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Johnny creates famous portraits using cassette tape, very interesting check it out by clicking here >>

Advance notice of a Bright Sparks event not to be missed.

Derek Landy, award-winning author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series, is coming in to talk about the creativity and ideas behind his books.

Tuesday 7th April, 5pm in The Brand Union offices.

You’ll need a printer and a webcam, but Augmented Reality by GE is worth a look.

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A new exhibtion at Dublin’s Science Gallery has a series of strange and interesting light shows. One of them by, Chris O’Shea , has an array of emergency beacon lights which interact with visitors, tracking their movements through the gallery. Another light exhibit somehow manages to change and adapt when you use your phone near them, different reactions for different phones. The exhibition runs at the Science Gallery until the 20th February 2009.

Following the recent death of TV presenter and artist Tony Hart, one of his most famous creations, Morph, is to appear on the cover of the March issue of Esquire. And he finally has some clothes.

It’s actually Morph’s 30th birthday, which may make some of you feel extremely old.

To celebrate, Esquire and a team from Aardman Animations, which brought the original Morph to life on Take Hart, have given the little fellow a wardrobe by the likes of Burberry, Gucci and Prada – in plasticine, of course. Morph features on the subscriber cover and, with his old mate Chaz, on inside pages.

A gentleman called Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a video demo of Photosynth at a TED conference, he’s a bit geeky but this software is pretty dam clever. This software could transform the way we look at digital images.

Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds interesting dreamscapes and lets us navigate them. Essentially in the next few years all images published on the web will be linked. Also it may encourage searches on the web to be retrieved in a different format as opposed to the standard lists we see all the time.

Click here to watch a demo of Photosynth ››

The Chester Beatty library is a marvelous place full of ancient prints, books and artefacts from Asia, Islam and the West based in Dublin. The collection was given to Ireland by the New York born millionaire, Chester Beatty.

Beatty was made an honorary citizen of Ireland in 1957, and on his death in 1968, he was given a state funeral – the only private citizen in Irish history to receive such an honour. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

The Chester Beatty library is a wonderful resource that is much underused. Make sure you visit it next time you’re in Dublin.Click here to view the site ››

Second part of the interview with Sol Sender discussing the launch of the Barack Obama identity.

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Part one of the Sol Sender interview about the design of the Barack Obama logo.

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Czech photographer who has some interesting photo essays on his site highlighting serious issues from around the world.  Click here to go to the site ››