Information Maven: Greg Meyer

Graham Roumieu makes beautiful illustrations that zing, but only when you look at them for a little while. The piece above is a great example of his wry sensibilities. (Perhaps it is an apt measure of his distinctly Canadian humor.)
See more at http://www.roumieu.com/

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Tiletoy is a prototype for a new kind of game based on LED tiles. The possibilities are endless: puzzles that rearrange themselves depending on proximity to other pieces (or other puzzles); puzzles that give encouragement during game play; or puzzles that just look cool.

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This experimental camera is an amazing advance in the field of photography. By placing a small light-sensing array between the CCD sensor and the main lens, the camera captures data for several potential photographs at once. In addition to the traditionally captured image, this design can reapply the metering information from other portions […]

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Whatever you do, dontclick.it.
This site is a fascinating usability experiment and design study for the use of non-clicking metaphors in online content. Even when I tried not to click, I managed to click a few times.
Enjoy!

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Explanations abound for the exploits of a physics professor who lies under a bed of nails while an assistant breaks concrete blocks, plunges his hand into molten lead, and other tricks.

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