Curiosities

The greenest graffiti ever

Contemporary artists group together for the coolest DIY project ever. Moss graffiti is eco-friendly as it doesn’t use any aerosols; what the “painting” needs is just a dash of water to thrive.

Check out the results here.

Some data on your favourite city

Whereabouts London is an experiment by the Future Cities catapult in how open data can be used to improve cities – to see how London has grown and evolved and where the future lies. Plus – it has some really insight for us advertising folk. Win Win.

The future of Adobe’s App interaction

Adobe recently released a video in which it showed off forward-looking features for its suite of apps on the tablet. Adobe has been making a major push into the mobile space, releasing new smartphone apps and adapting many of its cornerstone programs for use on tablets. Adobe is betting that it will make the process more accessible to people who’ve maybe never considered themselves creative.

Check it out here

Facebook ‘Safety Check’ tells friends if you’re OK in a natural disaster

Facebook has announced Safety Check, a new feature that lets friends and family know you’re safe after a natural disaster has occurred. When such an event transpires, Facebook will send you a message asking if you’re OK. If you’re OK, you can select a message saying “I’m safe.” In a blog post announcing the feature, Facebook cited the 2011 Japanese earthquake as inspiration for the new safety feature.

A Royal Tweet

The Queen sent her first tweet from the Science museum in London last week – where she opened up an exhibition about the information age. @BritishMonarchy account, read: “It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @ScienceMuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R.” Unfortunately she was trolled almost instantly by user @WolfgangDikface with a curt “f*** off” by a user which the broadcaster showed live on BBC News.

Google Glass user treated for internet addition

A patient is currently being treated for addition to google glass as he began to suffer withdrawal symptoms when prevented from wearing it, and dreamed he was still wearing it. The man had been using the technology for around 18 hours a day – removing it only to sleep and wash – and complained of feeling irritable and argumentative without the device.

Cycling activists awareness stunt

A group of cycling activists have built bamboo car skeletons to demonstrate space taken by single occupancy cars. Based in Latvia and part of the Let’s Bike It biking advocacy group, this stunt was designed to highlight the absurdity of using a large car to move a single person.

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