How cool would it be to see a building in a real estate ad or a 3D Mario on a Nintendo standee using this technology?! The technology is from HITlabs at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and was used for the Wellington Zoo.
One of our preferred suppliers, Metropolitan Fine Printers and its research and development arm, Enviro Image Solutions (EIS), were big winners at Print Action’s 2008 Environmental Printing Awards (EPA), taking top honours in three categories — the highest number of awards won by any printer in Canada.
Wanna know when your buddy’s online? Now there’s an easy way with the Availabot, a physical representation of presence in Instant Messenger. Availabot plugs into your computer by USB, stands to attention when your friend comes online and falls down when they go off. And because they’re made in small numbers, you can customize your Availabot to look like you. Check it out in action!
RSS is a term that’s been floating around for awhile now — the little orange icon is a ubiquitous sight on web pages, blogs, and most up-to-date browsers. Yet despite its highly visible presence on the web, very few average users have an idea of how RSS is useful to them, or what role it might play in the larger picture of interactivity. This post is meant to summarize what RSS is, what it’s for, how you can use it, and why you might even get excited about it.