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Aug 26
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2010 U.S. CENSUS: Latino Advert

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While working as Associate Creative Director at Shilo, Changethethought partner Mike Slane co-directed and lead animation efforts for this fun and playful broadcast spot for the 2010 U.S. Census. Focused on the latino audience, this spot combines live-action, character design and inventive animation to create a city made of clay.

The advert targets America’s Latino population, which consists of nearly 47 million people and comprises the country’s second largest (and fastest growing) ethnic group. It would be nice to see a similarly creative advert for the forthcoming UK Census, perhaps developed by squintopera or such like…

Aug 25
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Walk Through Time: London 1890

By historic london, london, walking through time 3 Comments

Walking Through Time is a SatNav for historical maps: A phone app that combines GPS technology with old maps to allow users to literally walk through time. It is one of the best apps we have used and the good news is it now covers the whole of London.

The concept is great, rather than look at a Google maps you can pick London 1890 and see what London was like from your current location. Of course it could be that your in a field or a marsh and that’s the beauty of the application, it brings history to life.

The app has been developed by the Edinburgh College of Art to look at how smart phones are beginning to change the way that we navigate physical and social spaces. Platforms such as the Apple iPhone and Google Android that contain GPS (Global Positioning Systems) technology are becoming a powerful research platform for exploring rural and urban landscapes.

At present the technology tends to provide a series of primary services; satellite navigation to allow users to travel effectively from one place to the another, or ‘locative’ services that allow users to find people or places of interest close by them. However, the systems sustain a technological and temporal determinism to show users in maps of the present as though they should feel that they are navigating a simulacrum of ‘actual’ space.

The London edition is only available for a limited time so we recommend grabbing it now and walking through the streets of London as they were in 1890. The developer Dr Chris Speed is hoping to extend the project and include more maps to eventually include global coverage. If you have a historic map you would like include then do get in touch with Chris via the Walking Through Time site.

You can download the free app from iTunes.

Aug 25
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Walk Through Time: London 1890

By historic london, london, walking through time 3 Comments

Walking Through Time is a SatNav for historical maps: A phone app that combines GPS technology with old maps to allow users to literally walk through time. It is one of the best apps we have used and the good news is it now covers the whole of London.

The concept is great, rather than look at a Google maps you can pick London 1890 and see what London was like from your current location. Of course it could be that your in a field or a marsh and that’s the beauty of the application, it brings history to life.

The app has been developed by the Edinburgh College of Art to look at how smart phones are beginning to change the way that we navigate physical and social spaces. Platforms such as the Apple iPhone and Google Android that contain GPS (Global Positioning Systems) technology are becoming a powerful research platform for exploring rural and urban landscapes.

At present the technology tends to provide a series of primary services; satellite navigation to allow users to travel effectively from one place to the another, or ‘locative’ services that allow users to find people or places of interest close by them. However, the systems sustain a technological and temporal determinism to show users in maps of the present as though they should feel that they are navigating a simulacrum of ‘actual’ space.

The London edition is only available for a limited time so we recommend grabbing it now and walking through the streets of London as they were in 1890. The developer Dr Chris Speed is hoping to extend the project and include more maps to eventually include global coverage. If you have a historic map you would like include then do get in touch with Chris via the Walking Through Time site.

You can download the free app from iTunes.

Aug 24
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Panoramic Robot

Sky-Watcher/Papymerlin Panorama Robot

By N810, Panoramas, panoramic mount, Papymerlin, Papywizard, sky-watcher No Comments

Below is a demonstration by Aaron Estrada of his panoramic Sky-Watcher/Papymerlin Panorama Robot. The system is based on a Sky-Watcher alt-azimuth non-goto telescope mover with a shutter release port built right in to the the head. The head is controlled wirelessly via a Papymerlin serial to bluetooth adapter module, all controlled via a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet (very neat):

Aaron states that the kit, all-in, is still less expensive than any other dedicated panorama robot on the market yet in many ways more flexible. For example, it can be programed to do custom shooting patterns, “gigapans” and even time-lapse. The software has a great GUI and integration on the N810. On top of it all, the Papywizard software is open source and written in Python, so if one has the chops they can hack it to customize it anyway they like.
You can see more of his panoramas here: 360cities.net/profile/hyperfocus, the majority of Aaron’s panoramas are usually produced with Virtual Sets and Image Based Lighting in mind. As a result, most of the his panoramas are available as floating point HDR images.
We like this a lot, especially the bluetooth link to the N810 and the results speak for themselves.

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