Interesting bits that have caught the eye(s) of the NYT this year include: Eye-recognition advertising technology... Bicycle Highways... Man-made Trees... Zombie defense strategies... and more. Not necessarily the most mind-blowing stuff in every case, but many are things that I had not seen ...

Via Neatorama. Sniff projects a CGI dog in a shop window, interacting with passerby. The dog was created in Blender, the open-source 3D suite which is interesting; been thinking about learning it. People on the sidewalk are monitored by an ...

More inspiring work using the Processing visualization language. Processing.org has lots on show, here's just a few: Balldroppings is a delightfully simple environment where you create soundscapes with bouncing balls. Terre Natale (Exits 2) is a six screen installation ...