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Minority report-like adverts ‘may hit the UK next year

TechDept — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:36:07 +0000

In 2002, Steven Spielberg’s hugely successful film Minority Report set imaginations alight, showing a glimpse of what the world could be like in the not-too-distant future.

Its plot revolved around a special police unit named ‘PreCrime’ which would predict when a murder was about to take place, giving police a chance to capture the potential criminal before they could commit the act. Yet for many, by far the most intriguing ‘invention’ in Minority Report intrusively made itself known as Tom Cruise’s character strolled through a mall. “John Anderton!” an advertisement yelled. “You could use a Guinness right about now!” As Anderton walked on, his world was a blur of noise and distraction emanating from adverts all over the room.

By Dave Lee for BBC News Technology, February 28,2011

Good work: a challenge to creatives

TechDept — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:10:13 +0000

Cool competition from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

By Cannes Lions, viewed on YouTube

Cool visualisation of global android activation

TechDept — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:00:30 +0000

The video shows how rapid and strong Android devices have been activated around the world in just over two years. You can clearly see the two devices that changed everything for Google’s popular mobile OS; that being the original Motorola DROID and Samsung Galaxy Sphones.

By Android Tapp

Does your mobile phone interfere with a flight?

TechDept — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:55:26 +0000

The announcement over the plane’s speaker seems as much a part of the routine before takeoff as the demonstration of how to buckle a seat belt: Please turn off all electronic devices.

But some passengers invariably ignore the request, perhaps thinking that their iPods or e-books do not count. And really, does it matter if the devices are left on?

By Christine Negroni for The New York Times, 7 Jan 2011.

CES unveils new internet TVs for streaming shows

TechDept — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:00:37 +0000

Televisions which stream programmes off the internet are on display at the Consumer Entertainment Show in Las Vegas.

The manufacturers hope watching programmes on the web will become a mainstream activity for most customers.

For BBC News Technology, 07 Jan 2011.

KLM Surprise

TechDept — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:00:32 +0000

This is a good example of social media & offline mixing from KLM:

Watch Video

Posted by KLMRoyalDutchAirline on Youtube, 08 Dec 2010.

Introducing Word Lens iPhone App

TechDept — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:00:20 +0000

If this app is real/works it’s a must have…

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Making music with iPad

TechDept — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:47:05 +0000

Get ready to make some wicked tunes on your iPad! We created a custom Touch OSC templates designed for the iPad. 16 Sample drum pad, and two 26 key keyboard layouts. Each note and pad has been pre-programmed to work with your DAW. You’ll get three custom templates along with the accompanying OSCulator template. Works right out of the box once you connect it to OSCulator. Includes rotary dials and multifaders for using them as MIDI cc’s to control your live effects.

By Noe Ruiz for pixil.info, April 20 2010

Feelosophy 3D sound exhibition launches in London

TechDept — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:22:00 +0000

Launch of the Feelosophy exhibition, which will run during the London Design Festival.

The work at Design Bridge is focused around a brand’s ‘sensory codes’, going beyond just the visual aspects of a brand and exploring scent, sound, touch and taste, here they have documented their own experiences of the Clerkenwell area as part of the exhibition.

For this project Design Bridge have been working with Sonic ID’s Martyn Ware, who is creating a soundscape for the exhibition based on our recordings. Martyn is a founder member of Heaven 17 and The Human League and has worked with artists such as Nick Zinner, and more recently on Inspired by Stage for the Vintage at Goodwood festival.

You can hear Martyn Ware’s soundscape as part of our Feelosophy, which is at 18 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0QN, until the end of the year

By Design Bridge, September 22 2010

Chrome Experiments Meets Arcade Fire

TechDept — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:16:14 +0000

The Wilderness Downtown

Choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, real-time compositing, procedural drawing, 3D canvas rendering… this Chrome Experiment has them all. “The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire’s song “We Used To Wait” and was built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas.

By Chrome Experiments for Arcade Fire 2010