If you give kids thousands of stickers what do you think they’re going to do with them?

This (originally) pure white room installation is the brainchild of Yayoi Kusama. For two weeks at the Queensland Museum of Modern Art children were given thousands of coloured stickers and the freedom to go crazy and decorate the room. The end result is amazing.

The Obliteration Room (cool name for a cool concept!) is part of Kusama’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition.

If you’re in Queensland it’s worth a look and runs till March 12th.
More images can be seen at thisiscolossal.com

So you reckon you can run as fast as an Olympic Marathon runner do you?

Well after watching this you might think again. For the 2011 New York Marathon people in New York were given the chance to see if they could keep up with Olympic Athlete Ryan Hall over just 60ft.

How on earth does someone keep this pace up for over 2hrs?

This is simply one of the most beautiful and captivating things I have ever seen!

This video is a compilation of time lapse photography sequences taken by crew members onboard the international Space Station from August to October 2011. The sequences were shot from an altitude of around 350km.

Breathtaking.

Stop the presses.
Microsoft finally produce a good advert for a great product!

Credit were credit is due I think, Kinect is pretty amazing (it sold twice as fast as the iPod when launched) and since being hacked is being used for some amazing things way out of the gaming sphere.

Check out kinecthacks.net to see how people are pushing the technology.

You can sometimes view prototypes videos like this OmniTouch demo and on the surface think they’re just pretty cool, but when you actually take the time to watch it a number of times it makes you sit up and question what this will eventually lead to?

The level of intereactivity and accuracy they have already achieved within a first generation prototype is pretty incredible. OmniTouch provides capabilities similar to that of a mouse or touchscreen. It is a wearable depth-sensing and projection system that enables interactive multitouch applications on everyday surfaces. It is now conceivable that anything you can do on today’s mobile devices, you could do in the palm of your hand.

The hardware is large at present but over the last decade we have all been witness to the incredible advancements in reducing the physical size of mobile phones and batteries whilst at the same time as they are required to perform more and more demanding tasks.

This is a great insight into what is being developed outside of the mainstream desktop and tablet platforms and it’s conceivable in the future that you could browse the web, read your favourite books, play your favourite games, socialise with friends and use your favourite apps without the need for any bulky hardware. We’d all look a bit weird on the tube though!

I do like the private & public viewing modes.
Will this take off? Time may tell…

Project 12:31 is an incredible photography concept that uses long-exposure techniques to create ‘light paintings’ of a human male cadaver.

In 1993, A convicted murderer was executed. His body was given to science, segmented, and photographed for medical research as part of the Visible Human Project. The segments, (all 1,871 of them) were put together to create an animation that is used to create the human form within the images. The animation was played fullscreen on a computer, which was moved around by an assistant while being photographed in multiple dark environments.

The technique is very similar to the Dentsu iPad light painting that I posted back in November 2010, using long exposure to capture moving image and physical movement. Two great experimental examples of converging mixed media techniques.

Project 12:31, A photographic series concept by Croix Gagnon. Photography by Frank Schott.

Nice infographic that takes a 60 second snapshot of internet activity over a range of sites, applications and social channels. Large version can be viewed here.

Nice behind the scenes video from The Mill NY. Mill Touch shows the creation of their interactive multi-touch, smart glass display showcasing The Mill’s body of work. Located in The Mill’s NY office it’s sure to impress clients.

My good friend Henry Iddon has been a busy boy of late, he’s been photographing across the globe from the wilds of Kendal, Mont Blanc in France, Iran all the way to China covering an incredible diverse range of subjects. He’s created a great portfolio of work which can be seen over at henryiddon.com.

He’s a multi talented chap is our Henry, he has been a member of the Great Britain Speed Skiing Team (pb 176kmh), has been involved in mountaineering exploits in Europe, Asia and Alaska, and has had success at an elite level as a racing cyclist.

He’s a thoroughly all round good bloke as well.

His personal work is held in collections by ; Kraszna-Krausz Collection, National Media Museum, UK; The North West Film Archive, Manchester Metropolitan University; Scottish National Screen Archive; George Eastman House, Rochester, USA; State Library of New South Wales, Australia; Banff Centre for Mountain Culture, Canada; Centre for Contemporary Photography, University of Arizona, USA.

The above is a trailer for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by ex-Pixar animator William Joyce. It looks amazing with loads of interaction throughout the app and really rich animation and graphics. Check out Moonbot Studios as well.

I know what I’ll be purchasing and playing with tonight!