The F21 Thread Screen is a 2,000 pound machine that uses 6,400 mechanical spools of thread to display Instagrams hashtagged with #F21ThreadScreen. Melding fashion and technology, the Thread Screen is truly beautiful and unique. Hashtag an Instagram of you and your friends and see yourselves in a way unlike anything you’ve seen before…
For more infos visit www.f21threadscreen.com.
A robot that provides a personal and meaningful human experience is set to become reality through Jibo, a 11 inch tall, 6 pound, swiveling circular robot. 😎 Friendly, helpful and intelligent, Jibo is the world’s first social robot for the family.
Here is a short demo video created for its crowdfunding campaign…
More infos on pre-ordering Jibo are available at www.myjibo.com.
Borders between media are blurring. Books are being swiped, magazines digitally scrolled and even in print one can today occasionally navigate. So it is no surprise when regular paper posters come to life on being combined with bluetooth, conductive ink, sensors and speakers.
Looking for an innovative way to mark New Zealand’s Music Month, Beck’s partnered with Shine to design a playable poster. Using conductive ink and speakers the posters were made playable with a simple tap of the finger…
Herb and spice brand Schwartz is all about flavour. So to dramatise flavour which was invisible and silent, they got print tech collective Novalia and ad agency Grey London to collaborate on an interactive poster. The poster used conductive ink to turn the surface area of the paper into an interactive interface that also connected to the viewers smartphone to deliver a richer experience…
Agency Republic from UK, created a poster with an embedded sensor which when knocked changed the song being played on the agencies shared sound system…
There are places in Paris where you can’t get any Internet connection. So Ogilvy Paris setup free Wifi hotspots in these areas and incentivised people to make use of the wifi by first playing a short game of ‘Scrabble WiFi’.
Once the user proved his spelling skills, the score from the word was converted into free wifi minutes. The higher you scored, the longer the connection. Sharing the score on Facebook also doubled the connection time.
Mexican energy drink Gladiator has created a “USB Can” which is not exactly a USB, but it does feature a packaging innovation that gives the user storage when they need it. 😎
Users who wish to make use of the USB can are directed to a website where they need to connect with Facebook and scan their can to get access to upload files from their computer. The uploaded files can then be unlocked on another computer by scanning the same USB Can.
Cogoo, a bicycle sharing service in Japan has created a system called Turntable Rider that transforms a BMX bicycle into an elaborate wireless MIDI controller.
The system was developed in a collaboration between professional BMX rider Kotaro Tanaka, turntablist DJ Baku and interactive artist Toshiyuki Sugai.
Check out the video below to see how tricks on the BMX can create super-fun soundscapes…
The making of video below shows how this technology was created to turn a BMX into a musical instrument…
