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Nike: The Film Room Case Study

9. February 2012

This is the Nike Film Room, an interactive experience that is part green screen, part basketball court helping to teach kids how to play ball like the pros. Kids watch pro basketball players produce signature moves on the court and then study their actions to make that move, before jumping onto the green screen court [...]

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Video: The Future of Digital Displays Part 2

7. February 2012

A year ago this week, Corning, the worlds leading high-tech glass manufacturer (who produces Gorilla Glass for hundreds of millions of smart phones) released “A Day Made Of Glass“, a futureistic look at glass technology that racked up almost 20 millions views… Well, this week they are back, with “A Day Made Of Glass 2: [...]

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Hiriko: MIT’s Folding Car Is Finally A Reality

6. February 2012

If you have ever lived in a congested metropolitan area or have driven in circles looking for a parking spot for half an hour, this one is likely to hit home. An MIT concept that has been half a decade in the making is on its way to becoming a viable option for big city [...]

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Video: A Swarm of Nano Quadrocopter Bots

5. February 2012

Quadrocopters have to be one of the hottest tech/geek topics right now. There is some serious research going into them from all around the world, with start-ups in Australia using them to film surfing and major sporting events all the way to universities programming them to be automated building bots, creating structures by transporting blocks [...]

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Psycho Siri: Perhaps The Best Siri Parody So Far

5. February 2012

There are Siri parody videos, and then there is Phyco Siri. Sure, it’s another Parody video, but this one just happens to have some pretty classy visual effects and an interesting storyline, infact it’s more like a short film than your typical 60 second Siri parody. It was launched two days ago, and while the [...]

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Technicolor TV: Personalized Content Rendering

31. January 2012

Check out the latest innovation in home theater technology that could put you right inside the Super Bowl without leaving the comfort of your couch. That’s because the folks at Technicolor’s research lab are working to recreate the experience of being at the big game – without actually being at the big game. Their new [...]

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Project Sk8: Xbox Kinect Controlled Skateboard

15. January 2012

We’ve seen some pretty cool Xbox Kinect experiments to date… but I don’t remember seeing an Xbox Kinect Controlled Electric Skateboard, especially one that can hit 32 miles per hour! Chaotic Moon’s LABS program set about rigging up an electric skateboard with a Samsung Windows 8 Tablet and an Xbox Kinect to deliver a gesture [...]

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PressPausePlay: The Digital Revolution Film

14. January 2012

It’s Saturday, my time to kick back and relax after a crazy week. And today, I’m watching “PressPausePlay” the award winning SXSW film that has been screened at more than 30 film festivals around the globe. It depicts the digital revolution of the last decade, and the way that technology has opened creativity to each [...]

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WipeOut: Quantum Levitation Racing Game

8. January 2012

Ok, this might just be a tad off subject for Digital Buzz, but I’m sure it will excite the inner geek in all of us, whilst providing a little eye candy for the first week of work in 2012. Created by the Japan Institute of Science and Technology, this racing game inspired by the classic [...]

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Jell-O: Facial Recognition Sampling Machine

25. December 2011

To help launch the new Jell-o Temptations premium desert range for adults, sampling was always on the cards, but this machine takes sampling to a whole new level… It uses facial recognition software to detect the “Age” of the potential consumer, and if you happened to be too young, it would reject you, with a [...]

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JWT Augmented Reality Business Cards

18. December 2011

Blippar’s image recognition based Augmented Reality platform is getting more and more popular around the world, so JWT have teamed up with them to issue staff with Augmented Reality business cards, and here is the demo video to give you a quick taste! The Blippar image recognition engine reads the graphics on the card and [...]

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Canal+ Borgia 360 Multi-Device Experience

17. December 2011

The Canal+ Borgia TV series is the world’s first 360 degree narrative that works seamlessly across your desktop, iPad and iPhone to provide a complete experience. The campaign has already picked up a number of awards, and aims to pull new viewers into the brand new show about a family worse than the Mafia, and [...]

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Heineken: Super Social Christmas Tree

11. December 2011

Keep an eye out for the Heineken Super Social Christmas Tree in Clarke Quay, Singapore, from the 17th-26th of December. It’s a huge digital art installation that’s over 11 meters tall and stacked with 48 huge LCD screens, that will become perhaps the most social Christmas tree ever created! If you head to the Facebook [...]

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BERG Cloud: Hello Little Printer

6. December 2011

What I love about design is that it can push you towards new, innovative digital experiences, and then pull you right back into the physical world for something that you’d never really consider… Say hello to “Little Printer” a new, tiny, cloud based physical printer that can sit in your office or bedside table to [...]

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Google Maps 6.0 Goes Indoors at IKEA

4. December 2011

Sure, just about every street in the world has been mapped now, but how about your local airport or IKEA store? Well, the latest version of Google Maps (6.0) now works indoors, in a whole bunch of places across the US and Japan to start. But don’t worry that there isn’t many indoor maps just [...]

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