document.write('\x3col class=\x22tumblr_posts\x22\x3e\x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7gv9noaoy1qaqm2ao1_400.png\x22 alt=\x22Polymaps\x26nbsp;by\x26nbsp;SimpleGeo\x26nbsp;and\x26nbsp;Stamen\x26nbsp;is a free Javascript framework for making dynamic, interactive maps in modern web browsers.\x26nbsp;It provides speedy display of multi-zoom datasets over maps, and supports a variety of visual presentations for tiled vector data, in addition to the usual cartography from image-based web maps.\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://polymaps.org/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3ePolymaps\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0by\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22http://simplegeo.com/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eSimpleGeo\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0and\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22http://stamen.com/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eStamen\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0is a free Javascript framework for making dynamic, interactive maps in modern web browsers.\u00a0It provides speedy display of multi-zoom datasets over maps, and supports a variety of visual presentations for tiled vector data, in addition to the usual cartography from image-based web maps.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7l4dvZva81qav3uso1_400.png\x22 alt=\x22Glitches Turn Video Games Into Sublime Art via Gizmodo\x0aMost people throw their controllers when a glitch ruins a perfectly good game of Half Life or Grand Theft Auto. Robert Overweg loves it; he turns it into art.\x0aOverweg is a self-proclaimed \x26ldquo;photographer in the virtual world.\x26rdquo; In his \x26ldquo;Glitches\x26rdquo; series, he captures whacked-out characters and snafued buildings in screenshots that look like what Ren\x26eacute; Magritte might\x26rsquo;ve produced had he been a big ol\x26rsquo; gaming nerd.\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://gizmodo.com/5617903/glitches-turn-video-games-into-sublime-art\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eGlitches Turn Video Games Into Sublime Art\x3c/a\x3e via \x3ca title=\x22http://gizmodo.com/\x22 href=\x22http://gizmodo.com/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eGizmodo\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cem\x3eMost people throw their controllers when a glitch ruins a perfectly good game of Half Life or Grand Theft Auto. \x3ca href=\x22http://shotbyrobert.com/wordpress/?page_id=191\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eRobert Overweg\x3c/a\x3e loves it; he turns it into art.\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cem\x3eOverweg is a \x3ca href=\x22http://shotbyrobert.com/wordpress/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eself-proclaimed\x3c/a\x3e \u201cphotographer in the virtual world.\u201d In his \u201cGlitches\u201d series, he captures whacked-out characters and snafued buildings in screenshots that look like what Ren\u00e9 Magritte might\u2019ve produced had he been a big ol\u2019 gaming nerd.\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7hd78nZaA1qav3uso1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22An Open Letter to all of Advertising and Marketing\x0a\x0aSpeaks for itself \x26hellip;\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3ca title=\x22http://www.briancollins1.com/?p=1730\x22 href=\x22http://www.briancollins1.com/?p=1730\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eAn Open Letter to all of Advertising and Marketing\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cblockquote\x3e\x3c/blockquote\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eSpeaks for itself \u2026\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_video_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_video\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cobject type=\x22application/x-shockwave-flash\x22 width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22300\x22 data=\x22http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2286673\x26amp;server=vimeo.com\x26amp;fullscreen=1\x26amp;show_title=1\x26amp;show_byline=0\x26amp;show_portrait=0\x26amp;color=00ADEF\x22\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22quality\x22 value=\x22best\x22 /\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22allowscriptaccess\x22 value=\x22always\x22 /\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22allowfullscreen\x22 value=\x22true\x22 /\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22scale\x22 value=\x22showAll\x22 /\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22movie\x22 value=\x22http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2286673\x26amp;server=vimeo.com\x26amp;fullscreen=1\x26amp;show_title=1\x26amp;show_byline=0\x26amp;show_portrait=0\x26amp;color=00ADEF\x22 /\x3e\x3cembed src=\x22http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2286673\x26amp;server=www.vimeo.com\x26amp;show_title=1\x26amp;show_byline=0\x26amp;show_portrait=0\x26amp;color=00ADEF\x26amp;fullscreen=1\x22 type=\x22application/x-shockwave-flash\x22 allowfullscreen=\x22true\x22 allowscriptaccess=\x22always\x22 width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22300\x22\x3e\x3c/embed\x3e\x3c/object\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eThe \u201c\x3ca href=\x22http://www.tellart.com/work.php#-whatisaswitch\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eWhat is a switch?\x3c/a\x3e\u201d classroom project is a \x3ca href=\x22http://www.tellart.com\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eTellart\x3c/a\x3e favorite \u2013 it is meant to demystify electronics for design students and artists by using low-cost materials and familiar design tools to explore the concept of an electrical connection. By abstracting electronics to the simple concept of \u201cconnected\u201d or \u201cnot connected\u201d, the project helps to expand their conception of designing with embedded electronics. What happens when you take the switch away from the wall, out of the plastic casing?