Mass audio instruction: A Social Experiment by Improv Everywhere

Recently, a group called Improv Everywhere performed their Sixth Annual Mp3 Experiment. This one involved over 2,000 people of all ages downloading the same mp3 and pressing play at the same time.  As seen in the video, they responded to a creepy instructional voice (think SAW) and were mindlessly led (think cult) through a series of goofy [...]

Adidas F50i boots Commercial: “The Spark”, starring Messi and Zidane

This is a great example of a brand staying current. With the recent surge of graphic novels being made into motion pictures, this recent Adidas commercial manages to mimic the drama and visual impact of its counterparts.  It’s not often a commercial a) excites the consumer and b) leaves them wanting to [...]

A Google Documentary

An excellent documentary that reveals where Google has come from and where they’re headed, as well as their general philosophies and methodologies. We also get to see the faces, personalities, and egos behind the search engine.
Whether you agree or disagree with Google’s approach to leveraging information, this is a must watch video.

Esquire Magazine blurs the distinction between Photo & Video

Captured on the Red One Digital Camera (that’s a frame resolution of 4096×2304, or 9.4 megapixels), the video-sourced cover image of Megan Fox,  is thought to be a first in the magazine industry, challenging traditional SLR photography and the distinctions of photo vs video.
In terms of where this technology is best suited, I would imagine this approach makes [...]

‘Wearable Agrirobot’ Power Suit Helps Aging Farm Workers

The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has developed an agriculture robot suit tailored to the 40% of Japan’s farm workers who are over the age of 65. Shigeki Toyama, a professor in robotics who developed the robotic harvesting and pruning suit, sought to make it industry and task-specific in order [...]

VisionAire Multi-touch Holograms

Obscura Digital has teamed their special multi-touch software with the Musion Eyeliner Hologram Projection System to produce an amazing interactive tool for presenters to use whereby they can manipulate 3-D holographic images in the air. Aptly called VisionAire, the single or multiple users can shrink, zoom and turn the images by [...]

The iBar: The World’s First Multi-touch Bar

The world’s first iBar was installed at 24, a high-end Soho nightclub in London, and is already a smashing success! The $147,000 table tops have sensors that detect what you’re drinking, so when you can’t remember how many something-tinis you had, the gizmo will figure it out for you by scanning [...]

Pastiche: Keyword-Based Virtual Tourism

When most of us think of virtual tourism, we envision a Google Earth-esque satellite overview of a city; Pastiche heads in the other direction entirely with its text-based interface.Rather than navigating the foreign territory of a map, Pastiche allows you to explore the neighborhoods of New York City through tags and [...]

Text-to-Voice Wand: The “Voice Stick”

The ‘Voice Stick’ concept enters to revolutionize the life of the visually impaired and offer a breath of fresh high-tech air to script recognition.
Designed by Sung Woo Park, the cutting-edge device is a portable text scanning tool, utilizing the OCR function to identify text and convert this information into voice. This advanced technology allows visually [...]

The Credit Crisis Visualized

The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. By Jonathan Jarvis.  Watch Part 2 of the video here >
The above video is a great example of using visualization to explain an incredibly complex and intimidating theme. While on the topic of the credit crisis, below are some additional examples of [...]