Friday 30 August 2013

This survey is so easy, a monkey could do it

This is the link I used on my Facebook (and now, I guess, my blog) to send out my survey. It was a fairly easy tool to use, and I found the customization tool quite interesting, though would have liked to have spent more time playing with that before I used it professionally.

Thursday 22 August 2013

TimeToast Timeline of the Internet



This is my (brief and annotated) timeline of the history of the Internet. I found the TimeToast tool to be interesting to use, and personally found it to be a passable program, if a very glitch-y one.

Thursday 15 August 2013

Virtual Re-battle-ty



A massive version of the Virtuix Omni that I previously posted about, complete with 'pain replicators' (paintball guns) and body-tracking movement.

If that excited you as much as it did me, here's the full video, courtesy of The Gadget Show:

Next 'steps' for virtual reality



An interesting video about the Virtuix Omni, the 'next step' in virtual reality. While the Omni is still in its prototype phase, it's a great look at how Kickstarter, a new communication technology in itself, can be utilised to create more technologies.

Thursday 8 August 2013

Sherry Turkle - Connected, But Alone? TEDTalks



Sherry Turkle presents her TED talk about new communication technologies, and how these technologies are redefining human relationships with each other and ourselves, and our relationships with the technology itself.