\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_quote_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_quote\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cspan class=\x22tumblr_open_quote\x22\x3e\x26#147;\x3c/span\x3eIn just a few years, every door lock, card reader, video camera, vehicle, power meter, and light switch will have an IP address - at least in the business world. Therefore, from a security standpoint, it will become increasingly important - within the enterprise and within our homes (since many of us are now mobile or remote workers, too) - to segment and firewall different classes of devices in a network.\x3cspan class=\x22tumblr_close_quote\x22\x3e\x26#148;\x3c/span\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_source\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3ca href=\x22http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/vpndevc/annual_security_report.html\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eCisco\x26#8217;s Mid-Year Security Report\x3c/a\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_video_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_video\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cobject width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22336\x22\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22movie\x22 value=\x22http://www.youtube.com/v/Nu-7IWSvkdc\x26amp;rel=0\x26amp;egm=0\x26amp;showinfo=0\x26amp;fs=1\x22\x3e\x3c/param\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22wmode\x22 value=\x22transparent\x22\x3e\x3c/param\x3e\x3cparam name=\x22allowFullScreen\x22 value=\x22true\x22\x3e\x3c/param\x3e\x3cembed src=\x22http://www.youtube.com/v/Nu-7IWSvkdc\x26amp;rel=0\x26amp;egm=0\x26amp;showinfo=0\x26amp;fs=1\x22 type=\x22application/x-shockwave-flash\x22 width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22336\x22 allowFullScreen=\x22true\x22 wmode=\x22transparent\x22\x3e\x3c/embed\x3e\x3c/object\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eSony\x26#8217;s \x3ca href=\x22http://www.sony.jp/nav-u/tokyozoo/main.html\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eTokyo Zoo\x3c/a\x3e project uses GPS to draw animals using the streets of Tokyo.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eLovely.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eVia (\x3ca href=\x22http://journal.olishaw.com/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eOli\x3c/a\x3e)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7caj7XYRr1qz9plio1_400.png\x22 alt=\x22Happylife by Auger Loizeau is the result of an ongoing collaboration with Reyer Zwiggelaar and Bashar Al-Rjoub of Aberystwyth University\x26nbsp;Computer Science Department. It\x26nbsp;uses the data it passively collects about you and your partner to forecast changes in mood - a bit like a barometer.\x0a\x26amp;#8220;What would it mean when an electronic device knows more about your partners state than you do or can predict an incoming bout of misery through statistical analysis of accumulated data? When can technology become too invasive?\x26amp;#8221;\x0aWould you like to know more?\x0a(via Spime\x26nbsp;and Googe)\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://www.auger-loizeau.com/index.php?id=23\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eHappylife\x3c/a\x3e by Auger Loizeau is the result of an ongoing collaboration with Reyer Zwiggelaar and Bashar Al-Rjoub of Aberystwyth University\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/research/vgv/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eComputer Science Department\x3c/a\x3e. It\u00a0uses the data it passively collects about you and your partner to forecast changes in mood - a bit like a barometer.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cem\x3e\x26#8220;What would it mean when an electronic device knows more about your partners state than you do or can predict an incoming bout of misery through statistical analysis of accumulated data? When can technology become too invasive?\x26#8221;\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://www.auger-loizeau.com/index.php?id=23\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eWould you like to know more?\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e(via \x3ca href=\x22http://spime.org/post/967316912/happylife-is-an-electronic-device-that-knows-more\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eSpime\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0and \x3ca href=\x22http://twitter.com/Googe/status/21448480730\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eGooge\x3c/a\x3e)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eFive Things I\x26#8217;m Thinking About\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eA bit late to \x3ca href=\x22http://danhon.com/2010/07/12/a-collection-of-five-things/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3ethe game\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0I know\u00a0but I\x26#8217;ve been busy, so nur.\u00a0Here\x26#8217;s five things I\x26#8217;ve been thinking about recently. Don\x26#8217;t expect me to have fully formed ideas or opinions about any of this yet - it\x26#8217;s just stuff I\x26#8217;ve been mulling over for a while.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3col\x3e\x3cli\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eComplexity\x3c/strong\x3e, and how it can be \x3ca href=\x22http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/pl_backstory_timemachine/?utm_source=feedburner\x26amp;utm_medium=feed\x26amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3ea beautiful thing\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0-\u00a0sometimes.\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3cli\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eTexture of experience\x3c/strong\x3e\u00a0(for want of a better name for it). Mixing analogue and digital to create more natural and engaging narratives - and the similarity between what\x26#8217;s happening at the cutting edge of interaction design and what\x26#8217;s probably already happened and is continuing to happen with music.