Yes, that crazy designer/inventor/headcase/pr-machine, our very own Jeeves Basu has been at it again. His latest creation is the Impossible Lamp, and you can find out all about it here:
The work looks beautiful and I’m brilliant to see one of our Saints creating something so unique, and getting props from the likes of Boards and Cool Hunting, be sure to spread the word about this project and make Jeeves famous.
Just spent the morning with the nice chaps at Rolling Sound, who were kind enough to let me play with NeuroSky, a headset out of the States that reads brainwaves that can be used to control computer software.
The headset (below) looks like a standard bluetooth-type set of headphones, but has a set of sensors that touch your ear and also one that touches the bottom of your forehead.
After a couple of false starts – at one stage I was beginning to think brain had completely failed – the headset began to pick up readings. It was pretty fascinating to see how the readings changed as I relaxed and then concentrated on a variety of different things. They’ve developed an SDK from which developers can then create applications for the device, and whilst the technology is still in its infancy, its captured my imagination regarding the endless possibilities of this sort of device.
Holler if you want some more information about this, for clients such as the Home Office, NHS, BBC etc. it feels like something that could enhance an experience no end.
As part of an agency-wide initiative this year, the first Tea Session was held here at GLH, featuring up and coming artist Phidel, playing for us in our brand spanking new board room space.
Michael VanDaniker recently posted a a link on his blog to a data visualisation demo that he created for viewing the changing market share of browsers. Its nice,it shows how IE’s share is slowly being eaten away by other browsers, but what’s interesting is that it has been built on an open source data visualisation SDK called Axiis.
Axiis is an open source data visualization framework designed for beginner and expert developers alike. It provides both pre-built visualization components as well as abstract layout patterns and rendering classes that allow you to create your own unique visualizations.
