Fast Company magazine are on the hunt to find out who the most influential people on the internet are. In a week where Old Spice have received much praise for their campaign this grass roots approach also has a strong incentive for users to be sharing branded content. With an interesting interface to check out and the chance to be featured in the magazine maybe its time you found out how influential you really are…

Fast Company, Influence, Interface

“A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.”

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3d, CG

During the Apollo lunar missions from 1968 to 1972, those onboard were given 16mm cameras and told to film anything and everything they could, in space, in orbit, and on the surface of the moon itself. Two decades later, filmmaker Al Reinert went into the NASAvaults to create this incredible film set to a soundtrack by Brian Eno.

I love that after years of grueling training and selection processes to get to the moon and then when they finally get onto it’s surface, they become big kids!

Moon landing, Space, video

Xerox researchers have invented a kind of ink that can conduct electricity and be used to put electronic circuits on top of plastics, film, and textiles. That means in the coming years we’ll be able to wear or bend our electronics. You could even print out your electronic gadget on plastic sheets, as if you were printing a document. Continue reading about this here…

Electronics, Ink, Technology, Xerox

addLib by wowlab. If ever there was an app that was after my job, this is it!

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App, iPhone

On Friday 29th January, the Creative Forum became a Pecha Kucha event where five presenters from around the business talked about a (very) wide variety of subjects. Pecha Kucha is a new way of presenting, as an antidote to dull Powerpoint presentations. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

After a brief intro, the presentations began, varying from the reality behind being in a touring band to a lesson on how nuclear weapons work (!) Once every presentation finished there was a period of time to discuss and ask questions and at the end of the entire Forum, we spoke about how it all went and where we could use it in the future. A big thanks to everyone who came and especially those who volunteered to present – we plan to post the presentations online soon so watch this space.

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Saw this program at the weekend and wanted to tell everyone about it! I thought it was really interesting, informative and a good watch. Have a look at it and let me know what you think, enjoy.

Internet, Interviews, Technology

The blogosphere is alive with chatter about the iPad, Apples revolutionary touch-screen device finally unveiled yesterday after months (years) of speculation. Does it live up to the hype? Is it going to revolutionise the way we live? Or just accelerate the demise of print? All these and more besides?

Join in the conversation, leave us a comment and let us know what you think!

Bobby from Kitsune Noir is vocally reserving judgement. Nina Kix thinks it severely lacks Windows. Gizmodo doesn’t know what to think. Twitter is generally awash with the obvious joke…

Apple, iPad, Tech, Touch screen

Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Demo from Stargate Studios on Vimeo.

Incredible Compositing! I honestly had no clue its use is as widespread as this shows…

3d, Film, virtual

‘An autumn’s tale’ by Leonardo Dalessandri

This is just one of many many videos appearing, as digital SLR’s are rapidly gaining the technology to efficiently save enough data to make video production possible. More and more these cameras are able to record in full HD, at qualities much higher than similarly priced video cameras. For around £1500 there’s the 7D, which makes video cameras at twice, three times the price look terrible. The only drawback so far seems that they can only record for relatively short segments. But just look at the quality, and segments can always be shot in pieces and edited together. These cameras not only take an awesome shot, but they feel intuitive, more human than a video camera often can, and with the ability to relatively easily change lenses and their overall better sensitivity to light,  they add a whole extra dimension to what usually can look pretty cheap and flat. I know what’s on my christmas list for next near, thing is, can I really wait that long…?!

It really feels like we’re finally going to be able to get something much more resembling ‘real’ film, for a smaller budget. I had the fortune to ‘have a go’ on the 7D, which Mr Hepper in studio has bought himself, and now I’m hooked…

For other videos showing this kinda thing, search for vimeo canon 5D or canon 7D. there’s some really really nice film being made with stills cameras….just be sure to watch n HD.

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