http://blitz.com currently designing training for emergency response identifying states of injury, trying to add enough info. to their characters incl. breathing, sweat, teeth, full age range, their current set is perfect for a hillbilly game, if you get details wrong it could all break apart, they did some teeth meshes took down from 15000 triangles to 600, they build faces perfectly symmetrically then kill them a little, anything adjusted internally affects external eg buck teeth are reflected in face shape, match external image generally.

It's all about the scores, Twin Galaxy (world score keepers), King of Kong - 'a fistful of quarters' documentary recommended, what do scores mean now?, conditioning behaviour, 3/5 fruit&veg; a day is that a score?, everything starts looking like a score, much about counting but has no real value, scoring arbitrary mechanics, is pay a score, score mutipliers of bonuses, still v. simple, Digg/Reddit on interestingness calculations interesting, Digg won't publish their algorithm but includes time category friends&fans; geoclusters, hot or not, rate my poo, ebay on commercial skill, linkedin % of profile, blip.fm, iaintait on blip wanting gold star, brain training, wii fit, abstract-actual, metaphors to measures - points to bmi (wii fit), simple to complex, designers to everyone, in game to in life, http://crackunit.com

On nothing to do with Dopplr :: http://arduino.cc (edge connectors), wii controllers, http://johnnylee.net, $5 remote control car, remove cable control with bluetooth, tenori-on (synthesiser designed for playing with music, midi out, performance, leds covered, Toshio Iwai stage performance with visual at rear), arduino connected to mobile with python running app, oystercards with rfid reader £30 read from unique id of oyster used for voting, bbc dabagotchi (pda in toy with usb, squeeze hand if like its music, dies if don't use it), laser harp (http://stephenhobley.com/build), nintendo ds (mic, touchscreen, interface, edge connector), ds Brut use nintendo homebrew kit to create and physical outputs, think about nodes and enhancing digital - "Making Things Talk" electronics book Matt recommends, http://tinker.it consultancy which will create physical objects from your games.

owls, pounding tunes, theme - children's book characters, games, codes, badgers, badges, 12/12, 15/12, 17/12, 19/12, 19/1, 20/1 nocturnal animals generally, byo musique, cocktail umbrellas, children's bday party, buffet with pineapples on sticks, musical statues to cradle of filth?, byo twiglets