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9 massive banks just teamed up to take the technology behind bitcoin mainstream

Nine of the world's top banks have formed a partnership with New York startup R3 to develop the "fabric" of blockchain in banking.

Yep. That was quick. In a certain way.

Elastic Man

Interactive webtoy from Adult Swim put together by David Li features an elastic Morty head which you can stretch and pull to your hearts desire.

Try it out for yourself here

Ona alışveriş listesini verince market alışverişini o yapıyor..

When he gives her the shopping list she does the grocery shopping.

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#FridayFunFact: VR & AR are fast becoming the latest digital trend (and next marketing platform target). This is an interesting projection of what the market could be like for VR/AR apllications.

1995 Video of Virtual IO’s I-Glasses. Virtual reality Head Mounted Display

5 Demos Where Code Meets Music

Latest Nat & Friends showcases a selection of web based experiments exploring sound and music (plus a couple of Google assistant easter eggs):

Music is a fun way to explore technologies like coding, VR, and machine learning. Here are a few musical demos and experiments that you can play with – created by musicians, coders, and some friends at Google.

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tele-present wind

Installation by David Bowen reproduces realtime wind data with a collection of mechanized stalks:

This installation consists of a series of 126 x/y tilting mechanical devices connected to thin dried plant stalks installed in a gallery and a dried plant stalk connected to an accelerometer installed outdoors. When the wind blows it causes the stalk outside to sway. The accelerometer detects this movement transmitting the motion to the grouping of devices in the gallery. Therefore the stalks in the gallery space move in real-time and in unison based on the movement of the wind outside.

May-September 2018 a newly expanded version of tele-present wind was installed at Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao and the sensor was installed in an outdoor location adjacent to the Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab at the University of Minnesota. Thus the individual components of the installation in Spain moved in unison as they mimicked the direction and intensity of the wind halfway around the world. As it monitored and collected real-time data from this remote and distant location, the system relayed a physical representation of the dynamic and fluid environmental conditions.

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Related: Another project by David from 2012 did something similar with ‘Tele-Present Water’ [Link]

Marble machine 

Why virtual reality is perfect for creativity

Second part to Nat & Friends look at Virtual Reality tech, this time focused on how it can be a creative platform, including Tiltbrush, 360 video and Blocks:

In this video (part 2 of a two-part VR series) I explore VR creativity tools and how artists and creators are using them. I do a Tilt Brush chicken dance, play with brains, and help YouTuber Vanessa Hill make a video about how your mind reacts to VR

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Part One can be found here

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