Archive | December, 2015

HaptoClone: Holograms That You Can Touch

29. December 2015

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Imagine a world of Holograms that you can physically touch! Imagine shaking a friend’s hand or reaching out to pass them a gift? Well a group of haptics and hologram researchers from the University of Tokyo’s Department of Complexity Science and Engineering (DCSE) have brought this prototype to life. Inventing “Haptoclone”. Quite simply, an interactive [...]

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McDonald’s Releases “LOADED” The Social Film

27. December 2015

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Downunder in Australia, McDonald’s has just released a full-length crowd-directed social film called “LOADED” where they’ve handed over the directors chair to their fans in an epic content series that has had over 3 Million fans help write, direct and provide ideas for the film in real-time. LOADED was shot over two weeks, with an [...]

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WK London: Best Agency Xmas Card 2015

26. December 2015

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This year it seems agency Xmas cards weren’t as prolific as previous years, but that didn’t stop a few stand out pieces of work, and WK London was the pick of the bunch, and I’m calling it a clear cut winner of the Best Agency Xmas Card of 2015. WK London’s famous Christmas Window display [...]

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SpeakEmoji: The Emoji Translator App

21. December 2015

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Just in time for the holiday season where you’ll probably be wondering what your kids are saying with those weird Emoji combinations… or perhaps, you’re just not cool enough to be in the convo! Introducing SpeakEmoji, the world-first voice-to-emoji translator app which translates grown-up speak into cool emoji messages, thus making just about any one [...]

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Star Wars: Lightsaber Escape Mobile Game

20. December 2015

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Get your Lightsabre ready, and by that, I mean get your phone out! Star Wars fans can now join in the excitement of the new movie with their own mobile phone lightsabers. The game; “Lightsaber Escape,” is an interactive fan experience from Google Chrome that lets you battle Stormtroopers. Created by guys at 72andSunny and [...]

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Netflix: The Auto-Pause Holiday Socks

19. December 2015

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The next instalment form Netflix’s “Make It” creative platform for “Makers” has just hit just in time for the holiday season, with these pretty cool “Auto-Pause” Netflix Socks. (Checkout the Netflix & Chill Button too) The Netflix Auto-Pause Sock sleep detection system os based on a popular method called actigraphy. Basically, an accelerometer detects when [...]

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Giroptic: The World’s First 360 HD Camera

18. December 2015

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So Giroptic have just raised $4.5m to finally produce this, arguably The World’s First Consumer-Level 360 HD Cam that does live-on-chip stitching of 360 video to produce brilliant VR content. Originally famous for crowd-funding $1.4m on Kickstarter, Giroptic have raised another chunk of seed money to get them off the ground and into the manufacturing [...]

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Google: The Year In Search 2015 Video

17. December 2015

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With the year almost over, the “Year in Review” pieces are coming out, and this one from Google with it’s annual “Year In Search” marks another epic and enchanting year for the internet and the world. What’s interesting, is that the biggest moments of 2015 inspired trillions of questions/searches this year. But what do they [...]

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This Johnnie Walker Ad Is 2015′s Best Spec Ad

15. December 2015

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It’s called “Dear Brother” and it’s a pure spec ad from two students; Daniel Titz and Dorian Lebherz, studying at the Film Academy of Baden-Württemberg. And they’ve outdone themselves… This haunting Johnnie Walker spec ad explores the “Your Brothers Keeper” concept in a highly emotional state, delivering perhaps once of the most outstanding lines of [...]

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Verizon: The Minecraft Smart Phone Project

14. December 2015

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Now this is cool. So, Verizon has created the world’s first smartphone inside Minecraft, complete with the world’s largest selfie, and it’s all part of Verizon’s “Better Matters” campaign. I apologize in advance that I don’t have the shorter case video… But what great brand game integration! The Minecraft Smart Phone can essentially connect to [...]

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YouTube Rewind 2015: Now Watch Me

12. December 2015

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Here it is. YouTube’s famous year in review “YouTube Rewind 2015″ and what a year it was. This year it is celebrating the videos, people, music and moves that made 2015. #YouTubeRewind Featuring well over 100 key YouTube content creators and those crazy viral videos that come out of now where, it’s a great watch [...]

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ShiftWear: Customize & Animate Your Sneakers

9. December 2015

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Everyone wants to rock individual style, so imagine if you could have a connected shoe? Introducing ShiftWear… sneakers that give users creative control over the designs they can instantly animate and display on their sneakers, using their smartphones. How are these not the coolest shoes ever?! The new ShiftWare shoes are on indiegogo, and have [...]

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Change Coins: A Virtual Currency For Good

8. December 2015

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Everyone wants BitCoins, and with so much wider talk about virtual currency and its future, it’s exciting to see a new angle on that, it’s called “Change Coins” a Virtual Currency For Good. The Aussie Startup, MakeSomeChange.com lets people earn, buy and obtain “Change Coins” that they can then donate to worthy causes, typically Charities [...]

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McDonald’s Presents “LOADED” A Social Film

4. December 2015

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So McDonald’s Australia have handed over the directors chair to their fans in an epic content series that hopes to become the world’s biggest crowd-directed short-film… about fries! (It’s all part of McDonald’s Australia’s “Loaded Fries” launch.) It’s all playing out on Facebook here. With new episodes being shot every few days, fans will direct [...]

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Volvo Trucks: Look Who’s Driving Stunt Video

3. December 2015

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Volvo Tucks are back at it with their Live Test stunt video series, and this time it’s their toughest test yet, when they hand over a brand new truck (rigged up with GoPro’s of course) to 4-year-old Sophie… Oh yeah, and she’s driving it completely remote controlled. And as you can imagine, she crashes it [...]

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PSY Launches New “DADDY” Viral Music Video

2. December 2015

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So PSY is back, with another ridiculous music video filled with all that viral magic, racking up about 8 million views in the first 24 hours. So what’s it all about? Well. Bad dancing. Even worse fashion. Another stupidly catchy song… Oh, and It’s about your “DADDY”. CL of girl group 2NE1 asks PSY; “Hey, [...]

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Amazon Prime Air: Next Gen Drone Delivery

1. December 2015

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We’ve seen Amazon Drones… But not with Jeremy Clarkson selling the dream, and to be fair, this is the newer, next gen version from Amazon, with a slightly more futuristic view on just how easy it’s going to be to get something delivered by a drone, straight to your front door! (if you’re game!) The [...]

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