Here is another interesting concept coming out of Miami Ad School, this time for Nike.
Since Nike has a huge range of sneakers, its next to impossible to try each one of them at the store. In fact its not even possible to find them all at the store.
So a unique interactive mirror using Microsofts Kinect Technology was created to customize the sneakers on the users feet. This way one could try on every pair of Nike sneakers ever made in record time.
People are getting antsy for the iPhone 5, some even agitated. All the anticipation is building the mythical gadget into something greater than it may eventually end up being. Videos like the one below don’t help either, but of course they are totally irresistible.
In the below video, Aatma Studio presents a computer generated concept of the iPhone 5 which is an exponential leap with features like an ultra-thin design, a laser keyboard, and a holographic display! 😎
Additionally, here is the rumor roundup video of iPhone 5 from NowhereElse. It also fits well with the craze on hand. 😉
“Bike Guide” is an innovative concept from Seoul based designer Kukil Han. He has conceptualized a convenient two-in-one tour bus, which enables the passengers to detach their bikes at specific checkpoints in order to explore the surroundings.
Each individual bike is supposed to be equipped with a GPS, which would also notify the user of when and where to rejoin the group.
Last year there was also a very interesting Chinese concept about a “train that never stopped“.
The Augmented Reality Cinema app for the iPhone allows you to walk around London and discover all the places where movies have been shot. Just point your iPhone in the direction of a sweetspot and get a replay of the movie scene that was shot there.
The app is currently a work in progress prototype. But if and when it does see the light of day, I am sure it will make a great gizmo for all the movie buffs out there.
This year Miami Ad School has produced some great conceptual projects from their current students. Here are a couple that caught my eye…
This student concept has been designed for McDonald’s and is a Facebook app that offers to help find the perfect burger for your mouth…
This student concept has been designed to create a new way to donate money for child education by utilizing the spelling feature inside Google Chrome to trigger donation prompts…
This student concept uses a social media connected bottle opener that invites friends over for a beer. Whoever has the most friends attending, gets a free case of Heineken…
Here is a future vision video by Corning, on where they see multi-touch digital displays over the next few years…
There are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou, just stopping and accelerating at each station wastes both time and energy e.g. A mere 5 min stop per station will result in a total loss of 5 min x 30 stations = 2.5 hours of train journey time!
So the Chinese seemed to have developed this amazing concept of getting on and off a bullet train without having to actually stop the train! 😎
How is that possible?
The below video shows you how it works…but in mandarin. So before you see it you can read a quick summary of the same:
Boarding the train: The passengers at the station embark onto a connector cabin way before the train even arrives at the station. When the train arrives, it does not stop at all but just slows down to pick up the connector cabin…which moves with the roof of the train. The passengers then climb down into the train from the connector cabin mounted on the train’s roof.
Getting off the train: After unloading its passengers, the connector cabin is moved to the back of the train so that the passengers who want to disembark at the next station can move into the connector cabin at the rear end of the train’s roof.
When the train arrives at the next station, it simply leaves the whole connector cabin behind. The disembarking passengers then take their own time to leave the cabin while the train has already left for it’s next destination.
While this is happening at the back, the front part of the train picks up the embarking passengers on another connector cabin that is placed in the front part of the train’s roof. So this way the train always drops one connector cabin at the rear and picks up a new one in the front.
A glimpse into Nokia’s crystal ball…interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch…
Here is a Swedish company called Ocean Observations leading the way with some really cutting edge concept implementations of ‘what if iPhone had…’
Out of the below three concepts Exposé has already been built and released on Cydia as ‘Orbit’…however I am still waiting to see if it will make it to the app store anytime soon. 💡
It’s really amazing to see stuff like this being thought of as it just about changes everything one could expect from a mobile. 😎
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