The UX Collective did a lot of great work looking at the upcoming UI’s for autombiles at IAA 2019 in Frankfurt. Check out what’s coming down the line at the link below.
https://uxdesign.cc/automotive-ux-highlights-from-iaa-2019-31fc0d97ef19
Ever see those perfect pictures of famous place and wonder where/how they were taken?
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hotel-room-views-instagram/index.html
It’s no secret that Eastern Oregon is a fantastic, barren landscape full of plains, deserts, mountain ranges – and most of all – solitude. The Wallowas Mountain area is located in the far NE corner of the state and is a wonderful area to get away and enjoy the outdoors far from big city tourist.
JO Paddle (which stands for Joseph, Oregon), a family-run paddling outfitter that launched in fall 2018, offers a guided two-hour Wallowa Lake Monster Expedition that takes visitors out under the cloak of darkness, with just the lights of the glass-bottom kayak to illuminate the way.
Mysterious Lodging is a recent guest house that opened in Kyoto. The building houses 11 themed rooms each costing 7,500 yen (US$70) per night, each large enough to fit up to two people.
On the wall of the Horror Room is a dial that adjusts the level of uncanny occurrences produced, starting from the “off” position where nothing happens and all the way to “3” where even the bravest of souls would think twice about staying. The real fun begins after 7 p.m., however, as that is when maximum-level scariness begins
Room of Plenty has the walls completely covered with numerous buttons and switches. Hitting the switches produces different sounds, allowing customers to experiment and combine different elements to enjoy a delightful auditory playground.
The Room of Scenery projects more than 20 surreal videos onto its windows.
Learn more about all their different room here: https://soranews24.com/2019/09/16/mysterious-guest-house-opens-in-kyoto-features-11-different-bizarre-rooms-full-of-oddities/
Composite Films and LivePixel create one of the best time corrected and colorized versions of old footage around. Take a step back into 1900’s Paris.
With VR, are we going to need expensive gym memberships anymore?
About 30 miles south of Niagara Falls, just below the Canadian border in northwestern New York, inside Shale Creek Preserve about a half-hour drive south of Buffalo, lies a hiking trail with an unusual payoff, if you can find it: Eternal Flame Falls, a waterfall tucked away in a grotto that contains a natural “torch” about 8 inches high.
The ground at the base of Eternal Flame Falls emits a steady supply of natural gas, which rises from deep below the surface up through fault lines and into the open air. This, in turn, is what lights the flame, found on the waterfall’s right-hand side about 5 feet up from the creek bed.
The flame is visible year-round, but the waterfall can run dry in the summer and often is only fully flowing in the spring. If you go right after there’s been some decent rainfall, you’ll get to enjoy the waterfall’s full effect.
The flame stays lit on its own, but bring a lighter just in case — occasionally it goes out, in which case it’s your duty as a good citizen to relight it. It ignites quickly, with a distinct “pop,” so maybe try one of those extra-long candle lighters if you’re nervous.
Actor/impressionist Jim Meskimen recites “Pity the Poor Impressionist” poem in 20 celebrity voices. Not only that, but using increasingly flawless deep fake technology by SHAM00K, his face starts becoming the very people he impersonates.
FutureDeluxe was at Google Developer days in China – and showed off an interesting new display. Morph and construct pottery all by body motion.
Issuu is an online site that has tons of really high quality scans of periodicals, comic books, rare books, and all kinds of media.
In looking for some original Blade Runner information, I was surprised to find they had some Syd Mead art books and comic books. Amazing resource, but not sure how they’re managing copyright law.