Leith Dock

Creative industries beware. You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice names and shames blatant “borrowing” of creative ideas. Hopefully they won’t notice, but we’ve “borrowed” the example below.

Sour – Hibi No Neiro

Cellcom advertisement by BBDO

More examples of creative sleuthing and unmasking at http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com

A music machine that responds to social media interaction, designed and built in Edinburgh.

Inspired by early 19th century mechanical bands such as the nickelodeon, Cybraphon is an interactive version of a mechanical band in a box. Consisting of a series of robotic instruments housed in a large display case, Cybraphon behaves like a real band. Image conscious and emotional, the band’s performance is affected by online community opinion as it searches the web for reviews and comments about itself 24 hours a day.

Our words simply can’t do its brilliance justice. Get the lowdown from the inventors themselves below or find out more at Cybraphon.com.

Morgan Ritchie, cartoonist and Fry afficionado, has taken it upon himself to sketch one of Stephen Fry’s tweets every day for 100 days.

Here are some choice cuts:

Day 52

July 22nd 2009 - “On board the plane. Shall be trying out amusing visor that supposedly makes watching video on iPhone/iPod a big screen experience. We’ll see”

Day 46

July 16th 2009 - “Terrible signal at Lord’s. Wouldn’t let me upload that TwitVid all day. Grrr. Still good match. Having a lark.”

Day 34

July 4th 2009 - “Oh, yes. BTW. Happy Birthday, America. A big hug.”

See them all on Morgan Ritchie’s Flickr page or follow the daily updats on Twitter.

Via Playgroup