urban explorer

its second life meets minority report. microsoft live labs have created two new applications which offer a beautiful new way to view the world online: firstly photosynth; which networks the enormous wealth of photographical information stored on the web to create a three dimensional virtual representation of the world as seen the the camera lense of you. popular sites, especially landmark buildings, are able to be viewed in extreme detail. architectural history will never be the same… . the second is seadragon; which promises to change the way we use screens…. eliminating the limitations of resolution, bandwidth… i wonder what apple has up its sleeve…. watch the demo its super cool.

i just couldn’t resist posting this one…. genius… quite possisbly the sites new mascot…. not sure who or where this packaged crusader came from but he is indeed worthy of a gold star. transformer

Last year i was lucky enough to travel to finland, where i went to helsinki and jyvaskyla to attend the aalto symposium ‘less and more’. i have finally managed to upload some of my aalto pilgrimage……. get the full tour here