Links for 08-11-08

Looks like there are some really interesting applications appearing for the Android mobile platform...

Mobilizy - Wikitude AR Travel Guide
"The truly compelling feature is the augmented reality cam view, users may hold the phone’s camera against a spectacular mountain range and see the names and heights displayed as overlay mapped with the mountains in the camera. Users may look out of an airplane window to see what is down there. Users may walk through a city like Seville, Spain, holding the phone’s camera against a building and Wikitude tells what it is."

BreadCrumbz
This Android application creates sharable sets of photographic route directions using the phone's camera, GPS and compass.


The EchoNest continue to amaze me with what their code can do and how much of it they release...

echo-nest-remix - Google Code
A Python API from the EchoNest for remixing audio using their analysis software. So you can do things like...

   beats = audioFile.analysis.beats 
   beats.reverse()

Tempo and key distribution for more than 10000 tracks from the EchoNest
"Left: Tempo distribution for more than 10000 tracks in all styles (spikes are at 120 BPM, and 100 BPM). Right: Key distribution for the same tracks (from C, C# to B, where blue is minor and red major). Most popular keys: C major, A minor, and G major. Least popular keys: Eb minor and F# major: No surprise…". Personally, I don't mind Eb minor.


Food!

Mix your custom-mixed muesli
"Your custom-mixed muesli. Mix your very own cereals online. We ship it right home to your place."

inamo restaurant, Soho, London
"Diners place orders from an illustrated food and drinks menu projected on to their table surface. You’ll set the mood, discover the local neighbourhood, and even order a taxi home.". I think I might have to visit this.


The future of our planet...

Biodivertido: Flickr creating polygons out of points, what about species distributions?
OK, he's actually suggesting doing this properly, but I like the idea of getting species distributions from Flickr photos of wildlife.

homecamp / FrontPage
"Home Camp is an unconference about using technology to monitor and automate the home for greener resource use and to save costs."


And finally...

IDEO Labs » The Incredible IDEO Global Chain Reaction Experience
Watch this video of a worldwide, multi-site, physical and virtual Rube Goldberg (trans: Heath Robinson) machine from Ideo.


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