Emerging Tech Inspiration

Draw on a collaborative virtual canvas by moving in physical space. The final artwork is the result of all the users’ activity. Painted Earth

MyLapka - PEM

Follow an AR avatar walking in a funny way to reach your destination.  Hotstepper - Nexus

Control physical objects (create virtual switches, connect switch with a lamp, etc) using drag and drop and other touch gestures in Augmented Reality

Listen to your environment modified through sound effects.  Augment - Audio

Cinder - Umbrellium

Apps for Hololens. Microsoft headset device that can display digital information overlaid on the user’s view.  Hololens 2

A physical product that customises an Amazon Echo or Google Home by placing something on top of it.  

Start an Alexa Skill when a sensor (proximity, button...) is triggered without having to say “Alexa...”.  Beyond Skills - Uniform

An AI trained on Donald Trump real tweets that posts new original tweets in the same style of Trump’s ones.  DeepDrumpf

Detect emotion in written text.  IBM - Natural Language Understanding 

Take a photo to a clothing item and get a list of similar items you can order though the app.  ASOS visual search

Detect a person’s approximate age through their face and plays a song from when they were 14.    Self-reflector

Emotional Radio detects a person’s mood through their face and then plays a song to match that mood.  Solo - Uniform

The chatbot asks what characteristics you like in animals (big, small, furry or not, etc.) and at the end shows you a photo of the animal you would like the most.  BBC - Real Happiness

Clip cables to any object and they become a button for controlling a computer or any electronics.  Makey Makey 

These arms can fill the cocktail shaker with the right spirits, shake and serve a cocktail.  Makr Shakr