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A super eco/green/climate change friendly city is being designed and built in Dubai. It will run entirely on renewable energy and there will be no cars but solar powered transport pods.

Some gadgets are so amazing that you start to wonder if they’re real. Take this Pulse Smartpen by Livescribe. It records and links audio to what you write.

This man took pictures of himself for 17 years. Now watch the video to see him grow old in front of your eyes.

You probably know the song Smile by Lily Allen. But the songs The Fear and LDN are certainly worth a listen too. Having sold over 2.6 million copies of her debut album Lily was instantly a success as a singer. Besides that she also has her own talk show at the BBC.

Tan Le, co-founder and president of Emotiv Systems, gives a live demo of a mind control device that uses a person’s thoughts to input computer commands.

Friday fun.... “Behind the scenes tour of of an award-winning creative farm, juicing process and distribution in South West England.” Have a good weekend!

The letters of the poem on this wall are made out of climbing holds which were created by artist Leo Estevez. This piece was shown at the Berkeley art museum.

Here’s a funny and attention-attracting wall which follows the moves of the people in front of it.

This is a first peek at an augmented reality virtual pet game being developed for the iPhone. Just imagine how kids could learn to look after their pets or have their own virtual pets play with those of others. The game is not nearly finished but interesting to look at.

Thievery Corporation consists of recording artist and DJ duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Together with their supporting artists they make a blend of different styles of relaxed music. Enjoy!

It’s not that I hadn’t seen this technology before but now it’s becoming mainstream: Jessica Yellin was recorded as a hologram and beamed into the CNN studio during the elections.

Yes, again Friday fun with the Death Star. Only this time it’s not in the Death Star canteen. This time they’re discussing marketing issues. Have a good weekend!

Amnesty International is marking the 60th anniversary of the universal Declaration of Human Rights with a new online film showing the power of individuals to protect the human rights of people all over the world.

I’m going to be away for a week but I ‘pre-posted’ 1 post per day to keep you inspired. Here’s a totally fresh and creative version of Jingle Bells.... Have yourself a merry Christmas!!!

The Buzzball seems like a lot of fun. “At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels.” I wonder how many people get sick while riding it.

The new album Don’t Tempt Fate by Andy Scott is not in stores yet but if you want you can download it with iTunes. Here’s a great old-style jazzy song from his new album: Who Doesn’t Call.

Nokia viNe is a new service for the Nokia N series. You can upload media from your mobile to your Nokia viNe and combined with the GPS function it attaches those files to your location. Based on your location you can also watch and listen to media files of others. It sounds a bit like the virtual sticky notes that I posted in 2006.

Before the movie Man On The Moon I hadn’t heard of comedian Andy Kaufman. To Andy his whole life was an act. In the end nobody seemed to know when he was acting and when he was himself. That’s why when he died of lung cancer in 1984 at the age of 35, a lot of people didn’t believe that it was real. Here’s three videos of Andy and the movie trailer of Man On The Moon.

Jamie Johnson’s documentary about the growing wealth gap and the richest 1% of Americans who own roughly half of the entire nations wealth.

A system of sculptures that is constantly on the brink of collapse. Michael Kontopoulos says about his creation: “My intention was to capture and sustain the exact moment of impending catastrophe and endlessly repeat it.”

The interactive installation mæve was on display during the Venice Biennale. By placing physical project cards on an interactive surface, the visitors can explore an organic network of projects, people and media.

My favourite Did You Know in this video is “It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.”

This is amazing. A woman that has been blind for a decade can now see again thanks to a bionic eye. In the future they even expect to be able to put a cam in the eye instead of using glasses with a cam in it. Must see!

“As a true autodidact Hector Projector learned a few Sunday school teacher tabs in 2005. Some musical sketches were recorded with no respect for true quality at all.” Still, the results are quite cool. Here’s three of his songs.

Here’s Martin Lindstrom again, that we know from Apple And Religion Aren’t That Different. He’s promoting his book Buyology and tells some interesting facts along the way. The bonus video on contextual branding is worth having a look at too.

Friday fun… The website Do The Green Thing tells you why you should stick with what you got. To support this message they made loads of videos. I selected 3 of them for you: 1) Buy An Old Thing, 2) The Old Thing Slide Show, 3) Why The Apple MacBook Air Is Not Essential. Have a good weekend!

Creative director Sol Sender tells the story of conception and birth of the Obama 08 logo, including the strategy behind it, developmental concepts and finalist designs for the identity not chosen by the campaign.

This interactive mirror features proximity sensors, gesturing, and both nearfield and farfield infrared. But forget all that technology talk and watch the video to see what it does.

Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century - The World Water Crisis.

Okay. It took a bit of time before I dared to write this article. The reason was that I thought I was starting to get ‘strange’. Why? Because my body started moving by itself during meditation. On top of that, I couldn’t find any information which told me that this was a normal thing. But don’t worry, everything is fine now… ;-) Here’s the story.

Ted Koppel talks about information overload. The clip is taken from the documentary Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress (1990). As a bonus I added a trailer of that movie (featuring a young Steve Jobs and Al Gore).

Violenn Simon made a book full of drawings of which each drawing is a part of the song People Are Strange by The Doors.

Ken Yeang and Ross Lovegrove show how nature can inspire our living spaces and cities by fusing efficiency and beauty. I especially like the ‘solar tree’ in the video which looks a bit like a tree but also is a true work of art, that’s functional on top of that.

Video gaming is a huge market these days. This presentation gives you a nice update on what’s happening. Good to catch up since I sold both my Wii and my PlayStation 2 within one year.