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Damn. Just found this sexy ass calendar by not-quite-porn photographer Terry Richardson for the upcoming issue of Vogue. The pin-up style feature is a little tame compared to his usual work [and switch SafeSearch off], but it still works for me. The December/January issue will hit stores November 28th.

I hate TV ads, except the good ones of course. However, I might be more open to not hit mute/change channel if the ads were more relevant to me and tell me about Apple Store discounts, new Pointer ranges or places to go on crazy new adventures.

Even though I don't have Sky [when are you going to hook me up Julian?!] I would consider signing up if they launch their new ad tailoring service to individual households. Using demographic data generated by households opting in to receive targeted advertising, Sky would be able to push toy ads to families, or beauty products to young women. The ads would be swapped into programme breaks from a vault of ads stored on the Sky Plus PVR box.

It's one step closer to a Google TV Adwords type system and the media agencies seem keen. MediaCom's head of broadcast implementation Rhys McLachlan said: ‘It would make us re-evaluate the TV trading mechanics. We would need to be able to measure the impacts. But we only pay for the eyeballs we get so we are all in favour of making TV sharp and accountable.'

Where do I signup?

I was wondering where the little spike in traffic come from the other day and we can now share the link love with our friends at b3ta who we rather taken with our immersive 360 degree video post.

Just wanted to wish our good friend at Shooting People a big Happy 10th Birthday. They have been described the by director Morgan Spurlock as "a necessity for anyone who works, lives and breathes independent film", and I tend to agree.

I first met Jess and Cath [picture above with Mike Figgis] back in 1998 when they were thinking about setting up Shooting People as they wanted some advice about how I was running the Protein Feed mailout. Needless to say, they I didn't need to say much as they had the very capable Mr Tily already on-board running things.

My man INSA has been a busy boy. As well as finishing off the new Cordy House facade for the Mutate Britain, a sick calendar with the Fuel Girls, doing dope parties, and various other colabs, he has also release his own line of killer heels.

duiPhone by Tellart from Tellart on Vimeo.

The duiPhone will let you know for sure whether you should hand the car keys to a friend after a long night in the bar…

In the same vein as the previous post, this post was also left in the drafts until the new site was live. However, four months in and it's still fresh, so grab your RED ONE, your GPS and let's go make a GPS film.

One the main things I missed when the Feed was offline was being able to telling you about things like this. If you've already been following the considerable internet hype to Spike Jonze's latest film adoptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, "Where the Wild Things Are", then you can skip straight to the new monster [in both meanings of the word] interview and photos Ain't it Cool News has just posted with Mr Jonze.

We have allows been big fans of colour here at Protein, so how could we not love Christmas by Colour, a not-for-profit exploration into what colours people really associate with their Christmas.

Designed by Raw Design Studio, you can define the real Christmas colour spectrum by suggesting your own colour and its personal meaning. Abstract, funny or literal, the choice is yours. They'll will then collating all the best ideas to make a Christmas by Colour poster and individual v-cards. Nice.

Let's not fuck around here. If you want to make a film, you need a RED. No contest. We've been tracking them since they first launched their game changing RED ONE digital motion camera a year or so ago. Some might say the RED ONE was going to be hard to beat, but then you haven't met these guys that have million bit megapixel brains.

For those not subscribed to the Mad Decent podcast do it now and we won't tell anyone as you're missing killer mixes like this one from from South Rakkas. They made it for the Good Life clothing store out of Glasgow and it features a big mix of retro dancehall, old & new hip hop, South Rakkas originals mixed. There's about 90 tracks in 75 minutes and artwork from the formidable Will Bankhead, so who could ask for me?

Our good friends at onedotzero are returning to London this weekend to begin a new residency at the BFI Southbank, showcasing the "brightest up-and-coming talents alongside world-leading creative luminaries and bringing together the most innovative short films, animation, motion graphics, music videos, groundbreaking feature film previews with director Q+As, alongside interactive installations, explosive live audiovisual and music performances, artist discussions, hands-on toy-hacking workshops and parties." Not much then.

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We have seen almost every product getting draped in the eco-friendly attire. It sometimes appears as if designers and technologists are hell bent on delivering an environment safe alternative for everything. The Transparent Surfboard by Atelier Yanagi can open a new ‘green’ arena for sports equipment. The ace-maker of sport equipments is working on a surfboard made out of 100 % recyclable material (PET & Balsa-wood structured hybrid) with no compromise on performance and safety.

I wonder if the rider would be interested to see what lies beneath his/her board while surfing!

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Via TheGadgetGuide

Betacast, Protein's new film channel, is putting on the UK Premiere and after party for Beautiful Losers with Nike, BFI and the Patchwork Pirates. It's going to fun so you should all come. Get your tickets now.

It looks like the only place these are available at the moment are on ebay, but you should be able to get one for under $100.

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We've seen the beer bottle phone and other novel ideas, here is the latest cute phone from the same supplier SourcingMap.com – the Violin Phone. It is for you music lovers out there, particularly violin enthusiasts. It's not cordless, but I'm sure it’ll come up sooner or later.

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The Infrared Tracker Remote Control Car is available from RichardSolo.com for $49.95.

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Hi-Can is an “High Fidelity Canopy” designed by Italian designer Edoardo Carlino at Deta Design.

The Hi-Can features beautifully designed equipment that allows you to surf the web, watch movies, play games, and listen to music all from the comfort of your bed. There is even a slick looking control panel on the headboard that allows you to control other gadgets in the room.

At this point, the Hi-Can looks as though it is only a concept that is "coming soon."

Some of you may have been down to our venue, Unit 7, at cable street studios and may be aware of the closure notice put on us by the council in august, due to a shooting un-related to us outside the large factory compex we are a part of. We are currently in the process of getting re-opened and would appreciate your signature on our petition: http://www.gopetition.co.uk/onli…

some press can be seen here:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/n…
here:
http://www.timeout.com/london/cl…
and here:
http://www.burlingtonproject.co.…

also a film we made about the project can be seen here:
http://unitseven.co.uk/studio/u7…
or on our youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/TheRealUn…

Hopefully we see some of you at our re-opening soon : )

Many Thanks

The Unit 7 Team

We have ever seen the Cute Fan with 4 Port USB Hub, and it was posted at engadget.com by editor Darren Murph. Here’s another cute USB Fan to keep you cool and breathe fresh air this summer, but this time it comes with Air Purifier, not hub. It can improve the air quality around your home or office desk by ionizer. There is one button to push on and you can control the wind volume by it. This device is powered via USB or 4 AA batteries.

You can get it here for only $10.