Global Nerdy » celebrity http://www.globalnerdy.com Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on Shopify, startups, software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:54:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The “Paris Hilton vs. Paris, France” Search Results Meter http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/03/11/the-paris-hilton-vs-paris-france-search-results-meter/ http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/03/11/the-paris-hilton-vs-paris-france-search-results-meter/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:01:16 +0000 Joey deVilla http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/03/11/the-paris-hilton-vs-paris-france-search-results-meter/

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I have a soft spot for tech-meets-art projects, like this one by Tim Schwartz, titled Paris – Physical. The meter is driven by search results for the phrases “Paris Hilton” and “Paris France” and displays an “average result” (their words, not mine) by using an electrical gauge.

Here’s a look at the innards of the project:

Interior of the "Paris-Physical" project

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