Latest
Here are twenty of the latest tools and inspirations I have added to the site.
You should be able to open this up, figure out how it works and have fun with this. There are lots of online "toys" that are actually worth playing with just for the experience, they'll give you ideas.
This category is for things that may take a little learning but don't need lots of effort.
These items will require some studying but are worth the time. You can watch a few YouTube videos to get to grips with it, right?
These are complex tools for those who are more technically minded, or researchers or professionals. But hey, don't let that stop you.
DALL·E mini
A text to image tool. I put in "Digital Skills and Creativity at the University of York" and got this.
Collection of Javascript Snippets
Single line examples of how to do all sorts of things with Javascript
Aphantasia Colab Notebook
Text-to-Image Google Colab notebook. Run all the code sections, add your text, and get an image AND a movie.
OpenAI API
Lots of example text-based A.I apps that you can use to help your ideas along. If you like what they do, you could maybe integrate that feature via an API into your app.
ProsePainter
Amazing A.I. tool that lets you define the text for painted areas of an image. A.I then fills in and blends a generated image into the image you have uploaded.
Text to Image Notebook (nsheppard's)
A slow, but create Google Colab Notebook that turns text into images.
Country Comparisons
Select a country to view its performance relative to the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries and see how it compares with other countries. Dark green circles show the social foundation and ecological ceiling. Blue wedges show social performance relative to a threshold associated with meeting basic needs.
Polytopias
An article introducing the ideas of polytopias (and how to get there) and world-building... linked with sci-fi and interactive narratives too.
Sci-fi Covers Made With A.I
Lewis Hackett makes sci-fi covers with A.I and even links to the Colab notebooks so you can make your own.
R Mock Ward Round Scenario - End of Life Patient
360 VR video used in the medical profession to train staff.
Discovering Speed Data From Photos
Interesting article on how photos are used to generate speed data from the Tokyo Olympics.
David Attenborough Mindful Mix
What is this? An ambient track with David's voice occassionally drifting in and out. Very strange. I quite like it.
Abandon Normal Strategies
Based on Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies, this art project evolves it based on living through current times
Neuro Symbolic Lab
To be honest, I don't have a clue what this is. It's a brain and er.
Oh I get it, it's a very fancy marketing web site that shows off some of the skills of A.I, and could be used as an idea generator.
Collection of Equirectangular Images
A Flickr collection of equirectangular images, many of which are Creative Commons licenced for use in your own VR creations.
Lots more here.
Collection of Posters
Fabulous collection of posters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1930s
A REVIEW OF NINE INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE SYSTEMS
An academic paper about interactive narrative systems.
MIT App Inventor Extensions
Thunkable is based on a very similar free tool call MIT App Inventor. Because lots of people create Extensions for it, that also work with Thunkable, you can find extra code, called Extensions which do everything from rotation detection, to sound analysis, to QR code recognition and connecting to other devices.
Royalty Free Video Clips
Lots of royalty-free videos to use. Can you tell a story with these sorts of videos?
