Virtual shopping in subway stations

The South Korean version of the supermarket chain Tesco installed virtual stores in subway stations as a way to provide more shopping opportunities for busy, smartphone-handy commuters. Shoppers browse 2D displays of groceries, scan a QR code to select items and complete their purchase all on their phone. The supermarket then delivers their goods by the time they arrive at home.

Watch a case study here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVoYsBym88

In this case, mobile is not only affecting shopping habits in stores, but also allowing for the whole shopping experience to be recreated virtually and on-the-go.

Contributed by James Taylor

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Wired and Whimsical

From wallets that help your spending to hula girls that tweet from your carshare, the work of concept artist John Kestner — who uses APIs to “teach” objects how to react to our everyday lives — could be amazing inspiration for DOOH work.

Contributed by Leila Coffman

Using Your Hands to Light Paint with Kinect Graffiti

Jean-Christophe Naour’s Kinect Graffiti uses Microsoft’s Kinect to respond to gestures creating real-time light paintings.

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Socialnomics Stats Video

Kinetic type video of social media stats from Erik Qualman’s Socialnomics v3 book.

Snap! and Focus It Later

The Lytro camera makes taking quick snapshots quick again. When you click to take a photo, the camera captures all the light information it can and provides you with a digital file you can edit later.

Born out of founder Ren Ng’s years of research and PhD thesis, this development in digital photography has the potential to transform still shots into more interactive, varied pictures as the user can edit the photo to switch between different points of focus, adjust the light levels, etc.

Essentially, the technology lets you take your photos more quickly, and then play with them for longer. What sounds better than that?

Contributed by Christine Wilson

Via Mashable

Charge Your Phone with Your T-Shirt

There’s a new solution to a dead phone battery, and you can wear it on your body! That is, if you happen to be at a concert. And also have this crazy weird shirt. But the idea of using live sound waves to charge your phone — in this case, with the Orange Sound Charge T-Shirt — is fun, if a little impractical.

What will the Internet be like in 2015?

In only 4 years, what advances will we see for the Internet? These great infographics and video make some powerful predictions.

Contributed by Sosia Bert

Via Fast Co Design

Ideas About the Future of Education

PBS explores ways to adapt classroom education for kids growing up in a digital world.

Watch the full episode. See more Digital Media – New Learners Of The 21st Century.

Unlock your door with your Phone

Finally a set of keys you can’t lose (…unless you lose your phone).

The Lockitron app lets you lock and unlock your door using your smart phone. It even works via text messaging with non-smart phones.

Via Laughing Squid

Nike+ Paint with your Feet

This innovative software uses Nike+ GPS data to create stunning custom visuals. Tracking a runner’s speed and style, the software produces abstract maps and visualizations of runs throughout the city. At a lunch event for Nike+2 City Pack series, participants played with the software and printed images of their runs as posters and as designs on custom Nike shoe boxes.

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