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Another Cyberpunk Sky

William Gibson began Neuromancer with the line “the sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

Perhaps he had something like this in mind:

y3ayk | Another Cyberpunk Sky | Digital Cortex

Image Source: Andrew Rochfort.

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Movie Guns Replaced With Nintendo Zappers

HQUvK | Movie Guns Replaced With Nintendo Zappers | Digital Cortex

I love these, and with E3 on at the moment, a reminder of our low fidelity past - Movie Guns Replaced With Nintendo Zappers via Buzzfeed.

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Underwater Mushroom

Thought this was a cool discovery. It’s the first report of a mushroom species fruiting underwater, according to Wired.com’s 10 New Species Discovered in 2010.

There are a few others featured too, but I just love the idea that these things have gone unnoticed in the scientific record for so long. The cheeky buggers!

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Slow Motion Breakfast Explosion

Here’s a cool bit of branded content from Bruton Stroube who, working on behalf of their client Marlin Network, sought to create an interesting means of driving buzz around an annual breakfast event. The results have made me very hungry.

Breakfast Interrupted:

Behind the Scenes:

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3D Evolution of Mobile Phones

Did you all see this yet? It’s preeetty damn cool, both as branded content and cultural statement.

I’d never thought of projection mapping on small-scale before. Bonus points to you, Vodafone!