Innovative: March 2009 Archives


Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor of a little thing called the World Wide Web. The video above is from the TED conference, where he talks about the Semantic Web. Its very exciting and humbling to hear him speak about linked data and his vision for the next web. Forget EF Hutton, when Tim Berners-Lee talks you should listen. [via TED]

A Cup of Light

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Form of chemical liquid...form of florescent molecular tea bag...Wonder Twins power, activate! No relations to the cartoon heroes, Korean designer Wonsik Chae's creative light concept in the form of a tea bag is really quite beautiful. "Consisting of a cup filled with a chemical intermediate and a bag containing florescent molecules the light works through a catalyst of this chemical reaction."  [via Gizmodo]
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There is some crazy hot talent online. Kutiman is an Israeli funk musician and producer. And Thru-You is a website where he showcases some masterful-monster-mashups using music tutorial videos from YouTube. Its simply genius

Zillion TV: Hit or Miss

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Zillion TV is yet another startup in the internet TV arena who plans to offer streaming movies and television directly to your tube via broadband connection. The company has already struck deals with major Hollywood studios and TV networks, such as Disney, 20th Century Fox, NBC, and Sony Pictures. What makes this service unique is that Zillion doesn't require you to buy expensive equipment or pay monthly subscription fees. With a minimal activation fee of $50 you will receive the Z-bar, a box that connects your TV to ethernet, and a fancy laser remote, which will give you access to a library of up to 15,000 TV and movie titles.  [via CNET]

Moodwall

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The underpass of a bridge is usually synonymous with dark and sketchy.  However the pedestrian underpass, seen above, located in Amsterdam is quite luminescent. A media architecture collective, called Urban Alliance, created a 24 metre long light installation that interacts with the people that pass through. Very cool! [via Design Milk]

The Origins of 8 High-Tech Names

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Did you know that Hulu translated to Indonesian means "butt"? How about that Blackberry was almost named "Leap Frog" or "StrawBerry"? Click here to find out the origins of how 8 companies came up with wacky brand names like Wii, TiVo, or Hulu.

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