This Brainwave-Activated Camera Automatically Records What Interests You

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At the recent “Human Sensing 2013” conference in Japan, an iPhone-based camera system that is triggered and controlled by brainwaves was unveiled.



The “Neurocam” requires the user to strap on an iPhone in order to connect brainwave sensors to his head—these sensors would then measure the level of interest the user has about the thing he is looking at based on his brain activity.



Measuring interest on a scale of 0 to 100, the Neurocam’s camera shutter will be triggered once it registers brainwaves that go above an interest level of 60.



Keeping a record of what truly interest its user, this high-tech camera plays back imagery in the form of 5-second GIF animations.



Watch the video below to see it in action.















[via PetaPixel]

Photographer Stages Clever Visual Puns At Paris’ Subway Stations

French photographer Janol Apin has created an amusing photographic series of visual puns that plays on the names of the Metro stations in Paris.



By cleverly staging scenes that relate to the various stations, he provides a refreshing perspective from which to view these familiar public spaces and invites one to reflect on the subway stations names that they take for granted.



Although some of the images require a certain proficiency in French, many of them are self-explanatory even to English speakers.



For instance, a man in Roman garb is depicted at the station “Rome”, while a white-wigged French aristocrat stands “Palais-Royal”.



Head over to the photographer’s website for more of his Parisian subway visual puns.







































[via My Modern Met]

In China, The ‘World’s Largest Ball Pit’ Is Filled With One Million Balls

To help raise awareness for breast cancer, the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, attempted to create the ‘world’s largest ball pit’.



Measuring at 82-feet-long by 41-feet-wide, a total of one million pink and green balls were used to fill the pit, which is also the hotel’s swimming pool.



Would you like to jump in?































[via My Modern Met]

This Disturbing Video Shows The Incredible Amount Of Photoshop Used In Magazines

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We’re all familiar with magazines employing Photoshop wizardry to touch-up celebrities and models in their pages, but this video, which reveals the amount of digital manipulation used, will shock you.



In the video, an attractive, normal-looking woman is transformed into a human Barbie doll with the help of hair and makeup products, and an intense Photoshop session.



Viewers watch as the woman’s short blonde bob becomes a cascade of artfully tousled golden curls framing her heavily made-up face. Her neck is then lengthened, eyes widened, stomach trimmed and breasts given a lift, while her thighs and bottom are slimmed down, and her skin given a dewy, sun-kissed glow covering every inch of her body.



The result is a lifeless, plastic mannequin rather than a living, breathing human being. The 37-second clip is an edited version of a video created by Global Democracy, a site that provides views on global issues.



While airbrushing movie and pop stars is not unheard of, this is an extreme example of unrealistic beauty standards in the fashion industry that begs the question: how much is too much?



Watch the video below.





















[via Yahoo Shine]

Adorable Street Art Featuring The Minions From ‘Despicable Me’

Street artist Ernest Zacharevic was in graffiti-intolerant Singapore for a month-long residency—to avoid stiff penalties, he was only able to make his art on private property offered up by supportive citizens.



Among the artworks that he left behind in the city, one of the most eye-catching—and possibly, the most popular too—is a trio of concrete block street dividers that have been painted to look like the much-loved Minions from movie Despicable Me.



When transforming the concrete blocks into the jumpsuit-wearing yellow creatures, he has cleverly included a pile of bananas around one of the Minions, alluding to their funny obsession with the fruit.



You can view images of the other artworks Zacharevic completed in Singapore on his Facebook page.



















[via My Modern Met]

LOL: The Dos And Don’ts Of Men’s Fashion

To help us guys make better fashion choices, designer Jessica Saia created a handy photo guide.



Titled ‘The Dos, The Don’ts, and the Oh God, Please Don’ts of Men’s Fashion’, it humorously illustrates the clothes and accessories that guys should and shouldn’t wear.



Check it out below:



























[via The Bold Italic]

The Helvetica Font Made Entirely Out Of Colorful Candies

London-based designer Samuel Carter Mensah has created “HelvetiCandy”, an awesome version of the famous typeface that is made entirely out of colorful candies.



Created for “sheer love of the typeface and candy”, this is technically not a real font, but a Photoshop file with separate layers for each letter.



A refreshing update of a classic typeface, Mensah states that this project “is an venture to bring the the normally unseen colorful, childlike and lively essence of the Helvetica typeface”.



You can now download HelvetiCandy in exchange for a tweet or a post on Facebook.



































[via CreativePro]

‘The Best Logos Of The 20th Century’ Presented In A Wonderful Animation

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Logos can change a brand’s image, generate hype, and symbolize change. What are the best-designed logos of the 20th century?



Korean student and graphic designer Yun-Sik Hong made a marvelous motion graphic video that showcases his top picks. Watch it below.



































[via Yun-Sik Hong on Vimeo]