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Go Right – A Supercut of Classic Video Games

James — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:34:06 +0000

We’ve gamed a long way from two dimensions.

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Playing Tetris on a Building

James — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:11:17 +0000

Some folks at MIT hacked a building to play Tetris on the side of it.

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Frogger Using Real-time 5th Ave Traffic

James — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:55:09 +0000

5th Ave Frogger is a hacked version of Frogger pulling in real-time 5th Ave traffic as game data. If you’re in New York this weekend, you can play.

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Playbutton – Wearable Buttons You Can Listen To

James — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:34:56 +0000

Playbutton is a wearable button containing an album or a mix that you can plug your headphones into to listen.

Nubot – A Video Chat Robot Doll

Friends — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:17:12 +0000

Nubot is a doll ready to host smartphone video chats via Skype.

The remote user can control the doll’s body gestures (wave, bow, turn) giving them more of a physical presence.

The folks at Nuuo that developed Nubot use it to have teleconferences between their offices.

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We’ve seen a more mobile, albeit less cute, telepresence robot named Texai in the past.

A Grocery Scanner That Recognizes Produce

James — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:10:43 +0000

Toshiba has developed an object scanner designed to speed up the grocery checkout process. The scanner has the ability to recognize produce and even distinguish between varieties of apples.

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Touché Advanced Touch Detection

James — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:28:44 +0000

Disney Research presents Touché, demonstrating that touch interactions don’t have to be limited to an on/off detection on glass, but rather any type of touch on any type of surface.

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livehoods

Friends — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:02:57 +0000

A very cool project from the smart people at Carnegie Mellon University to map (and remap.. and remap) Livehoods.. Neighborhoods that emerge in the moment, based on check-in and social graph data.

Contributed by: Ralph Paone

Car Pong Anyone?

Ellie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:26:37 +0000

Hold the beer and check out BBDO Germany’s Smart eBall installation for the third generation Smart car.
Cars play pong against each other to showcase the road responsiveness of this next gen version of the car.

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Ted – ED

Carey Head — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:21 +0000

A game changer for teachers, education (lesson plans) and more…