Webwatch Issue 209

Webwatch Issue 209

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Objêts

*soap bubbles + ferrofluid + macro lenses + #arduino = lovely visuals

a bike tyre that self inflates as you cycle

wacom's new graphics tablet isn't a graphics tablet (its a pen, with ink)

a nice ultra-minimal business card


space bling: astronomers discover planet made of diamond. wouldn't say i'm an extreme sports fan, but this wingsuit jump is pretty amazing (esp around 1:40)

Photography

*family portraits. in a splitscreen photoshop mashup style

Software:

man vents his anxieties about turning 30 by making a scrolling arcade game about it. don't let them catch you!

flickr now does "geofencing" to allow you to ringfence photo locations with higher privacy.
what happens when two artificially intelligent chatbots talk to each other? (it gets weirdly hostile and surreal).



World Events

dude, where's my war? bored american student joins libyan rebels

thanks to ben c for link.

keep watching...