RiP: A remix manifesto

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:08:20 +0000

Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age.

Watch from here…

How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:47:45 +0000

“The documentary makers have shown that all major problems in science today depend on networks. Network theory can explain how economic markets function, how societies change; it can predict the spread of the next flu virus and yes, it may even help us to cure cancer. And the documentary makers test network theory for themselves in the course of the program.”

Part 1

Connected: The Power of Six Degrees – Part 1 from gephi on Vimeo.

Part 2

Connected: The Power of Six Degrees – Part 2 from gephi on Vimeo.

Part 3

Connected: The Power of Six Degrees – Part 3 from gephi on Vimeo.

Shai Agassi’s Electric Dreams

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:37:27 +0000

It’s great when the car of the future is also the car of the past. Electric vehicles have existed since the 19h Century, but for numerous reasons have not been mass produced. Petrol companies have been in bed with car manufacturers and politicians for many years and this has hindered the rise of the electric car. But issues relating to battery and charging logistics have also plagued its popularity. There are many arguments for moving away from oil reliance, and many still have faith that electric cars will inevitably rule the roads. One man on this crusade is Shai Agassi, and here delivering the 2009 Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lecture, he outlines how through smart business, improving technology and changing public policy, the revolution can commence.

Shai Agassi is the founder and CEO of Better Place, a company specializing in the global distribution of electric vehicles and services. He was recently included in TIME Magazine’s list of the one hundred most influential people for 2009.

Full Flash video ( 57 mins)

ABC FORA site link for download

Piracy is Good?

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:22:03 +0000

Lecture by Mark Pesce at the Australian Film Television and Radio School about the future of TV distribution in the age of P2P networks (102mins).

Still Life

admin — Thu, 24 May 2007 07:46:44 +0000

A pill-popping, over-caffeinated driver accidentally hits something. Panic-stricken, he seeks help in a strange and desolate town that offers very little in human kindness.

AUCD National Launch Sydney 8th August 06′

admin — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:11:07 +0000

Community Geographic Domain Names (CGDNs) provide the world’s first intuitive, standardised naming system to enable better access to local community, tourism and business information to help facilitate social, cultural, economic and sustainable benefits.

Bathurst Website Local Launch

admin — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:05:44 +0000

The Bathurst Community Website went live on April 7, 2006 and it is intended to “be a place where the community of Bathurst are encouraged to contribute content and ideas to make www.bathurst.nsw.au dynamic, interesting and relevant.”