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Google Voice to LED Display

November 10, 2009 by Shaun
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So I was looking through my feeds when I ran across this tidbit. The article describes a process where a message left via Google Voice is displayed on an LED panel. There is a computer that checks for voice updates and when a transcription exists that starts with the word “message,” the computer writes the remaining text to a text file. The LED screen displays the contents of this text file to display the message and, VOILA! You now have a transcribed Google Voice message displayed on an LED screen.

Check this out for more info:
http://thedavisblog.com/blog/?p=691

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Bleeding Billboard

July 7, 2009 by Shaun
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I was surprised to see a billboard designed to bleed. It looks like it was created for driver safety awareness in New Zealand. This is definately a unique method to get the message out. I suppose these would be found extremely explicit in the US. Although, some of the drivers around here need to be awakened.

At what point does a billboard for driver awareness become more of a distraction hazard than a helpful reminder? I’ll leave that up to you to decide. In the meantime, here’s the billboard:

http://gizmodo.com/5308413/disturbing-billboard-bleeds-when-it-rains?autoplay=true

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