tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69362922024-03-14T04:17:05.642-05:00Disordered CogitationsThe ruminations and ramblings of an information technology squatter.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-974383738147227902009-03-09T08:23:00.002-05:002009-03-09T08:26:14.151-05:00EyeBorgIn the "Smart Prosthetics" department we have the Eyeborg, a digital camera embedding into a human eye socket. From the <a href="http://singularityhub.com/2009/03/06/eyeborg-video-enabled-prosthetic-eye-fuels-privacy-debate/">Singularity Hub</a>.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-19830092567265529832009-02-14T12:06:00.005-05:002009-02-19T08:05:27.991-05:00TED 2009 PhotosFor later use:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2ovG0Y7f0">Steelcase Walkstation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/pages/view/id/6">TED Prize Winners</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/17787343@N00/sets/72157613591121975/">My Flickr Set</a></li><li><a href="http://popculturenerd.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/curious-case-benjamin-button.jpg">Benjamin Button</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rickshawbagworks/3260892995/">Poster Wall</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rickshawbagworks/3260860177/">Aptera</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/feria/3254337449/">Regina Specktor</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jeffclavier/3257278050/">Electric Motorcycle</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tedconference/3259317335/">Eric Lewis</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3262487410/">Grandpa Brad Pitt</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibits/images/mullins-xl.jpg">Aimee Mullins</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3261612973/">PW Singer</a></li><li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wa-j/3258765553/">Bonnie Bassler</a><br /></li></ul>----<br /><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part_Types">Standard Biological Parts</a>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-46740139885853181292009-02-13T18:56:00.012-05:002009-02-14T12:17:41.985-05:00TED VideosJust aggregating some TED2009 videos for later use:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKNtfACKNzk">TED 2009 Conference Titles</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/255">TED Prize<br /></a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBJ5M6RxynE">Robin w/Einstein</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfV4R4x2SK0">SixthSense Wearable Computer</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2y7k7I6zg">TED 2009 Balloon Eulogy</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDWD3VwxVg">Bill Gates Mosquito Launch</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2ovG0Y7f0">Aptera Test Drive</a><br /></li></ul>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-56790256008039200902009-02-12T12:33:00.003-05:002009-02-12T12:37:42.217-05:00StelarcFollowing on the theme of bionics, my friend Mandy pointed me to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelarc">Stelarc</a>, a performance artist who specializes in machine control of the human body. In one case, he connected his arm electronically to the internet and let the web control its movement. He has also had a cell-cultured ear implanted on his arm.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-30335995293996777252009-02-11T18:26:00.003-05:002009-02-11T18:40:35.375-05:00Bionics, or Body HackingHuman performance augmentation (bionics) was one of the themes at the <a href="http://www.ted.com">TED conference</a> last week. I recently listened to a podcast of <a href="http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3776.html">Tim O'Reilly's eTech2008 keynote speech</a>. He mentioned Quinn Norton and her <a href="http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1441">I Sing the Body Electric</a> talk about body hacking. Brain augmentation is going to be significant over the next few years. Combining these two with ambient computing is a path to the singularity.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-26516480430412966832009-02-11T18:18:00.006-05:002009-02-11T23:18:22.562-05:00TED Overview<div style="border: 1px solid black; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><p>I went to <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TED</a> last week. See my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17787343@N00/sets/72157613591121975/">Flickr set</a>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/SZNdj4w22TI/AAAAAAAAAbI/JWVaDRjmonM/s1600-h/ted_logo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 53px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/SZNdj4w22TI/AAAAAAAAAbI/JWVaDRjmonM/s400/ted_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301684057459317042" border="0" /></a></p><p>I was impressed at how upbeat, optimistic, and energized this conference was. There was general and specific recognition of the current recession, but a general feeling was that innovation and entrepreneurship are the solution. TED was about innovation and entrepreneurship, and thus TED sees itself as leading the country back to better days. These are people of genuine good will, of superior vision, and ample means to make things happen.</p> <p>I was also struck by some trends across a number of talks. Robotics: surgical robots, artistic robots, military robots, brain science robots, animal robots. In all, I believe there were seven talks that were in whole or in part about robots. This is a trend well worth investigating.