Spimes, Students Reach Space, April Fools Day Online, Twitchhiker Returns to UK & Remix Kiwi Culture

Submitted by Mohawk Media on Wed, 01/04/2009 - 11:49

Listen to Chelfyn & Helen Baxter on Virtual World, Afternoons with Jim Mora, for Radio New Zealand, National.

 

Send me home brings a Bruce Sterling idea of spimes to life where objects and their stories are tracked through tags.

Four Spanish students send a $150 camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere. 

Watch on Twitter and April Fools day on the web to verify strange stories online today.
 
The Twitchhiker returns home after reaching Stewart Island. Calls New Zealand "the world in HD".
 
Website of the week is http://www.digitalnz.org - helping your remix Kiwi culture.

 

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