Google has recently launched Google Sky. Included within Google Earth 4.2, the SKY mode allows you to explore galaxies far-far away, the sky right above your location and perhaps even design flaws on the Death Star.
Posts Tagged ‘web’
Google Sky
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Saving Wasting energy 1 search at a time
Friday, August 17th, 2007
Thanks to my good friend Rocha (read the comments below) who pointed out a few articles / studies about this black screen energy-saving claims. It actually seems like black screens end up using more – not less- energy than white screens… Here’s the original post anyways
Heap media brings us Blackle, a google based search engine that helps us save energy every time we do a search.
In their own words: Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. “Image displayed is primarily a function of the user’s color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.”
Since it’s powered by Google, its searches still deliver the same results we’ve come to love…
Google Streetview
Friday, June 1st, 2007
I finally took a look at Google’s new Street View addition to Google Maps and it is truly amazing: you have a 360-degree street view which can be panned just by dragging on it. Just place the little fellow wherever you want to and take a peek of the city.
Why go visit places now when you can just sit on your behind and click your way through the world?
City Wall
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
I just came across the City Wall on display in Helsinki. The wall “is a large multi-touch display installed in a central location in Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface for the everchanging media landscape of the city.” Content from YouTube and Flickr is gathered, displayed and updated in realtime while users navigate the content based on intuitive gestures.
For more info, check this link out.
I remember seeing some early clips of the same type of display being developed at MIT a couple years ago. Very cool seeing it operational and open to the public (or are they trained stand-ins?).
Via [electro plankton]
Baghdad Mapping
Monday, April 16th, 2007
I just came across this BBC interactive map of the violence in Baghdad.
It is both disturbing and fascinating to see the progression of violence linked to specific locations in the city. The statistics are from Iraqi Body Count and you can read more about their methodology in their website.
View the interactive map here.
My Maps Google
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Google has launched ‘My Maps’, where the creation and distribution of customized maps is a very simple process. ‘MyMaps’ gives you the ability to draw lines, create polygons and insert placemarks with just a simple click. Images and video can be embedded onto the description window as well (you’ll have to do it manually though). So, it won’t be long until we start seeing some very interesting mappings of cities. Guy Debord and the situationists would’ve been delighted.
Stuntmen
Friday, March 30th, 2007
I found this flash stress reliever yesterday. Needless to say, I beat the heck out of the guy in 1.5 minutes…
Check it out here
via [DESIGNFLOOD]
We Feel Fine
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar have been harvesting human emotions from blogs since 2005. It’s quite impressive.
Check the site here