</p> <p>Another trend was human performance. There were several talks about bionics or “smart” prosethics that don’t just bring the disabled back to normal, but give superior abilities to “normal” humans. Bio-engineering is closely related. Not just in growing replacement tissue, but in creating new human tissues that have never existed before. In essence, creating new human DNA for superior performance. Together these two disciplines have tremendous implications for how we will work in the near future.</p> <p>I have a sense that some of these trends are on a logrithmic growth trajectory. That is the impact seems very small now, but when it takes off, it will engulf us. People and organizations that can hop on to these growth curves ahead of others with have tremendous advantages over their competitors.<br /></p> </div>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-47534453063097583302008-10-14T10:10:00.006-05:002008-10-14T10:20:31.504-05:00OK, It REALLY begins<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/SPS4CUHYSKI/AAAAAAAAAbA/ygcrnRIrTe4/s1600-h/ParallelKingdom.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/SPS4CUHYSKI/AAAAAAAAAbA/ygcrnRIrTe4/s400/ParallelKingdom.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257029014947121314" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Parallel Kingdom is a geo-located mixed-reality warcraft-like game. See the <a href="http://www.parallelkingdom.com/videos.shtml">videos</a>.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-47969379161167679492008-07-23T13:46:00.000-05:002008-07-23T13:47:18.247-05:00Social Software Map<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/2564571564/sizes/o/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/2564571564/sizes/o/</a>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-53588263413405618372008-01-31T07:22:00.000-05:002008-01-31T07:43:37.977-05:00Designing Interactions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/R6G_YpUs__I/AAAAAAAAAVA/CPqpy9txJxE/s1600-h/Moggridge_Bill-07.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/R6G_YpUs__I/AAAAAAAAAVA/CPqpy9txJxE/s200/Moggridge_Bill-07.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161617078073753586" border="0" /></a><br />Just listened to an <a href="http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/">iTunesU</a> lecture given by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Moggridge">Bill Moggridge</a>, of <a href="http://www.ideo.com/">IDEO</a>, to the <a href="http://hci.stanford.edu/cs547/past/years.html">Human-Computer Interaction Seminar</a> at Stanford. He talked about his book, <a href="http://www.designinginteractions.com/book">Designing Interactions</a>. Three models he talks about are:<br /><ol><li>"Enthusiast - Professional - Consumer"</li><li>"Manipulation - Locomotion - Conversation"</li><li>"Feel - Do - Know"</li></ol>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-8962354828233694602008-01-12T12:50:00.000-05:002008-01-12T14:07:29.260-05:00CES SummaryHere is a quick video overview I made of <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/default.asp">CES</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xhx_2t1-cEc&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xhx_2t1-cEc&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-48069531887992465232007-12-19T21:37:00.000-05:002007-12-19T21:43:17.831-05:00Now, just which singularity are we talking about?<a href="http://yudkowsky.net/">Eliezer Yudkowsky</a> gave <a href="http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3386.html">a great overview</a> of the three competing theories of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity">technological singularity</a> at the <a href="http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/series/singularitysummit.html">2007 Singularity Summit</a>.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-66377726648435536312007-12-17T18:37:00.000-05:002007-12-17T21:09:17.872-05:00Five Scraps of PaperHere are five suggestions, made to me by my friends, which I have carried around on slips of paper for a couple of months. I put them here just to remember them.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.swapdrive.com/">SwapDrive</a> - for sharing files over the internet</li><li><a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/">Google Webmaster Tools</a> - just what you think</li><li><a href="http://handbrake.com/">HandBrake</a> - for converting my home movie DVDs to my iPod to show my mom</li><li><a href="http://www.fox.com/bones/">Bones</a> - get the complete first season DVDs</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Man">The Third Man</a> - watch it before going to Vienna</li></ul>Now I just need to find time to do something with this list!acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-87018129139122013712007-12-12T09:07:00.000-05:002007-12-12T09:11:23.617-05:00Into the Virtual Blue YonderMy friend, Bob, pointed me to a book I am putting on my reading list:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Virtual-World-Changing-Reality/dp/1403984123"><b class="sans">Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality</b></a><br /><br />by Edward Castronovaacadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-68989010044713831872007-11-10T21:16:00.000-05:002007-11-10T21:25:06.306-05:00Larry Lessig at TED<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/RzZn7VBF_aI/AAAAAAAAAU4/xOD6kcmldNE/s1600-h/lessig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_UvGpXEcwsvk/RzZn7VBF_aI/AAAAAAAAAU4/xOD6kcmldNE/s200/lessig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131403094386933154" border="0" /></a><br />I just watched <a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/view/id/167">Larry Lessig's TED talk</a>. WOW! Not only was the content of his talk brilliant, his use of historical analogy was stunning, and the presentation slides were pure genius. It was a masterful production. I am going to practice his style in my next presentation.