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WWDB or World Wide Data Base, by Kevin Kelly

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Kevin Kelly has a particular way of presenting his complex views on technology matters without being oversimplified. I saw his talk before, via TED. I even have used his talk on “How does technology evolve” when I gave a presentation at ECA/USP (http://www.eca.usp.br/ in Portuguese). His last talk published by TED (The next 5,000 days [...]

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Inside-out: there’s a robot beneath the fluff.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

via Microsiervos (in Spanish)

Matt Kirkland did a good exercise. In his words:
…armed with my childish curiousity and the spurious excuse of ‘product design research,’ I set out to discover what, exactly, these creatures are hiding.
WHY: Although the first Toy Story feturred this behave in a bad boy (Sid Phillips), curious children and adults can have [...]

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Products (and toys) from the future

Sunday, November 2, 2008

The Inventables guys, Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how we might use them. Look for squishy magnets, odor-detecting ink, “dry” liquid and a very surprising 10-foot pole.
Great video: you can see it here. The video is originally from 2005 (It is sad that TED took so long to put [...]

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Your pencil, Master!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

I just got this nice present designed by Kikkerland. I knew their products before. It is nice place for “toy” collectors and gadgets lovers. I even have one windups, designed by the brazilian Chico Bicalho. But this robot is something else. Besides its fun-vintage good-looking, the power you apply to sharp your pencil actually make [...]

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