DISPLAX Multitouch Globe from DISPLAX™ Interactive Systems on Vimeo.
The demo kind of falls apart when they start poking around Windows, but Displax’s new 40-inch diameter Multitouch Globe looks like an absolute joy when it comes to navigating interactive maps. It’s just too bad it’s a bit impractical…
Continue reading… “Multitouch Domes are a great way to display maps”
Two new laws proposed by US legislators, the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, have been attracting a very negative reaction from the web community over the past couple of months, which is today culminating in a day of protests. Aiming to curtail copyright infringement on the web by giving the US government unprecedented new powers, both SOPA and PIPA have been rejected as overreaching and unhelpful laws that cannot coexist with a free and open internet.
A lot of websites (most notably Wikipedia) are going dark today in protest of SOPA.
But the humor site The Oatmeal easily wins for its hilarious GIF about the proposed law. In its own way, it does a better job of explaining what SOPA means than a lot of the serious sites out there.
Here it is after the jump. Watch and laugh…
Recycled stuffed animals never looked so good!
Artist Agustina Woodgate makes her skin rugs out of recycled stuffed animals. Keep her away from your cherished teddy bear.
Her Skin Rug series consists of a group of rugs made out of dissembled stuffed animals and turned into large quilt-like rugs that almost look like a kaleidoscope…
Continue reading… “Artist recycles stuffed toys to make stunning, psychedelic rugs”
Today’s Kickstarter Creativity Spotlight focuses on balloon mapping. What the heck is balloon mapping you may ask?
Balloon mapping is sending a camera up on a balloon, snapping photos, and stitching them into a map. Over the past year and a half these fine folks have built a global mapper community and this is your chance to participate in all the excitement…
Continue reading… “Balloon mapping kits by Mathew Lippincott”
Will you become a member?
Pirates and file-sharers, rejoice! The Missionary Church of Kopimism (just say it out loud) has been recognized as a religion in Sweden:
Since 2010 a group of self-confessed pirates have tried to get their beliefs recognized as an official religion in Sweden. After their request was denied several times, the Church of Kopimism – which holds CTRL+C and CTRL+V as sacred symbols – is now approved by the authorities as an official religion. The Church hopes that its official status will remove the legal stigma that surrounds file-sharing.
All around the world file-sharers are being chased by anti-piracy outfits and the authorities, and the situation in Sweden is no different. While copyright holders are often quick to label file-sharers as pirates, there is a large group of people who actually consider copying to be a sacred act…
The “Star-Turn” installation was made as part of a fundraising effort Help for Heroes, a charity for wounded war veterans. The installation featured a geodesic dome that protected riders of a static Specialized Sirrus bike, which when pedalled, would spin attached armatures mounted with a helix of tea light candles each.
According to the press release, Munro’s design was inspired by accident..
Continue reading… “Museum’s geodesic dome houses human-powered light show”
Changing the way you buy clothing.
This seems like the kind of invention we’ve needed for a long time now-a virtual dressing room that allows you to try on clothes without all that nudity and pointless human interaction.
There are no salespeople to hard sell you into buying that ill fitting garment, you simply try it on for size via touch screen and see what you think for yourself. Here’s how it works…
Continue reading… “The dressing room Of The future”
Some of the innovations at CES were basic and if you saw one of them you were going to see 20. Others jumped out and smacked you in the noggin because there were obvious landmark steps in a new direction. The Leonar3Do virtual reality design kit really captured our imagination and kept us thinking all day and night of the possibilities it was capable of…
Continue reading… “World’s first desktop virtual reality design kit – Leonar3Do”
Don’t worry if your electronics take a splash with HzO technology.
HzO’s award winning proprietary WaterBlock is cutting-edge technology that protects your valuable digital electronics from their number one nemesis: H2O. Powerful and invisible, WaterBlock protects your devices on a molecular scale, by coating all the circuitry on your electronic devices so you can breathe easy no matter what the situation you find yourself in…
Article and photos by Thomas Frey reporting directly from CES in Las Vegas.
Continue reading… “HzO and WaterBlock technology can save your electronics”
Bringing the board game experience to life.
A groundbreaking innovation! The new GameChanger from Identity Games is an electronic game board that works with your iPad. Touch the board, the screen interacts. It is a gaming experience the entire family can enjoy…
Article and photo by Deb Frey reporting directly from CES in Las Vegas.
Continue reading… “GameChanger game board for iPad”
Give your iPhone a panoramic boost.
Have you ever wanted to be an amateur panoramic videographer? Or maybe you wanted to get out on the streets and see what its like to be a Google Streetviewer. How about showing your mom how small and crazy your new apartment is? Now is your chance! This handy little device named Dot™ is a stylish and durable lens attachment that snaps onto your iPhone 4 / 4S and lets you shoot 360° panoramic videos from the palm of your hand…
Article by Andrew Frey with Thomas Frey reporting directly from CES in Las Vegas.
Continue reading… “Dot™ hits the spot”
This incredibly well made cartoon is the product of some talented students from the ESMA School of the Arts in France, and packs a full length feature worth of content into an eight minute long short…
Continue reading… “An amazing 3D animation short called Electro Shock”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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