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-28137644953526172152007-11-08T07:38:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:47:18.979-05:00Don't let the Bozos Grind you DownGuy Kawasaki, in a talk to O'Reilly's 2007 MySQL Confernece, entitled <a href="http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail1867.html">The Art of Innovation</a>, lists 9 rules of Innovation.<br /><ol><li><strong>Jump to the next curve.</strong></li><li><strong>Don't worry, be crappy.</strong><br /></li><li><strong>Churn, baby, churn.</strong><br /></li><li><strong>Don't be afraid to polarize people.</strong><br /></li><li><strong>Break down the barriers</strong>.<br /></li><li><strong>“Let a hundred flowers blossom.”</strong><br /></li><li><strong>Think digital, act analog.</strong><br /></li><li><strong>Never ask people to do what you wouldn't do.</strong><br /></li><li><strong>Don't let the bozos grind you down.</strong><br /></li></ol>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-88996768663086365952007-11-08T07:22:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:34:57.472-05:00Mapping LifeJuan Enriques in his 13 October SALT talk (<a href="http://blog.longnow.org/2007/10/13/juan-enriquez-mapping-life/">summary</a>, <a href="http://beagle.monkeybrains.net/longnow/salt-recordings/salt-020071012-enriquez/salt-020071012-enriquez_web.mp3">mp3</a>) made an interesting comparison between agriculture and energy. It used to be that in agriculture we threw bigger machines (tractors, combines, etc.) and chemicals (pesticides, fertilizers) at the little plant. Then in the 1960's we changed the plant itself -- the green revolution. By changing the plant itself, we solved the food problem we could never solve by throwing more machines and chemical at the plant.<br /><br />Now consider hydrocarbon fuels (coal, oil). We are currently throwing more machines at them (digging deeper, oil extraction from shale, etc.). But what if we could change the coal itself? Could we make a bacteria that eats coal or oil and excretes natural gas? Just let them loose in a coal mine or oil shale and harvest the natural gas. Or could we genetically engineer the bacteria in the ocean that absorb carbon out of the air to also absorb hydrogen out of the water and produce hydrocarbons for us? We could build power generation plants that run off of air and water and a domesticated bacteria.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-85246620779870509752007-10-18T07:44:00.001-05:002007-10-18T07:54:06.186-05:00Everything is Misc/Links are Enough Video<a href="http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/everything_is_miscellaneous_ex.html">Dave</a> pointed me to a new video that makes the point of hyperlinking and tagging solves the misc problem.<br /><object height="366" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-4CV05HyAbM&rel=1&border=0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-4CV05HyAbM&rel=1&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="366" width="425"></embed></object>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-31719149195514241152007-10-18T07:15:00.000-05:002007-10-18T07:24:59.387-05:00Video Mashup at Different Scales<a href="http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2007/10/video-art-whims.html">Bruce</a> pointed me to this:<br /><object height="366" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nS3W9YOuh5A&rel=1&border=0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nS3W9YOuh5A&rel=1&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="366" width="425"></embed></object>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-2532532639926064602007-10-18T06:46:00.001-05:002007-10-18T07:05:34.522-05:00Storage is our Past, Present, and Future<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/going_bollywood">Jonathan has an interesting piece</a> on the value of past data in the present, and how we need to preserve the present so the future has a rich past upon which to draw. He makes two points.<br /><ul><li>Analog films from the past, when digitally remastered to DVD in the present, give the viewer a higher quality viewing experience than the original viewers experienced.</li><li>The production of a digital full-length movie in the present requires 1 Pedabyte of storage</li></ul>Future rendering systems will increase the quality of the present data, so we will naturally want to store all of our data for future exploitation.<br /><br />This will be true not just for the film industry, but for all sectors. For example, the current value to present genealogists of a 17th century parish register of births, marriages, and deaths, far exceeds the value of the register to the priest who recorded the data.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-90490622966674249222007-10-15T12:41:00.000-05:002007-10-15T12:44:51.921-05:00Seeing Magnetic Lines<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070927-magnetic-birds.html">National Geographic reports</a> that bird migrate by looking at the earth's magnetic field lines.<br /><blockquote>Scientists already suspected birds' eyes contain molecules that are thought to sense Earth's magnetic field. In a new study, German researchers found that these molecules are linked to an area of the brain known to process visual information.