirty. Today I stumbled across the super cool Make Magazine; their blog showcases some cool digital stuff, and also shows you how to make some pretty cool s*@!. Its [...]
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Wowd!

Wowd Real-time Search from Wowd on Vimeo.
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Web Trois

I was called into a brainstorming session last week for a prospective client that wanted to embrace web3. Que!? I hear you say. As a digital bod I was asked for my thoughts on the components that exemplified web3. What instantly came to mind was “asynchronist, always on, cloud stuff and utilities”. I shared my thoughts [...]
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