Filed under: Innovation

A TV Experience concept by Syzygy

Nice concept by Syzygy about how you might use devices (tablet in this case) to interact with video media including integration with your room TV.

Look the part when he is watching the ice hocky game and can see the game playout in real time on the ipad...kinda reminds be of the F1 app you can get off iTunes though. All in all great use of the technology and I totally cant wait for this to hit the main stream!

 

 

More about the project and the Syzygy Lab:
http://lab.syzygy.de

Light-up cereal boxes and self-cooking soup powered by the magic of induction

Shown at CES 2011. I cant say I didnt see this happening eventually. Technically is kinda cool and as an end user Id probably be drawn to it if I saw it on a shelf but then what if all the products had it.... would it be to annoying to navigate a shopping isle without products flashing at you when you go near them? Buy me Buy me

Apparently that has a self heating Soup can which has an in built heating coil.... pretty sure I have seen this in local petrol stations for coffee shots though!

Even so its still cool tech and I am sure when marketing agencies see this they will be all over it! ;-) 

Stary Night iPad Christmas Greeting by @Torchbox

Nice work guys!

A Starry Night from Torchbox on Vimeo.

The team at Torchbox want to wish our clients, friends and families a very merry Christmas.

As a treat, we've made this short video to brighten the day and warm cold toes.

Filmed and edited at our offices in Oxfordshire, UK. Music recorded and produced at Torchbox by Katie Overbury, Wes West and Tom Dyson.

http://twitter.com/torchbox

http://torchbox.com

Insightful video How Design Triggers Transformation with Frog Designs Tjeerd Hoek

Talk of Tjeerd Hoek (Frog Design) at the 2nd Design Mind Salon in Amsterdam brought together 60 selected guests from the business and design world for one afternoon to discuss ‘how design triggers transformation’ (Source designmind.frogdesign.com)

Talk of Tjeerd Hoek (frog design) at the 2nd Design Mind Salon in Amsterdam brought together
60 selected guests from the business and design world for one afternoon to discuss ‘how design triggers transformation’

Talk of Bill Buxton (Microsoft Research) at the 2nd Design Mind Salon in Amsterdam brought together
60 selected guests from the business and design world for one afternoon to discuss ‘how design triggers transformation’

Its well worth checking out Frog Designs - Design Mind blog to after you have watched these videos.

Tjeerd Hoek

  (Haarlem, 1 July 1968) was thirteen years at Microsoft, most recently as Design Director for Microsoft Windows. He was thus responsible for the user interface of Windows Vista. Since May 2007 he worked at frog design, an international consulting firm for industrial design[1]. Tjeerd Hoek studied industrial design at the Delft University of Technology, where he in 1992 graduated. In 1994 he left for the United States and joined Microsoft right[2]. There he worked on the design of including Microsoft Office, MSN, Windows XP, and recently Windows Vista. During the worldwide campaign following the launch of Windows Vista, he appeared in various media on January 30, 2007 inter alia in the Dutch television program The World Keeps Turning. In May 2007 he transferred to frog design. Since September 2009 he has worked for the European office of frog design in Amsterdam. (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjeerd_Hoek)

 

Other useful links

http://johnnyholland.tv/

http://designmind.frogdesign.com/videos/

http://www.billbuxton.com/

 

 

 

 

BMW utilizes iPad to show off car features which also allows the consumer to configure the car

At this week's South Florida International Auto Show in Miami, BMW is debuting some new interactive technology that will be appearing at other shows over the coming weeks. The traditional static specification panels that appear next to all the fancy new cars at auto shows are being replaced by mounted iPads. The limited space on a show floor means that automakers can't show every available color and option combination. The iPads will allow visitors to use the same configurator found on the BMW website to see what combinations are available and build and price their own favorite. Visitors can enter their contact information for a call from a local dealer or to schedule a test drive after the show. Text of the BMW press release follows.

(download)

http://www.bimmerpost.com/