I've heard a little bit about a new video streaming service called youtube. Apparently you can host your files there and link to them via your blog. Check out this popular video that I have embedded on my page from youtube.com: (you will need the flash player plugin to see the video)



I first saw the I/O brush featured on a rocketboom clip a few weeks ago. Here is some extra information about it:

"[The] I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by "picking up" and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the canvas, artists can draw with the special "ink" they just picked up from their immediate environment."

More information here: http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/