Long and Short Plaster, designed by Miyeon Kim & Hoyoung Lee.
Kids these days, running around and scraping themselves. It forces big people to run to CVS and buy various sizes and assortments of Band-Aids. This concept Band-Aid machine will rid of this routinized shopping spree by allowing you to cut customized sizes of Band-Aids. Think of it like a tape dispenser, but for Band-Aids. Neat-o.
Animated video of the machine at work after the break. Concept images below.
[Via Gizmodo; Yanko Design]
The Mood Chair, designed by Aether & Hemera.
The chair changes color based on your mood and surrounding environment. Unfortunately it does not come with a chart explaing what each color means. Use your imagination.
Catch a video of the illuminating chair after the break.
Continue reading Mood chair is ‘like a Mood Ring for your ass’
In this super HD video over 70 different Muppets take on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” This is inspirational. Please sit back, relax, and enjoy/rock out.
[Via Nerdist]
Check out this recreation of the famous bullet time scene from The Matrix, Lego-style. It took 440 hours to complete.
[Via Gawker]
Don’t ask, watch.
[Via FOTC Twitter page]
Yikes.
[Via Gizmodo]
And he sounds just like him.
[Via EW]
This past week YouTube lifted the 720p-only upload restriction; users are now able to upload and watch full 1080p high definition videos on YouTube. And what better way to celebrate this news than watch Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere uncork a bottle of champaign in slow motion, in reverse. Enjoy, fellas..
There’s still more YouTube news hot off the press. First, Google decided to shut down YouTube’s API access. What this means is that all the set-top boxes (and other similar devices) no longer have the ability to access YouTube services. Only YouTube-sanctioned devices like supported Blu-Ray players, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and TiVo will be able to feature a YouTube interface and provide videos to consumers. Why is Google doing this, you ask? Well, the unofficial reason is that Google, like any other company, wants to make as much revenue from its ads as possible and letting anyone and everyone have access to their YouTube service leaves them in a hard-to-control situation. Come December 2 all set-top boxes and unauthorized devices will lose their ability to feature the YouTube service.
On a less somber note, Google is now allowing users to add automatic captions to their YouTube videos to make videos accessible to the deaf and hearing-impaired. YouTube will utilize Google Voice speech-recognition technology to create automatic, on-the-fly captions for uploaded videos. For now this service will be available to a handful of partners including PBS, National Geographic and a some universities until it is perfected. For now, Google is implementing an “auto-timing” feature that will take written words in a user-generated text file and match the text to the words as they are spoken in the video. Neat-o.
Oh, and there’s another (less exciting) 1080p video posted after the break.
Another classic…
Amidio has created the “world’s first” true DJ software for the iPhone and iPod touch with Touch DJ. This app allows you to use your own MP3 or M4A files to create your own DJ mixes; this includes the ability to scratch and loop as well as manipulate positioning, equalization, effects, and pitch. Very neat stuff. Touch DJ is available in the App Store right now for $19.99. Peek after the break for a demonstration.
[Via Engadget]
Continue reading Touch DJ turns your iPhone/iPod touch into a highly functional turntable
[Via Gawker]
kent hails from the great land of Sweden. There they are a very popular alternative rock group. They’ve actually been around since the 90’s, but with their latest turn to indie electro-pop things are starting to heat up again for this eclectic group. EW compares them to the “likes of MGMT, Friendly Fires, Phoenix” with an electro-pop flair, and I couldn’t agree more. “Töntarna” is the first single off their forthcoming album tited Röd. It’s available for preorder at Amazon. Check ’em out!
[Via EW]