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Tag Archives: Entertainment
Legoland downsizes Kate Middleton and Prince William's big day
When Kate Middleton and Prince William share a kiss at Buckingham Palace soon after the royal wedding next month, the images will be broadcast around the globe within seconds. But visitors to Windsor from Friday onwards will be able to get a sneak preview. No, the bride and groom-to-be are not practising in the gardens of Windsor Castle, but Legoland has anticipated the scene – in miniature – brick by little brick. Read more By Lauren Paxman for Mail Online, March 30, 2011
Good work: a challenge to creatives
Cool competition from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity By Cannes Lions, viewed on YouTube
Wonders of the solar system spoof with professor cox
Very Funny! Watch film Posted by LLP81 for YouTube, 30th March 2010
Why angry birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience
Why is it that over 50 million individuals have downloaded this simple game? Many paid a few dollars or more for the advanced version. More compelling is the fact that not only do huge numbers download this game, they play it with such focus that the total number of hours consumed by Angry Birds players world-wide is roughly 200 million minutes a DAY, which translates into 1.2 billion hours a year. Read more By Charles L. Mauro for Mauro New Media, 6th February 2011
Comic kinect: for all those who wish life was a comic book
Because everyone wishes they were in a comic book… a playful hack of the Xbox Kinect! Built in OpenFramewords with Ward Penney, Emily Schwartzman, and Mark Shuster. Kinect is a “controller-free gaming and entertainment experience”. Based around a webcam-style add-on, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without touching a game controller. Read more Watch video on vimeo. By Maya Irvine.
ET phone home (again)
Watch video Posted by blankenheimrobert for Youtube, 06 Feb 2011.
Periodic table of swearing (supplied by chris david)
Chris David @ Front said our Periodic Table of Google Apis was boring……so this is for you Chris. Visit Page
IBM's watson supercomputer crowned jeopardy king
IBM’s supercomputer Watson has trounced its two competitors in a televised show pitting human brains against computer bytes. After a three night marathon on the quiz show Jeopardy, Watson emerged victorious to win a $1million (£622,000) prize. The computer’s competitors were two of the most successful players ever to have taken part in Jeopardy. Read More For BBC News: Technology,17 Feb 2011.
Joy division in playmobil form
We’ve seen just about everything reimagined in Lego form, so now it’s a different European plastic toy’s turn. Joy Division as Playmobil! I can’t tell what’s better: the frantic drumming, or the idea that they make Playmobil dudes with scraggly hair. Read More Watch Video By Margaret Lyons for EW.com, 08 Feb 2011.