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When a creative brief tasked them to “make something connected to the Internet that doesn’t live on the screen,” Foundry, a small research team at Mint Digital, came up with Olly, a scent-based system rewarding social media activity or, as they describe it on their site, a “web-connected smelly… Read More…
While augmented reality interfaces have had their moment on smartphones, the automobile windshield is a potentially more useful place to overlay contextual information. Mercedes’ Dynamic and Intuitive Control Experience (DICE) offers a look at how the manufacturer envisions getting everything from traffic da… Read More…
Data analysis is no longer just a practice for economists or statistics-hungry infographic designers. Thanks to technology at large, anyone can easily track every aspect of their existence to create a personalized numerical evaluation—a quantified self. Psychology has shown that in general, people are motiv… Read More…
There’s a good chance that your next laptop will be thinner and lighter than you can possibly imagine. This week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel unveiled its grand plan to make Ultrabooks — its snazzy name …… Read More…
The engineers from Chaotic Moon Labs pushed the limitations of the Microsoft Kinect by using it to move and control a physical object rather than virtual ones…. Read More…
Tobii technology, a leading vendor in eye tracking and eye control, is showcasing its latest products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas…. Read More…
If you haven’t heard of Tylt, don’t be too surprised, as the name is fairly new. In reality they’re a fresh new line put out by perennial iPhone (and other phone) accessory… Read More…
Web browser firm Opera has today launched Opera TV Store, a service that manufacturers can add to TVs, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players, making it easy for users to find… Read More…
Portals is a successfully funded tech project on Kickstarter that allows users to reach into a television box and interact with objects in real time. Created by Jayne Vidheecharoen, a media student at the Art Center College of Design in California, Portals aims to be a gateway between reality and a parallel fantasy world…. Read More…
Shopperception is a Kinect-based tracking system that gathers data on shoppers’ interactions with the products on retail shelves…. Read More…