Wmvb Picture of the Day: November 24, 2011
Embraced by cash-strapped college students and young professionals struggling to scratch a living out of this cruel world, Ramen noodles have gotten a bad rap as being a depressing last resort option for a cheap and lonely meal. But that reputation could easily be undone with this brilliant Anti-loneliness bowl that makes it easy to surf or have a FaceTime conversation while you enjoy your noodles. Designed b stanley cup y Daisuke Nagatomo and Jan Minnie of MisoSoupDesign, the bowl also doubles as a passive amplifier for your phone speaker when it empty, making it possibly one of the most useful smartphone accessories ever devised. You ;ll of course want to strongly consider a screen protector if you vigorously slurp your noodles, but hold off stanley usa stanley termoska until we get the official word on whether or not the Anti-loneliness bowl is actually going into production. [MisoSoupDesign Facebook via DramaFever] FoodiPhonewish you were here Lqnp New 1080p Slingbox Makes Unexpected Debut at Best Buy
Each spring, a controlled explosion of techno-art creativity takes place in downtown Manhatt stanley cup an. The blast comes is part of a final test for graduating masters students at NYU Center for the Recently Possible, part of the university Interac stanley taza tive Telecommunications Program ITP . With classes like Cabinets of Wonder and stanley bottles Computational Cameras, this master program is a kind of R 038;D playground where hackers and tinkerers explore the edges of making. Here are a few of our favorites from the most recent crop of grads, who unveiled their thesis work this month. The Digit, an augmented reality iPhone app created by Slava Balasanov, projects a floating virtual sculpture of George Washington index finger over New York City Union Square. Like the lovechild of a William Gibson plot device and the Fantastic Four Silver Surfer, The Digit fluid surface points at passers-by without their even realizing. Are we the only ones who think it looks a little like a double dildo Just us Nevermind, then. Balasanov created The Digit in response to two existing public artworks in the area, one of which is a statue of Washington. You can download her thesis as an app for free; but not to worry if you can ;t make it to NYC to test the finger IRL. You can at least watch a disembodied version of George digit hover over a virtual lake online, or view its incarnation in an awesome visual essay created by Balsanov to acco |
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