CSS 3D Clouds
A beautiful experiment with CSS transforms and a smattering of JavaScript.
Tags: experiment
Responsive typography demo
This is a pretty wacky experiment in altering font size based on the user’s distance from the screen (allow the page to access your camera and enable the “realtime” option for some real fun). I don’t know how much real-world application this has, but it’s a cute’n’fun exercise.
Form Follows Function
A gorgeous collection of experiments that showcase just how much is possible in browsers today.
Web Typography for the Lonely
A collection of experiments in typography using canvas, SVG, JavaScript and whatever else it takes.
David DeSandro
Drag the text 'round for a bit of fun.
The Wilderness Downtown
A nifty interactive video for Arcade Fire's "We Used To Wait." It claims to be built in HTML5 but actually uses XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.01 doctypes throughout. *sigh*
Body of Christ Tastes Like Ass of Christ!
A new take on an old classic: how to make communion wafers zingier.
Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15 January 2009 - New Scientist
This makes my brain giddy. Dizzying stuff, clearly explained.
FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford - Given the choice, how much choice would you like?
Finally, some debunking of the "paradox of choice" oversimplification.
BallDroppings
Brendan Dawes pointed me to this wonderfully playful creation. It's Flash-free, believe it or not.
Ex Nihilo
Dave has been experimenting with processing and documenting the results here.
HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment
A very pretty little Twitter canvas experiment accompanied by music delivered via the audio element. View this in a capable browser.
Welcome | The Signtific Lab | Massively Multiplayer Thought Experiments
An even more speculative version of The Long Bet. Given a supposition (e.g. "What will the world be like when custom satellites are as easy to design and launch as your own website is today?"), you can add to a list of positive and negative outcomes.
The Whale Hunt / A storytelling experiment / by Jonathan Harris
An experiment in human storytelling, using a photographic heartbeat of 3,214 images to document an Eskimo whale hunt in Barrow, Alaska.
Cleverest crows opt for two tools
Crows is smart. And yes, I am using the "Bookmark this..." link at the end of the article.
The Man in Blue > Experiments > Left Right
Contribute to Cameron's experiment. Just choose: left or right?
EepyBird.com - Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment
A recreation of the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas using nothing but diet coke and mentos. Mesmerising.