</blockquote>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-10724276669603575612007-10-15T12:28:00.000-05:002007-10-15T12:46:42.584-05:00Thinking Second Life into Action<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/15/braincomputer-interf.html">BoingBoing points</a> to Keio University research that allows a person to operate second life, just by thinking about it.<br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KhCBZcq58c0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KhCBZcq58c0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-12856158924813788992007-09-25T15:14:00.000-05:002007-09-25T15:19:58.870-05:00IWB on Social RobotsIrving has an interesting <a href="http://www.irvingwb.com/blog/2007/09/playing-serious.html">post on robots</a> in virtual social networks. He sez:<br /><p><em></em></p><blockquote><p><em>The Huggable</em> is a robotic communication avatar designed for social interactions, education, healthcare and other applications. It is essentially a very cute teddy bear, with a sensitive skin, embedded "intelligence" (i.e., hardware and software), wireless communications and the ability to see, hear, speak, touch and move. But what I find so compelling about <em>The Huggable</em> is that it can operate as an autonomous personal robot and as a semi-autonomous robotic avatar that is part of a human social network, providing a much richer set of interactions to the members of the network than is possible using PCs and similar devices. </p> <p>There is a lot of activity in intelligent, autonomous, mobile robots for entertainment, education, protection and many other applications. Applications range from helping doctors and nurses perform their duties better (even remotely), to providing assistance to the elderly for improved mobility and strength (e.g., vacuuming, helping in getting out of bed, even companionship). Aging populations around the world are a big driver of personal robot products and applications. </p> <p>The concept of semi-autonomous robots integrated into a social network is new, at least for me. But once you start thinking about potential applications, many come to mind, in areas as diverse as family communications, healthcare, education and entertainment. </p> For example, imagine faraway grandparents being able to interact with their young grandchildren who are holding and playing with <em>The Huggable</em>. You can talk, read stories and sing to them. You can (virtually) hug them. You can watch and listen to their reactions as well as <em>sense</em> the way they hold and touch the teddy-bear-like device. Imagine a similar scenario with soldiers stationed around the world, being able to interact with their young children in a far richer, more emotional and satisfying way than a phone conversation. Or imagine the help it could provide children not getting enough nurturing and stimulation from their parents, by enabling family members, professionals or volunteers to get involved in their care.</blockquote>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-74235747704873591422007-09-25T07:49:00.000-05:002007-09-25T07:52:08.297-05:00Virtual World News3PointD has two interesting postings. The first discusses the <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/data/Sm4H4JsOtha6vb-KDxuBJ2-">virtual Vietnam War Memoria</a>l in Second Life and the second speculates on the Google Earth virtual world.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-41704604999624299812007-09-24T06:36:00.000-05:002007-09-24T10:10:45.259-05:00Bin Laden Word Cloud<a href="http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/bin_laden_word_cloud.html">Dave</a> pointed me to a interesting <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/SgoRsIsOtha6nbkUaAnyI2-">ManyEyes visualizatio</a>n of Bin Laden's recent speech.<br /><br />I registered and uploaded the Gutenberg.org Alice in Wonderland. Guess which words are most frequent before clicking. . . <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/Sm4H4JsOtha6VbEhicrBJ2-">here</a> or <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/Sm4H4JsOtha6kb-P5gsBJ2-">here</a>.<br /><br />Here is some <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/data/Sm4H4JsOtha6vb-KDxuBJ2-">population data</a> to play with from the Census Bureau.acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936292.post-33265310366477655112007-09-19T07:10:00.000-05:002007-09-19T07:25:32.411-05:00Fight for Kisses<a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/09/13/fear-the-baby/">Doc</a> pointed me to a very clever <a href="http://www.ffk-wilkinson.com/">Wilkinson</a> advertisement using avatars for actors. I understand that creating advertisements in virtual worlds is much less expensive than hiring a sound stage and actors. Virtuality is beginning to become mainstream. Video courtesy of <a href="http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x2x3ef_fight-for-kisses_creation">DailyMotion</a>.<br /><div><object height="406" width="520"><param name="movie" value="http://dailymotion.alice.it/swf/3iORabNuxRfmpkzzh"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><embed src="http://dailymotion.alice.it/swf/3iORabNuxRfmpkzzh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="406" width="520"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x2x3ef_fight-for-kisses">Fight for Kisses</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://dailymotion.alice.it/fight-for-kisses">fight-for-kisses</a></i></div>acadachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070303193914779789noreply@blogger.com0