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Seven reasons why jocks rule? Another nice style experimentation by Nike; Drawingstyle this time. But again, very well done. Check out the flashy Nike 6.0 // Why Jocks Rule. You can also download music, wallpapers and othe nice multimedia, or find your photo, check out ,
Designish flashy Lexus Hybrid Living explores new ideas of how we can experience our lives in such a way that minimizes our impact on earth without sacrificing comfort and luxury. This involvement is the way forward for advertisers, the way to really make a difference. Lexus Hybrid Living
Japan's Bandai is selling a small, handheld gadget called the Shape Up Advisor that helps the user (it's targeted at Japanese teen girls) count calories, do exercise and reach fitness goals.
To celebrate the release of The James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD collection and the Buy Bond Get Bond Free promotional period, the film companies have launched an interactive insight into the James Bond world using Google Earth technology. Users can click on individual film titles to open up a chronological walk through each of the classic 20 Bond films or visit the virtual lot at Pinewood Studios, and see some exclusive images from the real home of Mr Bond. The Google Earth James Bond plug-in can be downloaded here.
And here's the cross-promotional website for James Bond Casino Royale and Smirnoff Vodka. The work on modeling the 3D and Flash bottle of vodka is impressive, but it's very heavy to load. Too bad.
Last but not least there is the online strategy game released by Sony to promote the movie Casino Royale. Everything at first sight looks pretty cool, however the game is extremely slow to load, and you need an opponent who wants to play against you.
Samsung has launched a new mini-site called Samsung K5 MP&freedom to promote its K5 phone. Nnicely designed and it tries to cash on user-generated content. The challenge is to create a music dance video uploading a picture of a friend or of your grandma... the best video will win a K5 phone.The best part of the site is the advergame, inspired to Super Mario Bros.
The new Nokia 6131 gives everyone the chance to explore the phone and also "Color The World", with an ever-expanding navigable canvas and excellent paint-box. Check out Nokia 6131- 'the phone that feels as good as it looks'.
A brief interactive tour of the higher dimensions - progressively harder to imagine the higher up you go. We know the 5 dimensions, but what are numbers six to ten?? Here the dimensions thing is explained clearly and concisely. Fascinating storytelling in Flash. Learn everything at Imagining the Ten DImensions..
A huge archive of Jeopardy! questions.
This site maps the streets, sites, and significant boundaries of late sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century London. You will see many of the theatres and landmarks of Shakespeare's time, and learn about the history and culture of the city in which he lived and worked. See the Map of Early Modern London
A simulation that displays the carbon dioxide emission levels of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates - all in real time.
Beautiful photography Fron the Ground, From the Air, spend some time here viewing incredible artworks. See David Zimmerman Photography
Researchers announced today that they've built the world's first invisibility cloak, although the fine print may disappoint science-fiction fans. The device works only in two dimensions and only on microwaves.
Every man's dream... 8 very very lightly dressed grils lying on the beach, and you're allowed to touch them... checkout the jukebox version to see how this works, make and record music ...and scare the girls. Play a touching song for those with no sundown at Ooooooouch.com.
Volkswagen has introduced a Tarot reader to read the future in your cards online, checkout Eos Tarot.
Interesting SMS service that sends scheduled alerts via text messages. Free, I think. Text messages queued up with ohdontforget.com will be delivered at the date & time specified, unless you specify "now", which will send the message instantly.
Where do you want it? Get your tattoo here. The videogame Crusty Demons has a nice gimmick site where you can design your own tattoo in The Tattoo Palour add your girlfriend's name and put it on your shoulder, back, front or bottom. You can also send it or convert it to your personalised wallpaper.
In south-central New Mexico lies Three Rivers, where between AD 900 and 1400 over 10,000 petroglyphs were created by the Jornada Mogollon .The world's first atomic bomb exploded in 1945 at the nearby Trinity Site, White Sands Missile Range .This animated film by Karen Aqua explores these opposing forces and their relationship to, and effect on, one another.
90% of the UFO videos are either explainable, or outright hoaxes. But the 10% that are clear and are not explainable are amazing. Two unusual UFO videos have puzzled everybody. One video from China gives a clear image of a UFO over an apartment block that suddenly disappears . The second is the "Alien Gurney" video, from the 40's in Roswell where dead alien and human bodies were shown on film.
Always interesting: the Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2006. 2005, 2004 and 2003-
Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands are developing a "superbus" that goes 155 MILES PER HOUR and runs on electricity. The aerodynamic bus is low -- too low for passengers inside to stand up -- so every passenger has his own door. The 30-seat bus is the same length and width of a standard city bus, but it's only as high as an SUV. Check out the video.
