Brining the power and populairty of instagram to physical objects is a growing trend, and this seriously cool little Kickstarter project is jumping on the bandwagon of other Instagram Kickstarter projects in the funding pipeline… It’s called ‘Projecteo’ and is perfect for techno-geeks and hipsters alike, it’s a tiny Instagram Projector powered by a single [...]
Continue reading...26. November 2012
The Creators Project have teamed up with Evan Boehm at Nexus Interactive Arts to create a beautiful, interactive, WebGL and HTML5 film called ‘The Carp and the Seagull‘. This short 3D environmental film made in WebGL immerses you in a world where mythical beings accompany you on a dark journey through the spirit realm. The [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2012
Here is another amazing Google Chrome Experiment… This time, the guys from Google’s Data Team, have mashed up a tonne data, info and visuals from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Wikipedia to literally map the 100,000 stars closes to our very own sun! Which as they note, is just a tiny fraction of [...]
Continue reading...12. November 2012
Here is a really cool Google Chrome Experiment called ‘Jam With Chrome’ where you can invite friends into a live ‘JAM’ session to play across an array of instruments and collaboratively create music from a Chrome browser anywhere in the world on just about any device. Adding a friend generates a unique short url specific [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2012
There seems to be a growing trend towards advergames developed specifically for the Xbox marketplace as a new way to connect with consumers in a medium that amplifies engagement and can directly reward participation, all in an environment where people are ready to play! So look out for a rush of big brand advergames coming [...]
Continue reading...4. November 2012
Voice powered radio controlled car races over the internet? What a seriously cool installation from Nissan using their ‘Z’ Sports Cars. In about 5 days, there will be a Japan GP where people turn up to race with the power of their voice… A week after that, it will be open to the world, with [...]
Continue reading...1. November 2012
There have been some pretty cool window shopping examples over the last year, but this easily takes the cake, with a completely interactive in-window experience that lets customers flick through clothing racks, individual garments and play with a model (getting them to try on every item) to see exactly how the clothes look, no matter [...]
Continue reading...30. October 2012
Seriously cool. The Dyskograf is a graphic disk reader that creates music from drawings, or more precisely, from felt tip pens that draw shapes on paper discs. These discs are read by the Dyskograf’s camera as it spins, while constantly decoding the images via an algorithm/software platform to produce unique notes in real time for [...]
Continue reading...15. October 2012
A tad weird, but cool all the same… The Ideogenetic Machine is an interactive application that incorporates portraits of participants into an algorithmically generated comic book in real time. The comic is created live through custom software using portraits of participants captured with the installations camera and matches it to a database of drawings by [...]
Continue reading...12. October 2012
After doing a double take on this interactive print ad, I’m asking myself is this the world’s coolest and perhaps most innovative print ad or is the actually the complete opposite? My gut reaction is ‘super cool’ but then logic sets in and I’m wondering a few things… The first being, who’s reading a physical [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2012
L’Oreal have moved into the console gaming territory with ‘The Next Level’ XBOX 360 App, a personalised world of beauty, style and entertainment delivered right into the Xbox gaming console, complete with a participation based rewards program. The app includes things like a personal stylist, tips, forums, inspiration and even an educational style academy program… [...]
Continue reading...8. October 2012
Wonderbra have just launched a very cool use of augmented reality meets image recognition, with their new ‘Decoder’ campaign… An iPhone app that allows users to ‘Decode’ print ads, outdoor and even YouTube videos, helping to undress the models in the ads, revealing their Wonderbra garments beneath. This X-Ray style is almost purpose built for [...]
Continue reading...5. October 2012
Strongbow claims to have created the world’s very first digital bottle top with their new ‘StartCap‘ installations, where opening bottles of Strongbow triggers unexpected things on-premise in bars and at events. It’s powered by RFID, with the bottle caps triggering/connecting the RFID signal as they are opened, which is in turn picked up by RFID [...]
Continue reading...2. October 2012
We’ve seen a whole bunch of robots over the last year, most notably the street art robot car from Chevvy Sonic… And now we have the Sleep Art Robot from Ibis Hotels, which transforms your sleeping patterns into physical ones in the form of real art, paint on canvas. The robot uses movement, sound and [...]
Continue reading...28. September 2012
So this might be the weirdest application of RFID meets iPhone app I’ve ever seen, yet I’m sure you’ll love it all the same, for all sorts of random useless tech reasons! Clearly tackling a big global problem, mismatching your pairs of black socks can be really annoying, you know when you get the left [...]
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26. November 2012
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