AmbiHue app

AmbiHue, our latest app, has just hit the App Store

You may have seen those high-end televisions that feature ambient backlighting where the TV casts a wash of light on the wall behind itself, changing colour according to what’s on the screen. AmbiHue is designed to help you recreate the same effect in your own home for considerably less!
All you need is a set of PhiIips Hue bulbs. Place one or more bulbs behind your TV, launch AmbiHue and point your device’s camera at the screen. Now watch your bulbs change colour in response to the on-screen action! Of course you don’t need to use AmbiHue with your TV, you can just use it as a fun way to control the colour of your PhiIips Hue bulbs to create dynamic mood lighting effects. Why not point the camera at your clothes to match your lighting to your wardrobe? Or point it out the window so your home lighting changes to match the sunset?

If you’re interested, you can find it here

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Hyperrealistic Animals Created by Painting on Layers of Resin

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I saw this and it blew my mind…

Even when you get your head around how Keng Lye produces these intricate works of art, you’ll still wonder how he does it…

Full story and more example at  My Modern Met

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April 2013 calendar desktop wallpaper

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Happy Easter! Here’s this month’s desktop calendar.

As you can see, I’m continuing with my architectural photography series - as per usual, just click on the image above for the full size version.

Another little App Store scam…?

Whilst browsing the App Store the other day I spotted something I hadn’t seen before…

It’s common practice for developers to release several versions of the same app but normally there’s some logic to it i.e. a free version so that people can try it out, a normal version and then occasionally a pro or HD version. But this looked different – this looked like the same app being released multiple times with slightly different names and icons. Even stranger – they weren’t even all by the same developer…

Have a look at the screengrabs below to see what I mean.

I suppose the logic is if you flood the App Store with your apps it’s more likely that a user will click on one of them but it seems like a lot of effort to go to. As a developer myself I know how much effort is involved in setting up publisher accounts, prepping and submitting apps etc and I’m not sure it would be worth the trouble.

Has anybody else noticed this happening? It’s bad enough trying to find quality apps whilst wading through a sea of similar apps without having to wade through dozens of identical apps…

March 2013 calendar desktop wallpaper

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Here’s March’s desktop – something a little bit different this month.

I’ve been posting some architectural shots on my 500px account recently and thought I’d try making a desktop with one.

As per usual, just click on the image above for the full size version.

February 2013 calendar desktop wallpaper

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Here’s February’s desktop – enjoy.

As per usual, just click on the image above for the full size version.

EnergyFlow iPad App

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This one has nothing to do with me, but if you’re a fan of beautiful visuals then it’s worth a look…

Each time you start the app you spin a top which generates a random number which determines the choice and sequence of some lovely rendered video clips.

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Pretentious and arty farty? Maybe but it’s free and you can’t argue with that – so give it go… what have you got to lose?

Get the app here or find out more on their website Read more

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