Grey on May 13th, 2008Video of a Man Trapped in an Elevator for 41 Hours
Well this is the most claustrophobic thing I’ve ever seen: security camera footage of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours. What happened to the man afterward is also very sad:
The lawsuit he filed, for twenty-five million dollars, against the building’s management and the elevator-maintenance company, took four years. They settled for […]
Grey on May 1st, 2008Change a $40 Wii Remote into a $2,000 Interactive Whiteboard
Over at TED, Johnny Lee demonstrates how, with the right computer software and a projector, to change a Nintendo Wii Remote into a kick-ass, multi-touch interactive whiteboard. And, almost as a throw-away idea, he also shows a new kind of 3D display that I hope catches on soon (Steve Jobs, I’m looking at you)
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Grey on Apr 7th, 2008Video Shows the Spread of Wal-Mart
Using a database of zip codes and years, someone has put together a great video showing the spread of Wal-Mart over time. It look much like a virus infecting a host.
[Click here to see the video of Wal-Mart spreading]
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Header photograph by oswaldo
Story via Boing Boing
Grey on Apr 4th, 2008Kinetic Typographic Movies
Apparently, there is a whole world of kinetic typography movies on youtube. Kinetic typography uses animated text to give the feeling that pictures otherwise would in a film. There’s this video explaining typography, typographic renditions of scenes from Pulp Fiction and V for Vendetta. The Abbot and Costello routine, Who’s on First […]