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TweetFuel. A new(ish) experiment from Stinkdigital.

Posted: July 30th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Advertising, Creative, Design, Digital, Technology | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Tweetfuel from Stinkdigital on Vimeo.

TweetFuel is an Arduino-controlled experiment that uses the Nike+ FuelBand to measure the health of our Twitter account.

This is something I meant to write about a long time ago. I also wanted to write a detailed and smart post about how and why the project came about, what it’s meant to say about Stinkdigital, how we had to get Nike onboard because we do a lot of work for them, maybe share some details about how and why we simplified the site design to make it feel less like a ‘product’ launch, how we used HTML5/JS, Arduino, Python, and the coverage we got in FWA, FastCo Create, FastCo Design, and lots of other magazines and blogs.

But time has passed, it’s was launched almost 3 months ago now…. so all you really need to know is that we got it from concept to working prototype in 5 days.

Whenever someone follows, RTs or mentions @stinkdigital, our custom made motorized kit spins a mounted Nike+ FuelBand.

So far the video has had 24,100 plays — and I’m still super happy with it as a piece of work.

http://tweetfuel.stinkdigital.com/

Retweets count. (So do mentions.)


Why can’t real TV ads be this good?

Posted: January 20th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Creative, Funny, Web | Tags: , | No Comments »

I think this might be my favourite video on YouTube.

Every so often I find myself watching it again. It’s nuts, but there’s so many moments in it I love. Anyone else feeling it? Just me then?? I don’t care….

“Warp me to Halifax”


BBC Stargazing: A Short Guide to Stars

Posted: January 18th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Creative, Design, Visual | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

[Best viewed fullscreen]

This video diagram was created After the Flood for BBC Stargazing LIVE, a nightly broadcast hosted by Dara O Briain and Prof Brian Cox that celebrates the wonders of our night sky. Last night I found out that there’s a Black Hole at the centre of our galaxy. Who knew??!

Anyway, I love seeing such awe inspiring (and potentially complicated) stuff being communicated so clearly. It’s a complete joy.

After the Flood are all about ‘helping companies communicate data to their customers and clients’. Not a bad start I’d say.

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The Animals House of the Rising Sun (Old School Computer Remix)

Posted: December 4th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Creative, Design, Digital, Music, Technology | No Comments »

You may have heard classic tunes recreated on barely functional pieces of electronics before, but this is a really impressive effort.

All made using:
a. HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 OS as the Vocals. (hey, the scanner is old)
b. Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope as the Organ
c. Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope as the Guitar
d. Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal

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EDIT

I quite like this as well.

Daft Punk Derezzed (from the Tron Soundtrack) performed on 5 Hard Drives.


CNN Ecosphere

Posted: November 29th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advertising, Creative, Design, Digital, Social, Technology, Visual | Tags: , , | No Comments »

WEBGL Twitter visualisation + real life holographic installation data eye candy goodness.

The goal of CNN’s Ecosphere [cnn-ecosphere.com] by Minivegas and Stinkdigital is a real-time Twitter visualization that aims to reveal how the online discussion is evolving around the topic of climate change. More specifically, the visualization aggregates all Twitter messages on the topic of #cop17 (in case you wonder, this is an abbreviation for “The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)”.

The online visualization consists of an interactive 3D globe, described as a “lush digital ecosystem” that closely resembles the look and behavior of real plants and trees in nature. In practice, the virtual plants in the 3D Ecosphere grow from those tweets that are tagged with #COP17. Each tweet about climate change feeds into a plant representing that specific topic or discussion, causing it to grow a little more.

The result thus becomes an mesmerizing, real-time visual representation of how the world “sees” climate change (try clicking on one of the tweet messages), or… an interactive Tron-like Lindenmayer forest, whatever you fancy the most.

http://cnn-ecosphere.com/

by Minivegas and Stinkdigital.

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A Little Village goes Global

Posted: November 28th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advertising, Creative, Social, Web | Tags: , | No Comments »

With one simple Facebook stunt this little town is now on the map as a tourist destination.

A lovely example of people connecting with people, not brands.


Address Is Approximate

Posted: November 28th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Creative, Digital, Visual | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.

Gorgeous.


A Study of Time

Posted: November 24th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Creative, Design, Digital, Visual | Tags: , | No Comments »

‘A Study Of Time’ by rAndom International 2011 from rAndom International on Vimeo.

A gorgeous installation that uses light, it’s presence and it’s absence, as a medium for the representation of time.

A vividly illuminated autonomous algorithm magically reveals the time of the day, re-imagining the principle of telling time from falling shadows as a contemporary light installation.

http://random-international.com


ASICS NYC Marathon – Run With Ryan

Posted: November 13th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advertising, Creative, Digital, Social | Tags: , | No Comments »

Vitro conceived this video wall as part of its campaign for the New York City Marathon.

It shows long distance runner Ryan Hall running at marathon speed across a tunnel in NYC’s Columbus Circle subway station – and challenges the public to keep up.

Lets just say the pace is pretty quick….

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Video Coat

Posted: November 12th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Creative, Design, Digital, Technology | Tags: | No Comments »

The Video Coat is a 60″ LED video display built onto a lab coat.

Why not.