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pRecord label a href=”http://ghostly.com/”Ghostly/a will debut it’s new label release format, the Totem, with the release of Matthew Dear’s upcoming album a href=”http://www.matthewdear.com/blackcity/”emBlack City/em/a. More than a symbol or souvenir, these totems are an experiment in digital music delivery. providing a physical key to virtual content. Each one will be embossed with a unique four-character suffix that will allow visitors to access a private page on the internet, from where they can stream the album in entirety or download it. The Black City Totem was designed by the Boym Partners, who have created an abstract, indecipherable object emblematic of the album’s sensibility. A video of totem production set to a Matthew Dear track can be seen below./p

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pFrom Ghostly:/p

blockquote The MDBC Totem is both a sculptural representation of the themes explored in Black City and a symbolic conduit to the music itself. Vaguely reminiscent of one of the soot-blackened skyscrapers that might populate Dear’s creeping, nameless city, the stacks upon the totem also call to mind the many shaped prongs of a universal power adaptor. In this sense, the totem is not simply a miniature building, but an abstract key to an unknown door. The branding of the totem has been purposefully reduced to its bare essentialsmdash;only the letters MDBC and unique three-digit suffixes are includedmdash;so that the totem’s meaning remains discernible only to its beholder./blockquote

pWe love the idea of a small village (or large city) of totems on a shelf or table, each one holding a digital key to a different piece of music. Already can’t wait to see the next ones. /p

pThe totems come in a limited edition of 100 (and an exclusive track). The objects will be available from August 3rd until they run out at a href=”http://theghostlystore.com/”The Ghostly Store/a. /p

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Our video with Ford’s voice recognition engineer reveals sweeping improvements to their MyFord interface

The latest news from Ford furthers the impressive progress they’re making both outside and inside of their cars. We wrote in-depth about the clever MyTouch in-car interface when it was unveiled in January 2010. But when Ford recently announced a major evolution to the way the MyTouch system handles voice recognition, we were fortunate enough to get a hands-on demo with Brigitte Richardson, Ford’s lead engineer for voice control technology and speech systems, and Vlad Sejnoha, the chief scientist at Nuance, whose voice technology powers the SYNC-powered MyTouch system.

The system’s benefit remains the same—it easily controls the car’s climate, entertainment, navigation and phone systems without having to take your hands off of the steering wheel or eyes off of the road. This evolution achieves two important goals that improve how voice recognition works. Though the system’s voice still sounds like a computer, it makes a huge leap towards more natural speech and tone. Secondly, the system’s vocabulary has grown exponentially from 100 to 10,000 first level commands, which makes talking to the interface more natural too. Changing the temperature, for example, can now be achieved by any number of phrases, such as “increase temperature,” “temp warmer” or “make hotter.”

Learn more in our video above with Brigitte as she demonstrates some of the features in a production model of the 2011 Ford Edge.

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Create beautiful kaleidoscopic images with an iPad app that reinvents the classic toy

Arguably one of the most entertaining iPad apps we’ve come across, the Annamika kaleidoscope provides optic stimulation for inspiration, to cure boredom or as the ultimate stoner pastime. Choose any of ten preset images or one from your iPad’s photo gallery and the program runs them through a psychedelic filter to create a beautifully-digital take on the classic children’s toy.

The work of artist Catherine Hubert, the collection of images included with Annamika come from her personal portfolio of designs. Based on the cities for which they’re named, the patterns featuring intricate shapes, lines and patterns (see above).

Once you’ve uploaded your image, you can propel the image into a series of swirls and shifts by dragging a finger across the iPad. Pinching the screen zooms into the spiral, while tapping the image twice stops and starts the animation, and a double-tap in the center blacks out the corners for a classic kaleidoscope view.

Another amusing filter allows you to randomly change the color scheme of the image, adding an element of surprise and distorting the image for display on a projector—another nice feature. Compatible with the iPad’s video-out capability, you can project your designs on any screen, which (when combined the animation) provides a great background for dance clubs or your next rave.

Annamika sells from the iTunes store for $5, and will soon be available for the iPhone as well.