The Eight Ball [8Ball]

Lookie what we have here Intels new 6 core, 12 thread processor — the 3.33GHz Core i7-980X. I can feel Nez working out the cost estimates now for his next upgrade and if he really can part with that last kidney of his  At least for the majority of us we can look forward to this and kind of ‘#’s of processor overkill’ to be in our future box/laptop in a few eons time.

More unmanned then manned aircrafts being purchased by the States signals a turned towards Skynet supremacy. 24 cadets at the Air Force Academy received the first wings awarded in the institution’s history for pilots specializing in unmanned aerial systems and other remotely piloted aircraft. Prepare to be terminated.

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About 6 weeks back in the height of summer having already laid down a brew of beer with Nez that it was time to see just how easy it was to do the same with Cider. Conversations with various people led me to the simplest recipe imaginable:

• 1.5kgs Apples
• 5.7L Purified or Boiled Water
• 1kg White Sugar
• 3 Lemons
• (I added a fresh Nectarine off the tree outside)

Tools:

• Couple of Buckets
• Muslin Cloth (had to substitute a tea towel)
• Plastic Bottles
• Time

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via Kottke

And yes yes, I know that The 8ball is merely becoming a dumping ground for any kind of online video that crops up but seriously that is some impressive green screen effects going on right there. Makes you wonder when they will reach the point where by every single thing is green screened aside from the actors (that is until we perfect that too).

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This is something of an eye opener for what is possibly in store for us in the later part of this century. With mobile computing/Internet increasing at a lovely rate (all be it else where in the world) there are already a number of iPhone apps that allow for some form of Augmented Reality. Keiichi Matsuda explains:

The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it.

Less a little of the extreme advertising and this system would actually help us ‘connected generation’ to keep the umbilical cord flowing with juices from our always awake, always waiting friend the Internet.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

UPDATE

Another video that came out today about bing maps, shows live video being augmented over top of a street view image. Very impressive, scroll to 3mins for the build up.

Look at that sweet sweet apple 2, not only that but a kick ass gameboy as well!