Technology | Fresh Creation - Inspiration For Creative Minds

17 Jun 2008 |
07:38 am

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Public Gaming With Your Mobile

You see a huge display in a public area which invites you to swtich on the Bluetooth connection on your mobile so you can start playing Snake against others that happen to be in the same area. All of a sudden the people standing next to you are your competitors. I think this is only a first step of what’s to come. Nevertheless, a pretty cool first step.

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644 clicks |
Category: Events, Gaming, Technology

14 Jun 2008 |
10:12 am

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Flicflex - Flexible Interface

Flicflex explores the possibilities of future flexible electronic interfaces that could emerge within digital products. By minimizing the graphical interface and embodying physical interactions such as flipping, wrenching and bending, it creates more pleasurable ways of managing information.

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613 clicks |
Category: Concepts, Innovation, Technology

13 Jun 2008 |
08:39 am

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Toshiba’s Motion Controlled Notebook

Motion controlled devices are hot at the moment. Chris Hardwick takes a look at a motion controlled notebook by Toshiba. You can control it with your hand. From a distance. Making a fist shows the menu. Thumbs up is for making a selection. The video tells the rest. Skip the first 30 seconds to go straight to the demo.

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535 clicks |
Category: Gadgets, Innovation, Technology

10 Jun 2008 |
01:44 pm

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Playing With Virtual Rain

Wowlab came up with an interactive projection wall called Light Rain. It’s a bit like Lenovo’s interactive water wall but then with more interaction opportunities.

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1362 clicks |
Category: Art, Concepts, Technology

06 Jun 2008 |
07:16 am

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Mona Lisa Winks

Art enthusiasts are being given the chance to talk to their favorite maestros about their work. Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci are among the virtual painters and sculptors that are on hand to answer questions at a new art exhibition in South Korea. Mona Lisa is brought to life too. Watch the video.

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588 clicks |
Category: Art, Innovation, Technology

05 Jun 2008 |
11:43 am

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YouTube’s Coolest New Feature

After YouTube’s integrated video advertising, they just added another cool feature: Annotations. It allows you to add text and links to your YouTube videos. Really cool. Here’s an interactive card trick which shows you what that looks like. I included a ‘how to’ video to help you get started. Feel free to mail me your results after adding annotations to some of your own videos.

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735 clicks |
Category: Applications, Innovation, Technology

05 Jun 2008 |
11:10 am

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Who Wants The World At Their Fingertips?

Okay, this is not a ‘fresh creation’ as such but the question that SupaDupaFlyGirl poses is quite interesting and relevant for creative minds, I think. Is having the world at your fingertips a good thing?

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414 clicks |
Category: Awareness, Media, Technology

31 May 2008 |
10:04 am

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Free-Air Interactivity

About a month ago my post about the interactive hologram generated quite a lot of buzz on the web. Here’s a new video which shows the same technology being used in other situations. For example: Browsing through your photos or having a look at a car from any angle by simply moving your hand in the air.

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681 clicks |
Category: Concepts, Innovation, Technology

30 May 2008 |
07:43 am

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Hybrid Bike

Tokyo based Axle Corporation has introduced a new electric motorbike with a hybrid plug-in, electromagnetic-permanent magnet motor, and is seven times more cost-efficient than scooters running on petrol. The company hopes to apply the technology to four wheelers.

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572 clicks |
Category: Concepts, Innovation, Technology

29 May 2008 |
01:26 pm

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The Way I See It

“The Way I See It! set standards for the next-generation sculpture-making. Bringing pop- and op-art together with modern psychedelic club culture and generative and interactive art, it proposes completely new ways of human-art communication.” It even has an inbuilt mp3 player and speakers.

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