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Samsung mock apple

TechDept — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:27:52 +0000

Watch Samsung’s “Next Big Thing” Galaxy S II commercial….

Posted on YouTube by skovach85, 22 Nov 2011.

YouTube gets shaken up

TechDept — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:00:16 +0000

Watch the video

Uploaded by MinusLand for YouTube, 17 Sept 2008.

‘Invisibility Cloak’ uses mirages to make objects vanish

TechDept — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:10:09 +0000

Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas have hijacked one of nature’s most intriguing phenomena — the mirage — to make an invisibility cloak. It can hide objects from view, works best underwater and even has a near-instant on/off switch.

To understand how it works, you need to first grasp the basics of the mirage effect. This unusual experience, sometimes seen in the desert or on hot roads during the summer, can trick your brain into seeing objects that aren’t really there.

By Mark Brown for Wired, 04 Oct 2011.

The future is amazing, and microsoft has the video to prove it

TechDept — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:00:46 +0000

This might be as close as we’re going to get to a time machine. Unless they’re working on that, too.

Microsoft this morning is premiering a new video that shows how the company believes technology is poised to evolve over the next five to 10 years, based on the trends its researchers and engineers are seeing in software, devices, displays, sensors, processors and intelligent systems.

By Todd Bishop for Geek Wire, 27 Oct 2011.

Make anything a touchscreen

TechDept — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:00:53 +0000

The idea of a portable, impressively useful touchscreen interface has very quickly gone from the world of science fiction to depictions of dubious accuracy on mainstream shows like NCIS or CSI. The consumer, alas, has had to make due with smaller touchscreen interfaces on our phones and tablets and giant, spy-catching rigs aren’t coming to us anytime soon, but if scientists at the Carnegie Mellon Human Computer Interaction Institute have anything to say about it, we might soon get the next best thing. In a joint project with Microsoft, they’ve created a unique technology that allows a functional multi-touch screen to be displayed on almost any surface, including the body.

By Ross A. Lincoln for Tom’s Guide, 18 Oct 2011.

Collin’s lab: brainwave beats

TechDept — Fri, 13 May 2011 09:00:49 +0000

Measuring brainwaves is not just for neuroscientists anymore – new affordable consumer level EEG devices ( & even some toys) do a respectable job at measuring tiny voltage pulses given off by neurons firing in the brain. Cool – but how shall we use these new found sensory powers? To automatically compose electronic music, of course!

Those interested in listening to beats made by their own brains (with help from a MindSet device) can download and run the MindSet Beat Sequencer code for Processing. The software has not been optimized/streamlined as of yet, but if you familiarize yourself with the required proMIDI &MindSetProcessing libraries, it will likely make sense. Those without a MindSet might consider modifying the Beat Sequencer code to automatically generate MIDI loops by choosing random patterns every second or so (fun!).

By Collin Cunningham for MAKE, 05 May 2011.

Brandtube

TechDept — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:15:34 +0000

On Friday, I spoke at a social media conference with Aaron Calloway, a brand manager from Axe. He shared the story of the provocative Axe Detailer CYB Campaign, which earned Axe a Cannes Gold Lion and propelled the brand to major growth. It was ranked the single most viral video of 2010.

At one point, Aaron said, “Marketers often say they want to ‘do a viral video’. You can’t just ‘do a viral video’.”

Most things are not viral and you never know in advance what ideas will work. The best approach is to try lots of things and bring the best forward. Aaron described a long journey bringing this campaign to life and the details involved, far beyond the actual 3-minute video.

By Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist, April 4,2011

BMW activate the future

TechDept — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:00:40 +0000

“Wherever You Want To Go” is the first release under BMW Documentaries—a new franchise dedicated to crafting original, thought-provoking and entertaining content. The film aims to take audiences to a place they’ve truly never been: the future. From the minds of some of the most influential scientists, academics, pioneers, and entrepreneurs of our time, this four-part documentary paints a unique picture of technology, culture, cities, our past, present and how it all relates to the future of mobility.

Watch four films on the future of mobility.

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

ET phone home (again)

TechDept — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:00:12 +0000

Watch video

Posted by blankenheimrobert for Youtube, 06 Feb 2011.