As part of the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting's 40th Anniversary, iDeutsch created an interactive map of film locations to allow visitors to explore hundreds of film and television locations throughout New York City.
After Virgin's "Exercise your muscle" and Absolut's "Bottle Search", it's now time for M&M to challenge us with "50 Dark movies hidden in a painting". Recently launched in the US, the advergame features a Rembrandt's style painting with a series of visual riddles. Players have to move around the screen and find movie titles represented by the characters populating the painting.
Universal Leonardo is a highly innovative project that aims to radically extend public understanding and appreciation of the deep unity and extraordinary diversity of Leonardo da Vinci’s work in all his fields of endeavour. Universal Leonardo presents a series of linked European exhibitions, some of which are informed by scientific investigations, that reveal new dimensions in the legacy of the greatest visual thinker of all time: Universal Leonardo.
One of the world's most talked about videos of the moment is The Free Hugs Campaign. An inspiring story. Brings joy. (with music by sick puppies). Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, a man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of The Free Hugs campaign became (is becoming) phenomenal. Imagine all the people....
Revolutionizing new product for showing products and films. The Cheoptics360XL is , a 360 degree holographic video display system: a four-sided transparent pyramid, so from every side you can see objects that seem to be freely floating video images and computer graphics - done through surface mirroring and reflections. The pyramid assembles four video projections into a solid image. The system looks pretty impressive, especially because of its rather large dimensions. Check out the video
Flickr Mini-Cards: 100 cards for $19.99. The back is a picture from your Flickr account (up to 100 different (!) ones) and the front is normal business card stuff. Great stuff at Moo.com!
Incredible pictures. Aerial formations of flocks of more than a million European starlings (ehm..those are birds...).
Here's an interesting site for Pontiac Canada to promote the 2007 G5 on which visitors can fool around with their mouse and keyboard to create customized visual and audio representations of the vehicle. There's also a "build your own" section and a contest to win a new G5. Prepare to feel Energized.
The Hottest Viral Video's Chart just simply tracks Google videos, YouTube and MySpace videos to show what the hottest vids are based on counting new links to video urls, and those videos being embedded. Enjoy...check out www.viralvideochart.com , every week at least..
A gigantic meteor crater has been discovered in the desert in Jordan, suggesting that some terrible disaster took place in this area in prehistoric times. We know that an asteroid ended the world of the dinosaurs—could this asteroid have ended the ancient Sumerian world and given rise to ancient legends about end times?
The internet will be a thriving, low-cost network of billions of devices by 2020, says a major survey of leading technology thinkers. "The internet will have gone beyond personal communications", "Mobile internet will be dominant", "increased transparancy will be a benefit to society" - "By 2020 an increasing number of people will be living and working within "virtual worlds" being more productive online than offline"
Discover and share the good things in life. The Best Stuff in the world is an open, organic, polymorphous site which, depending on the user, could take on diverse forms and meanings. The site simply asks you to input your "best stuff" in the world: whether it be a song that inspires you, your favourite little Indian restaurant or the best explication of Kantian aesthetics ... it's up to you!As people share the things they think are best, you'll be able to discover what other people think are cool too. What do you think is the Best Stuff in the world? Check out the BETA version
An interesting 2002 article from the Atlantic Monthly that suggests that American Indians were present in far greater numbers and far more sophisticated populations than archaeology usually claims, and that their agricultural prowess was so great that "the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact." It's a long read, but still interesting.
The Architecture of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These are The Unrealised Projects. Like The building of the People's Соmmissariat of Heavy Industry, The Аrch of Heroes, The Рalace of Soviets and The Рalace of Technology
The "Remember Ring" is programmed to breifly heat up to 120 deg F every hour on the hour on a specific date -- such as your anniversary. It powers itself with a "micro thermopile" that turns heat from your hand into stored electricity that runs its internal clock and the heater.
You have to take a look at these pictures, great artworks! For some nice Photos & Visual Art by Christopher Gilbert check out this page.
In 1946, Salvador Dali and Walt Disney planned a cartoon together. Destino is a six-minute film set to a Spanish song, devoid of dialogue and without a clear story line. It follows a dark-eyed ballerina on a journey among strange objects through a desert landscape in a dreamlike atmosphere.
Burning rubber. Gasoline. Roaring engines. A fast and too furious clip..This interactive mini-site is awesome. If there’s one way to make men dream of fast cars and a load of horsepower under your behind that takes you up one level, this is it. Impressive. Tasty. Mini Site For Audi R8
There are plenty of places you can find television episodes and buzz-worthy clips online... Read article & find links
Google Search - confidential “do not distribute”: you've got to love this set of search results.