\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3cli\x3e\x3cstrong\x3e\x26#8220;UX\x26#8221; as a community being a bit stuck,\u00a0\x3c/strong\x3ehow it doesn\x26#8217;t really account for human interaction with objects and spaces, other humans through computers, computers with other computers through humans, crowds with computers or computers interacting with environments.\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3cli\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eHuge, distributed physical interfaces\x3c/strong\x3e for networked digital things, and how that might look/work. \x3ca href=\x22http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eInternet of Things\x3c/a\x3e stuff I suppose.\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3cli\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eGetting married\x3c/strong\x3e and how much I need a holiday.\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3c/ol\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l75whcZmOP1qz9plio1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22The cockpit of a Lockheed SR-71 \x26amp;#8220;Blackbird\x26amp;#8221; spy plane\x0aAs it screams through the air at three times the speed of sound, this jet needs to keep the air flowing through the engines down around 500 mph. The solution: a retractable cone plus a series of doors and bypasses. Pilots monitor this system on a sub-panel of indicators (lower left) while making sure they hit specific speeds at precise altitudes during ascent and descent. This Cold War-era spy jet, retired in 1998, also collected intelligence on itself, with a sort of proto-black box that captured 200-plus data points every three seconds. \x26ldquo;If a pilot screwed up, we could download the tapes and say, \x26lsquo;OK, buddy, here\x26rsquo;s what you did wrong,\x26rsquo;\x26rdquo; says Rich Graham, a flight instructor and retired SR-71 pilot.\x0aFrom \x26amp;#8220;From Spy Plane to Monster Truck \x26mdash; a Photo Gallery of Awesome Cockpits\x26amp;#8221; (Wired)\x0aI wonder how the data\x26nbsp;was visualised.\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eThe cockpit of a \x3ca href=\x22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eLockheed SR-71 \x26#8220;Blackbird\x3c/a\x3e\x26#8221; spy plane\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cem\x3eAs it screams through the air at three times the speed of sound, this jet needs to keep the air flowing through the engines down around 500 mph. The solution: a retractable cone plus a series of doors and bypasses. Pilots monitor this system on a sub-panel of indicators (lower left) while making sure they hit specific speeds at precise altitudes during ascent and descent. This Cold War-era spy jet, retired in 1998, also collected intelligence on itself, with a sort of proto-black box that captured 200-plus data points every three seconds. \u201cIf a pilot screwed up, we could download the tapes and say, \u2018OK, buddy, here\u2019s what you did wrong,\u2019\u201d says Rich Graham, a flight instructor and retired SR-71 pilot.\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eFrom \x26#8220;\x3ca href=\x22http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/06/ff_cockpits/all/1\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eFrom Spy Plane to Monster Truck \u2014 a Photo Gallery of Awesome Cockpits\x3c/a\x3e\x26#8221; (Wired)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eI wonder how the data\u00a0was visualised\x3cem\x3e.\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l75oedbxRs1qz9plio1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22Pallette and UT Pallette are $50,000 Japanese mannequins that change their pose when they \x26amp;#8220;sense\x26amp;#8221; people looking at them. It\x26amp;#8217;s all based on motion capture with proximity sensors at the moment but their designer\x26nbsp;Tatsuya Matsu, boss of\x26nbsp;Flower Robotics says that future versions will feature face recognition.\x0a\x26nbsp;\x26amp;#8221;It makes the product the mannequin wears look more attractive, increasing consumers\x26amp;#8217; appetite to buy\x26amp;#8221;. He also says\x26nbsp;\x26amp;#8220;Consumer attention would be diverted to the face if there were one.\x26amp;#8221; which explains why they look the way they do. They\x26amp;#8217;re avoiding the uncanny valley.\x0aVia Inventorspot.\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3ePallette and UT Pallette are $50,000 Japanese mannequins that change their pose when they \x26#8220;sense\x26#8221; people looking at them. It\x26#8217;s all based on motion capture with proximity sensors at the moment but their designer\u00a0Tatsuya Matsu, boss of\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22http://www.flower-robotics.com/\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eFlower Robotics\x3c/a\x3e says that future versions will feature face recognition.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\u00a0\x26#8221;It makes the product the mannequin wears look more attractive, increasing consumers\x26#8217; appetite to buy\x26#8221;. He also says\u00a0\x3cem\x3e\x26#8220;Consumer attention would be diverted to the face if there were one.\x26#8221; \x3c/em\x3ewhich explains why they look the way they do. They\x26#8217;re avoiding the \x3c/span\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://journal.benbashford.com/post/196833096\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3euncanny valley\x3c/a\x3e\x3cspan\x3e.\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eVia \x3c/span\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://inventorspot.com/articles/japanese_robot_mannequins_move_shoppers_buy_31449\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eInventorspot\x3c/a\x3e\x3cspan\x3e.\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a\x3c/ol\x3e');