Human-machine interface

Jefferson Han of Perceptive Pixel presents his amazing new human-machine interface at TED 2007.



Perspective Pixel

Anatomy of a black hole

An interactive guide.



Think Technologies

"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."

[..] The Many-Worlds theory also certainly contradicts the idea of Occam's razor, that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Even stranger is the implication by the Many-Worlds theory that time doesn't exist in a coherent, linear motion. Instead, it moves in jumps and starts, existing not as a line, but as branches. These branches are as numerous as the number of consequences to all of the actions that have ever been taken. [..] - How Stuff Works

Installation - Virtual Constructs, Real Space

Installation is a system created by Simon Greenwold at the Aestetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab, consisting of a viewing window and a styles with which users can create virtual forms and install them permanently into a real space. - MIT Media Lab

Demo

Google Lunar X PRIZE

The Google Lunar X PRIZE seeks to create a global private race to the Moon that excites and involves people around the world and, accelerates space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. The use of space has dramatically enhanced the quality of life and may ultimately lead to solutions to some of the most pressing environmental problems that we face on earth – energy independence and climate change. - Google Lunar X PRIZE


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Seam Carving in FotoFlexer

Seam carving found it's way into online photo editing. FotoFlexer is a powerful editing tool that offers features previously available only to professionals using expensive software.


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FotoFlexer Morph Demo

Seam carving is already available as a plugin for Adobe PhotoShop.


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Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary

Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? When does a made-up word become real? And could you use "synecdochical" in a sentence, please? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways in which today's print dictionary is poised for transformation in this internet era. - Ted