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Ribbit – 1st Silicon Valley Phone Co is Now British

July 29, 2008

The Guys over at Ribbit have been aquired by BritishTelecom

Leave a Comment » | Aquisition, Automotive, web2.0 | Tagged: British Telecom, BritishTelecom, BT, ribbit, Silicon Valley Telephone Company, voip | Permalink
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Travis Pastrana and Ken Block Insanity

July 29, 2008

They have redefined loco……

Leave a Comment » | Automotive, Entertainment | Tagged: Car and Motorcycle Jump, DC Shoes, Ken Block, Monster, Motorcycle Flip, Subaru Impreza STI, Travis Pastrana | Permalink
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Pause

July 29, 2008

Having successfully held events in Toronto, Chicago, Hollywood, and Amsterdam, FITC heads to NYC to host PAUSE; an exploration of concept and design within Broadcast and Film. From :30 commercial spots to feature film projects, PAUSE examines the creative and technical approaches of industry leading studios and agencies.

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Leave a Comment » | Entertainment, Watch | Tagged: Broadcast, commercial, Concept & Design, Exploration of concept and design in broadcast and film, film | Permalink
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Take me to Mothership “Eve”

July 29, 2008

History is ready to be written. This is going to be one of space travel industries greatest events in so many strategic ways. Whether we look at technology, design, engineering etc…. this is going to be big. The first flight is in September so keep reading.

Reference: WK2 Rollout PRESS RELEASE FINALMASTER

“Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, today pulled back the hangar doors on the new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will ferry SpaceShipTwo and thousands of private astronauts, science packages and payload on the first stage of the Virgin Galactic sub-orbital space experience.
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Leave a Comment » | Design, Space, Technology, Travel | Tagged: eve, Space Travel, Virgin Galactic, Virgin Mothership "Eve", WhiteKnightTwo (WK2), wk2 | Permalink
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Now where did I park my car?

July 24, 2008

Now if only the system was automated…. I took this picture this past spring when I was walking around Shanghai.

1 Comment | Automotive | Tagged: car parking, car storage, city parking, parking, shanghai, vehicle parking | Permalink
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IDEA 2008

July 22, 2008

Its that time again….. And the Winners Are:>>>>>

“Designs for practically anything may be entered. The subcategories range in scope from small desk accessories to giant mechanical equipment. If your entry doesn’t fit into the category you have selected it will be recategorized. Students must enter in the Student category. Unless otherwise indicated, entrants should use the general entry form.”

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Leave a Comment » | Art, Automotive, Design, Entertainment, Fashion, Music, Photography, Strategy, Technology, Video, web2.0 | Tagged: 2008 winners of IDEA, Design Awards, IDEA 2008, International Design Excellence Awards | Permalink
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2008 Power Beaming (Climber) Competition

July 20, 2008

This has been around for sometime but always interesting. So go out and create a space concept that can climb the product over a vertical distance: 1 km at a speed of 2 m/s, 5 m/s and win a prize purse: $900k, $2 million. Check it out here

Well here’s a video of why