This Will Rock: The NFB and Mozilla to undertake joint exploration of HTML5 « NFB.ca

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"The NFB is internationally recognized for its technical innovations in animation, as well as for pushing the boundaries in its experimentation with new technologies and new media. In the past year alone, for example, the NFB has produced a dozen interactive projects, launched iPhone and iPad apps and established itself at the forefront of social network management. It goes without saying that we love to create in digital space.

And the surprises don’t stop there. This year, we are embarking on an adventure with a new partner, Mozilla, with the intent of exploring the many possibilities offered by HTML5..."

Do I LOVE This? Oh Yes: MTA.me: Google Engineer Turns Subway Lines Into Musical Instruments | Co.Design

Alexander Chen used HTML5 and Massimo Vignelli's famous subway map to turn NYC's mass transit system into a playable musical instrument.

Manhattan denizens sometimes describe the sounds of the subway as the city's incidental music. Now programmer/designer Alexander Chen has created a more soothing version with MTA.me, an interactive NYC subway map-turned-musical-instrument that uses transit lines as its strings.

Play the subway here!

http://www.mta.me/

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http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663129/mtame-google-engineer-turns-subway-lines-...

Impressive! Live Data Viz: a world of tweets uses HTML5 & cloud computing

WHAT THE TWEET IS THIS?

Real-time visualization of geolocated tweets around the world

A World of Tweets is all about playing with geography and bits of information. Simply put, A World of Tweets shows you where people are tweeting at from the past hour. The more tweets there are from a specific region, the "hotter" or redder it becomes.

This continuous collection of Twitter statuses also allows for the presentation of other interesting visuals as well as statistical and historical data about the tweeting world we live in. Through the activity of Twitter users it is possible to tailor a new map of the world that evolves during the day according to the timezones and the spreading of mobile technologies.

From the site:

"HOW DOES IT WORK?

Technology and more...

A world of tweets takes full advantage of HTML5 and cloud computing. Geolocation is made possible by the continuous stream of information captured by the Twitter Streaming API, which provides a subset of the public status, and with the occasional aid of the Yahoo! Placemaker™ service. As a result, this cold data is transformed into something more meaningful.

A world of tweets is compatible with every browser supporting HTML5 and the tag, and degrades gracefully to Flash on older browsers...."