Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds On The Internet

Including: 

• 695,000 Facebook status updates;
• 694,445 Google Search queries;
• 600+ videos uploaded to YouTube;
• 81 iPad’s being sold. 

Quite incredible, but maybe not surprising. Makes you imagine what the numbers and subjects will be at the end of 2012..

(via Business Insider.)

The End is Near : Last Group Project @ Hyper Island

And so the time has come where we have ended part 1 of the Final Project at Hyper Island! Our group presented to our client: Bukowskis last Thursday, and the 7 weeks for this project have now ended. They have gone by extremely fast, and we have learnt a lot, laughed and had loads of fun, and had our share of least good times. I was really happy I got to work with my three great team members during this last project at school, where I felt I have learnt the most at Hyper Island. Our team and their roles were:

• Me: Project Management & Strategy 
• Malin Lindvall : Design & Copywriting
• Fia Matsson : Design, Post-Production & Construction
• Richard Herries : Project Management & Tech Development

A quick summary of our brief and solution we created for Bukowskis with photos are below.

Brief: ” How can Bukowskis reach new customers using digital media? (While keeping the current ones) “

Solution: After extensive research and gathering important insights, we decided to create a campaign focused on Bukwoskis Market - their online auction site. We called it “JU NÄRMRE DESTO BÄTTRE” and we built an interactive installation with motion detection and light sensors, that would be placed in the streets of Stockholm, Malmö and Gothemburg.

Work in Progress - Building the front part of installation

Work in Progress - Building the technology running behing the installation

Work in Progress - Installation seen from behind

Work in Progress 

Work in Progress - Installation seen from behind

The finished product, ready for showing off!

The group at our working desks during these 7 weeks, FL : Fia, Malin & Richard

The installation in action & testing

Ready for client presentation to begin!  

— It’s sad and scary that this journey at Hyper Island is going so fast, and is coming to an end. Tomorrow the Final Project part 2 begins, where we are free to work on any project we wish and with who we wish. We have 7 more weeks left before the official time for internship begins in November. 

“Magic Mirror” by the  The New York Times Co.’s R&D Lab

Now this is a kind of technology I could certainly live with. I would especially find it helpful during the morning while getting ready in the bathroom to find out the latest headlines that morning.

This video shows the latest experiment from the lab, where  Brian House, The Times Co.’s Creative Technologist for R&D, demonstrates the data-bearing mirror. The device uses Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing technology to read physical cues from its user; it uses voice recognition technology to detect verbal cues. The mirror also uses the the Times’ powerful APIs to serve up information on-demand.

The device, within its notional home, would replace the standard bathroom mirror. And like the R&D Lab’s screen-topped table, it’s all about bringing a new kind of intimacy to the news experience. You can use it, say, to browse Times headlines, or watch Times videos, while you’re brushing your teeth. 

Via Niemen Lab

The Sound the Universe Makes : TED Talk by Janna Levin

Perfect post to end the day with, and go to sleep.

I loved this video because of how much it triggered my  imagination and thoughts into how possibly the universe could have a soundtrack, and what it could sound like. Days go by so fast now, I feel, it’s like I never take as much time as I like to think and dwell on these amazing natural features of the world, that are so far, but exist. There’s nothing like dreaming and picturing in our head how such an amazing thing like the galaxy has a life of its own, while we are down here living our crazy busy stressful lives, while the universe will live on after us, until some day at least.

Turn to min 10.50 to hear the prediction of the sound of the universe by Janna’s research team.

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We think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack — a sonic composition that records some of the most dramatic events in outer space. (Black holes, for instance, bang on spacetime like a drum.) An accessible and mind-expanding soundwalk through the universe.

Good night!

Introducing Aer Studio - an interview 

Interview I did during my work shadowing at Aer Studio, in Barcelona with José, Héctor & Daniel, 3 of the 5 members of the company. This was a chance to ask some further questions I had before and during my time shadowing the developers Héctor & Daniel.

Aer Studio an interaction studio in Barcelona developing concepts and interaction for digital interfaces ushered by the idea that interaction between humans and computers should aspire to achieve seamlessness. They work with clients such as Sonár Festival & collaborations with Frog Design.

They are a small studio who stays true to their long established values of having a family like feeling, and creating high quality projects based on advanced techniques through research in the area they choose to explore. 

Some of the team members have started their own school in Barcelona, similar to Hyper Island where they teach interaction / multimedia design. 

And find the other two members of Aer Studio, who were not able to be present for the interview here: Cristóbal & Nikoline.

Follow Aer Studio here: www.aerstudio.com & @aerstudio. 

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Work shadowing was a compulsory part of Specialization 1 module, where I picked Technology. This was the part of the module I learnt the most, and one of my favorite parts at Hyper Island so far, where you get a great insight into how a company of your chosen specialization functions.

 New Adidas campaign raises the bar in 3d Mapping Projection - France

Adidas has launched last Wednesday its global brand campaign with this slogan “Adidas is all in”. Super projection sharing the brand spirit of Adidas and the ‘coolness’ of it even more, with this jaw dropping attempt to emotionally connect the brand to the public.

Via The Cool Hunter

Specialization 1 module ends today with work shadow presentations

So the 4 weeks of Specialization 1 are over. During this time, where I chose to dwell into technology and programming as a specialization, I discovered another side of me I didn’t know.  This was that I actually enjoy to code, I believe this is because now I understand the why and how of using certain elements in code, and know what they mean. This was really important for me, and was the key for me to ‘crack’ this fear I had of coding.

Specialization 1 was one of my favorite modules so far, because I learnt the most, and got to spend 5 days in a real working environment thanks to the compulsory work shadowing that I completed at the fascinating Aer Studio (photo above) in Barcelona alongside José, Hector & Daniel.

Below are some images from yesterdays presentation about the three Toolboxes we had to complete, also compulsory for this module, and from today’s presentations, regarding our work shadowing experience. As part of this last presentation today, I showed a video of an interview I filmed at Aer Studio, kindly conceded by José, Hector & Daniel that I will be posting here soon.

Per at Technology Toolbox presentation yesterday

Ou ‘presentation area’

Fia presenting her work shadowing

 Great ending to the Technology Specialization 1 module…for the weekend

You could see a beautiful sunset from outside the Hyper Island 4th floor window today.

Now for some Hyper beer time :)

Presentation time on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th next week, and the module is officially FINISHED!

It’s day two of my Technology work-shadowing at interaction studio Aer Studio, and I am loving it.

Great people, super interesting projects, and I feel I am really learning about the development process here. The office is super cosy too. AND it’s sunny outside.. :)

A couple more days to go!