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From FastCompany — Creating a brand isn’t a project with a beginning, middle, and end. It requires constant vigilance—if the creative leadership changes, it’s all too easy for the message to drift.

You can’t do good work on a short-term contract. You need to be engaged over a period of time.

—Yves Behar

poptech:

The page turner, eh? We can never resist a clever Rube Goldberg video. Happy Friday! 

(HT RadioLab)

Rube Goldberg with a hamster… This one’s clever.

thenextweb:

This transparent screen will fit any window up to 46 inches at a resolution of 1366 x 768. The thing is completely see-through, but what you’re viewing on the screen is completely private from those outside. It’s fully controlled by your touch, and reminds us of a scene right out of Minority Report or Mission: Impossible. (via Samsung’s Smart Window Reminds us of Minority Report)

poptech:

theatlanticvideo:

The World’s Cutest Surveillance Robot Videographer

Designed at MIT’s Media Lab, Boxie is an adorable cardboard robot that films you with its eyes. Alexander Reben, of the Responsive Environments group, explains that Boxie’s lack of complexity is its best asset. The little bot’s helplessness wins humans over, and they in turn help it shoot a documentary film. This video from MIT’s LabCast series by Paula Aguilera shows Boxie in action.

Ha! Reminds us of Kacie Kinzer’s (PopTech 2009) Tweenbot. 

thenextweb:

(via Puppet Parade Turns Your Hands Into Giant Animated Puppets)