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MINDDRIVE: The Social Fuel Driving Tour
MindDrive is a pretty cool way to raise awareness for experiential education programs in the US. The MindDrive students built an electric car that converts social media into social fuel, powering a road trip from Kansas City, Mo. to Washington D.C., where they hope to drive change in education. Every time you Watch, like and [...]
Continue reading...OK GO Presents ‘Say The Same Thing’ App
13. May 2013
The OK GO guys aren’t really just a band, they’re more of a hybrid creative collective, and to prove it, they’ve just released this game called ‘Say The Same Thing’ which is a mobile app for both iPhone and Android. The game challenges people to say a word each, and then try to get the [...]
Continue reading...Swedish Radio: A Second Screen Campaign
7. May 2013
Swedish Radio have launched a new second screen campaign by creating an ‘interactive radio player’ that allows people using desktops, tablet and mobile to promote the interaction and sharing of their programs while they are still on air. The player allows users to add images and videos to one big radio timeline, for everyone else [...]
Continue reading...The GuardianWitness: Citizen Journalists App
22. April 2013
The Guardian has launched a new crowd sourced news platform called the ‘GuardianWitness’ which basically forms the mechanic to create Citizen Journalists, via a new smartphone app. The App allows wanna-be-journalists or every day people to submit interesting stories, or in times of need, The Guardian will issue ‘Assignments’ to gather additional photos and video [...]
Continue reading...Coca-Cola: The Remix Music Bottle
18. April 2013
So it looks like Coca-Cola might have jumped in with the guys who created the ‘Sound Bottle’ earlier this year, to create The Coca-Cola Remix Bottle. Which listens to the sounds when opened, to bottle them back up, and release the sound when re-opened… Check it out!
Continue reading...Heineken Ignite: Interactive LED Beer Bottles
16. April 2013
Well, someone had to do it. And first prize goes to Heineken with their new Heineken Ignite Bottle, featuring LED lights and sound/motion activation sensors. Heineken hosted a VIP party to unveil the new interactive beer bottles, which light up in time to beats of the music and also on motion when people drink from [...]
Continue reading...Introducing Facebook Home
8. April 2013
Introducing Facebook Home, which is Facebook’s own custom version of Android, tightly integrating the social network into the very fabric of the Android platform, so that you almost never even need to use the Facebook app itself. And from first glance, if you’re a power user, this is going to be very cool, and for [...]
Continue reading...Volkswagen Golf 7: 3D Projection Mapping Event
2. April 2013
Car manufacturers almost automatically launch a new model with a 3D Projection Mapping Event these days, and this one from Volkswagen is pretty good, launching the all-new 2015 Golf 7 at the New York International Auto Show. (Nice find Dmitri) It starts our with sketches, gets a little 8-bit action, moves into high-tech mode and [...]
Continue reading...HP: The Festival Photoball
1. April 2013
Everyone loves having a turn hitting the huge blow up beach balls at a festival or event before security typically grab and destroy them. Well, this one was a little different and it came with security approval. The HP Photoball consists of one huge blow up ball, a HD camera and a wifi-hub allowing the [...]
Continue reading...Control Group: Reinventing NYC Pay Phones
29. March 2013
There are 11,412 pay phones in New York City that are almost never used… So Imagine if you could reinvent them into something much more practical, filled with today’s technology? Well, New York City ran a design contest to see what that could be… With design firm, Control Group, winning the challenge with this… Enjoy!
Continue reading...New York City: Recalling 1993
26. March 2013
Here’s a killer ambient piece for the New Museum in NYC, who’ve just hijacked 5,000 pay phones across the city, with each recalling a piece of history from 1993, a time when NYC was undergoing significant change. Just call 1-855-FOR-1993 from any NYC pay phone to hear what was happening on that very block in [...]
Continue reading...Google Chrome: The Peanut Gallery Experiment
21. March 2013
I think it’s getting to that point where Google can release just about any old Chrome Experiment and the internet will love it! And here is another example of something super simple, with a little story telling thrown in, that leverages their Web Speech API to turn speech into text in real time, as part [...]
Continue reading...UTEC: The Water Generator Billboard
12. March 2013
The University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru, wanted to attract new students for the 2013 school year, so they teamed up with DraftFCB and created the world’s very first water producing billboard for a city that sits in the middle of a desert, with almost no rainfall per year, an area where fresh, [...]
Continue reading...15,000 Volts: An Art Experiment
10. March 2013
Something a little bit different, but beautiful all the same, is this art experiment using 15,000 volts going through what looks like plywood, creating some amazing visuals as the electricity erodes the wood, burning root like trails that randomly connect. A very very cool experiment.
Continue reading...GAME: The Future of Golf App
7. March 2013
If you’re a golfer, this could become you’re next favourite toy. GAME GOLF is a new connected product set that automatically tracks, maps and records your entire round of golf. Puts you against your mates, the course or the world and lets you share your victories. The concept, which has so far raised over $100,000 [...]
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