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TRANSFORM as Adaptive and Dynamic Furniture

We introduce TRANSFORM, a shape-changing desk. TRANSFORM is an exploration of how shape display technology can be integrated into our everyday lives as interactive, transforming furniture. These interfaces not only serve as traditional computing devices, but also support a variety of physical activities. By creating shapes on demand or by moving objects around, TRANSFORM changes the ergonomics and aesthetic dimensions of furniture.

Bird is a game changer for anyone who has ever needed to get their professional message across and generate in-room social interaction.Most presenters wish to fully engage their audience through various interactive materials – 3D models, visuals, web-based applications, animations and more. However, a truly effective presentation is one that allows the presenter to roam around the room and engage the audience directly while still interacting with the presentation materials. (...)

Introducing Subway Symphony by James MURPHY

Subway Symphony - turn New York subway turnstile beeps into music.  For nearly 20 years, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy has dreamed of changing the harsh beeps of New York’s subway turnstiles into music. 

This Adorable Cashless Piggybank Is Designed to Help Kids Understand Money

New Zealand’s ASB Bank Wants to Make Saving ‘Magic’ Again

How do you deal with pocket money in an increasingly cashless society? New Zealand’s ASB Bank came up with a great answer for parents who are always forgetting to give their kids coins for an old-fashioned piggybank.

Clever Kash is a cute elephant toy with a digital screen on its middle. It syncs with ASB’s mobile banking smartphone app, so parents can use it to add or deduct pocket money, and kids can see the amount they have in their bank displayed on the 15cm toy.

Land's End is a VR adventure from the creators of Monument Valley . 

Set against spectacular landscapes, the player is tasked with awakening an ancient civilization using the powers of their mind. Land's End combines Ustwo Games’ award-winning approach to interactive storytelling with Samsung GearVR, creating an incredible virtual reality experience that you can take anywhere.

Land's End is due for release on October 30th, and will be available via the Oculus store.

Samsung's Latest TV Is Also An Unexpected Design Masterpiece

Televisions were once built more like furniture than anything else, expected to fit into a home's decor for decades. But in more recent times, the attention has shifted to the more gadgety aspects of a TV, with new models constantly being pushed as consumer upgrades based upon new tech "innovations": HD Ready. HD Capable. Full HD. 3D. 4K. LED. Plasma. OLED. IGZO. As a consequence, television design has suffered.

Samsung has been as guilty of this as anyone else, but lately, they've been trying to give something back. Following a Yves Beharcollaboration earlier this year, Samsung is now teaming up with French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec to try to bring beautiful design back to televisions. Together, they have created the Serif, an elegant new flat-screen with a beautiful I-shaped silhouette.

Read full article here : http://www.fastcodesign.com/3051226/wanted/samsungs-latest-tv-is-also-an-unexpected-design-masterpiece#1

Feel without touching

Ultrahaptics creates tactile sensations in mid-air. No gloves or attachments, the feeling is projected onto your bare hands.Feel tactile cues for gestures, invisible interfaces, textures, virtual objects and more.Originally developed at the University of Bristol, our technology uses ultrasound to create feeling directly on your hands.

The Future of Flight by CPI.

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a British organization that works with companies to develop new products, expects that airplane cabin windows may be replaced by full-length screens within a decade. In addition to seeing the plane’s camera-mounted outside views, passengers would be able to use the screens to examine particular sights, cruise the internet, or simply turn them off.

The CPI estimates that the proposal will need about 10 years of R&D; before it’s consumer ready; so, any nervous, airsick, or simply excited passengers will likely see many of the foldable screens’ kinks worked out well before they get to view the actual displays.

Estimote Stickers Beacon

About a year ago we began shipping our first product, Estimote Beacons. Since then, we’ve grown an incredible global network of over 25,000 developers building applications on top of Estimote. Startups and Fortune 500 companies alike use our platform to build apps that change how we interact with the world around us - from shopping malls, to the office, tomuseums, to concerts and beyond. Today we’re extremely excited to launch Estimote Stickers, brand new super tiny beacons that represent the future of what sensor technology and contextual computing will be.

OMOTE / REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING PROJECTION MAPPING

En utilisant des projecteurs de lumière incroyablement précis, Nobumich Asai montre comment le visage d’une personne peut être modifié numériquement et en temps réel. Cette technique, appelée le “mapping vidéo”, ou “projection mapping” en anglais, est relativement courante de nos jours, étant surtout utilisée sur des bâtiments, des murs ou des objets statiques – comme lors de la Fête des lumières à Lyon. Mais effectuer une telle démonstration – la plus belle à ce jour – sur un visage  humain relève du presque-inédit, et donne un résultat encore plus surprenant.

Pour obtenir l’effet désiré, les dimensions et les contours du visage du modèle ont été numérisés. Des petits points sont ensuite posés sur des zones spécifiques telles que le front, les pommettes, les joues, le menton… pour permettre aux caméras de suivre les mouvements du visage et de détecter sa position exacte. Le modèle se retrouve plongé dans un noir presque total, où seul sa figure reste éclairé. La magie opère ensuite.

Reactive ink that changes color upon contact with air

London-based artist lauren bowker and her material exploration studio THE UNSEEN has developed a form of wind reactive ink that changes color according to different fluctuations in the air and around the body.demonstrated in a couture capsule collection designed for swarovski entitled ‘air’, the biological and chemical technology is integrated into layers of fabrics, morphing its RGB values in response to pressure change. similar to howformula one visualizes aerodynamics, through strands of color surrounding the car, ‘air’ is able to translate an environmental force into a graphic display.

NAO, un robot pour les enfants autistes

On les a longtemps fantasmés, rêvés, imaginés, aujourd'hui les robots humanoïdes commencent à être une réalité. Direction Birmingham, au Royaume-Uni, à la découverte de Nao, un petit robot programmable capable d'interagir avec des enfants autistes. A leur contact, les enfants font d'énormes progrès : ils apprennent mieux et développent des relations sociales dont ils étaient auparavant incapables. Une véritable révolution pour des enfants souvent coupés du monde.

Electromagnet Dot Display for TNT's "Perception"

For TNT's newest crime-solving show Perception, design firmBreakfast revived a sign technology of yesteryear to create an anagram-finding experience on the streets of New York.

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LIX 3D printing pen

LIX 3D printing pen has the similar function as 3D printers. It melts and cools coloured plastic, letting you create rigid and freestanding structures. Lix has a hot-end nozzle that is power supplied from USB 3.0 port. The plastic filament ABS/PLA is introduced in the upper extremity of Lix Pen. The filament goes through a patented mechanism while moving through the pen to finally reach the hot-end nozzle which melts and cools it down. An interesting fact about this light-weight, engineered pen is that these structures can be formed in any imaginable shape.