Public messages have got to be one of the most effective ways to raise public awareness. Most people have the correct instincts, just need to be reminded once in a while about their priorities or world happenings.

This is an especially neat way to do some culture jamming. I like it not only because the inner geek in me loves taking cheap electronics and repurposing them, but also because it doesn't involve any destruction of public/private property.

Disposable Camera Flash Billboards
http://www.hactivist.com/flashpoint/index.html

Since we're looking to make some cupcouture t-shirts for the fun of it, I scoped out a site that does one-off digital printing to t-shirts. http://www.zazzle.com. We'll see how it works.

If this isn't the future of photography in 5 years I don't know what is. Absolutely awesome.

http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/lfcamera/

The crazy thing is that it was done with off the shelf hardware. (albeit some construction needed past that and not cheap hardware) The ability to refocus a picture after you take it will completely change photography, this is a bigger shift than film->digital by far.

Some interesting facts on the changing PDA / Smartphone market. The landscape is changing quickly as hardware is becomming less expensive. It's just a matter of time until everyone can afford a smartphone.

Although, it's also interesting to note that the vast majority of units shipped in 2005 are "feature phones", which support basic SMS and some email, but that's about it. Smartphones and PDAs are still a small percentage of the market.

http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=162600037&flatPage=true

Some interesting facts about a new air-powered car.



- 200Km range on a single tank
- Tank costs about 2EU to fill (Aprox $3)
- No emissions, No combustion
- Oil Changes once every 50,000Km

http://www.theaircar.com/