The New Ideas Report from PSFK

PSFK.COM BRANDING CULTURE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT MEDIA WEB/TECH
DECEMBER 15, 2010   Kaylene Kau's Assistive Appendage An unusual prototype for a prosthetic arm acts as a device to help the good limb.     The Big Book Of Data Protection German architect Jürgen Mayer H. has recently published a book titled 'WIRRWARR,' which contains four hundred different patterns of data protection methods and preprints used by banks to encrypt pass codes or PIN numbers.     Selling Cities As Brands and Products What bringing Brooklyn to Manhattan, and to mass retail, tells us about branding cities, boroughs, their lifestyles and products as 'cool.'     An Alternate Internet and The New Peer-to-Peer Currency Douglas Rushkoff talks about how the shutdown of WikiLeaks could prompt a new decentralized computer network, and the rise of a new virtual currency called Bitcoins.     A Graphic Twist On Best Of 2010 Album Lists [Pics] Illustrator and graphic designer Richard Perez recreated his favorite albums of the year for a refreshing take on the "Best of 2010" list.     Knowledge Capital, An HIV Cure & Immigrants Head To Suburbia [Lifestyle Headlines] Lifestyle and culture headlines from around the web.     Brand Building In China & Online Toy Swaps [Business Headlines] Business news and data points from around the web.     Austerity Protests & Zuckerberg As Person Of The Year [World Headlines] Our daily world news roundup from around the web.     Augmented eBay & iTunes In The Cloud [Tech Headlines] A selection of tech news and data points from around the web.     Internet-Enabled Wooden Drawer Scans And Prints Photos From Twitter A new way of online and offline interaction combines the best of physical and digital mediums.     Floyd Hayes: How To Make A Viral Video Eight pointers on making and promoting content, based on lessons learned from the "John's Phone un-boxing" video.     The Human Body As A Drum Kit [Video] Japanese artist and programmer hacks his body to turn it into a electrically stimulated instrument.     Air Guitar On the Kinect [Video] A British artist-designer creates a working virtual instrument using openFrameworks and open source drivers.     Medical Technology May Lead To A Modern "Smell-O-Vision" Originally developed to measure a person's sense of smell, the Fragrance Jet II could be used for different kinds of fragrance generators in the future.     Sustainability And Embedded Barcodes At Starbucks Inhabitat comes up with a fresh idea to boost sales of reusable coffee mugs and avoid disposable cups.     Inside Bahnhof: The Wikileaks ISP Bunker [Pics] Dug thirty-meters into the bedrock, below the Sofia Church, the ultra-secure facility in the Pionen White Mountains suitably resides in an 'upgraded version of a nuclear-safe shelter that the Swedish civil defense used during the Cold War.'     Monocolumn: Japan Stands By Its Pacifist Defence Strategy Tokyo is preparing to publish its first national defence blueprint in over six years, and it may be ready to countenance a degree of change to its stay-at-home military philosophy.     Tracing The Evolution Of The Blog [Infographic] From early online diaries to the modern micro-blog, a fascinating look at the changing face of the web.     The Game Of Game Design The influx of various Internet-based games has led to the greater meta game of designing such systems of play.     Grant McCracken: Harnessing the Innovation Paradox For some reason, it is when we are free to stop thinking about the problem that we sometimes manage our best work on the problem.     Bacterial Colonies Form Living Circuitry Researchers corral populations of bacteria to perform the same logic functions as silicon.     Betabrand's TSA Scanner-Proof Underwear Keep Privates Private Security and surveillance expert Stephen Russell has created underwear that subtly blurs the outlines and images seen in airport body scanners.     Creative Inspiration From The Behance Network XXXXVVX Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Creative thinkers – the people with the most ideas – often struggle the most with organization and productivity. Behance aims to change that.     The Lost Horizon Night Market Is An Event On Wheels A secret mobile art happening housed in fleet of moving trucks.     Sägen: Jewellery For Future Heirlooms Swedish designer Elin Sigrén makes unique jewellery pieces, cleverly created from discarded china and porcelain crockery.     Friends With Cognitive Benefits: Social Interaction Helps Problem Solving Speaking with others in a friendly, rather than competitive tone boosts the part of the brain that helps us solve everyday problems.     A Kinetic Metropolis [Video] Artist Chris Burden gathered over 1,200 custom-designed cars to race around a massive sculpture-race track.   More Recent Articles Sagmeister's Office Webcam Homepage Hybrid Wearable Device Produces Electricity From Light And Heat	PSFK.com is the go to source for new ideas for tens of thousands of creative professionals each day. We aim to inspires our readers, guests and clients to make things better.  Our events and trends research and innovationconsultancy also provide new inspiration too. About PSFK Reach thousands of forward-thinking readers every day. Advertise here
Visit PSFK     About PSFK     Forward     Subscribe     Advertise     Contact Copyright © 2010 PSFK. All Rights Reserved. 466 Broome St, 2nd Floor, New York NY 10013 USA