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World touristiness / Interesting remote places map
Based on information from people uploading travel photos to Panoramio, these maps show exactly what you would expect. Even better than being an image, they have the whole google map mash up thing going on, which is pretty great! How else could you get an idea to travel to the Tibesti mountains?
http://www.bluemoon.ee/~ahti/touristiness-map/
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Interactive Diesel Collection
http://www.diesel.com/ahundredlovers/
Interesting idea, an interactive video you can pause and examine the clothing the models are wearing. The price is of course omitted. Looks like this was inspired by the Bande à part dance.
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Decentralize the web with Diaspora
Kickstarter – Diaspora
Diaspora – the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all distributed open source social network.
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Ball Pool
http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/ball_pool/
This is a fun experiment! Runs in FF also, but much slower.
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Augmented-Reality Floor Tiling
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada have developed floor tiles that can simulate the look, sound and feel of snow, grass or pebbles underfoot. Such a tool could perhaps be used for augmented reality applications, tele-presence, training, rehabilitation or even as virtual foot controllers.
Augmented-Reality Floor Tiling
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Global Internet Map!
http://www.telegeography.com/product-info/map_internet/index.php
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What is American Power
http://www.whatisamericanpower.com/
This site askes everyone to look harder at their daily relationship to energy. We created it to help heighten awareness of the toll that energy production and consumption take on our economy, security, health, and natural resources. When we understand more about the realities of American power, we can make wiser choices about energy through [...]
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CS5 an Evolution of the Designers Toolbox
CS5 an Evolution of the Designers Toolbox
Amazingly well done walk through of the design process behind those Adobe icons we’ve come to know and love so much. Some of the new features of CS5 look pretty amazing, don’t know if I can afford the upgrade at this point tho…
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