Augmented Reality – We are Autobots
To promote Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Paramount has released a viral website that uses face tracking technology to let you picture yourself with the head of legendary Autobot leader Optimus Prime. You can check out the site we are autobots to try it for yourself.
I have also inclu ...
Virtual Dressing Room
There is an application developed to help online shoppers make buying decisions easier and more fun. The application is currently in alpha, uses augmented reality and motion capture control so users can try on clothes virtually, using their webcams and a print-out marker.
Motion capture, motion t ...
Solar power without the clouds…
Solar power is a great idea, but in the UK, clouds like to spoil the fun.  There have been some awesome ideas for solar power, one of these is in Spain where they reflect and focus sunlight from huge mirrors to the top of a tower.
But anyway, imagine being able to collect solar power from spac ...
Taxi of the Future
We see and ride taxi's or cabs everyday. But its design have not really changed in years. we are beginning to rethink transportation systems to cope with new issues such as urban planning, growing populations and the environment. included in this discussion is the design of the taxi what will th ...
Celebrity Caricature
Celebrities are cool subjects for caricatures. What is a caricature? A caricature can refer to a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of ...
Stackable Electric City Cars
Cars and cities don't really make for the best relationship, and in many cities lots of different schemes have been tried to get things moving again.  Here in Manchester we have shared city cars where there are special parking places around town and you just pick one up and can park it in the spe ...
Transparent Designs
You just got to love these cool and really creative see-thru designs. First up is the transparent B-IRON 725 iron allows you to see the clothes that you are ironing. The sole plate is made out of tempered glass and heat conduction works via a network of electro-thermal wires.
If you want to be a ...
Painting With Chocolate and Ketchup
Never play with your food. A saying our parents would always tell us when we were little kids. But this guy Nathan Wyburn made a drawing using Chocolate and Ketchup instead of the usual oil or acrylic base paints.Â
"Here I paint the KFC Colonel using Ketchup and Chocolate syrup! This is part ...
Can’t Afford A Car? Build A Lego One…
OK, the car industry is about the worst industry to be in right now with the recession and all putting company after company in bankruptcy. People just don't buy cars anymore in the same pace as they used to. maybe it's because we try to save money for more important things now when the world has a ...
Strong Branding: Have a coke!
I was linked the video below the other day by a friend, and just love seeing things like this.  The advert is from 1954, and the Coca-Cola branding is still as strong today, even through the massive cultural changes. Now that's branding.
1954 Coke Advert:
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Relax – Mood Gliding Lounger
After a hard days work, one of the best ways to relax is to lie down on a comfy chair and just chill. LED lounger is a modern hi-tech ergonomic designed lounger that glides back and forth, while it interacts with music, audio and voice using existing popular technologies such as MP3 players, PSP/ ...
Hot and Cold Pet Tracker
Here is a design that was created for our beloved pets. HOT-COLD comprises a pair of devices (collar for pet, display for owner) to help keep track of your beloved pet when out of sight wandering the neighborhood.
The collar is designed to replace the traditional collars that we are used to. ...
Geek Gang Signs
Alright, so I set out on a quest last week looking for some kind of sub culture when it comes to being a "Geek". Looked through pretty much each and every place I could think of and found tons of interesting material. Some about clothes, glasses and tons of other wearable items. There was also a hug ...
Dyson to take over Asteroids!
Well maybe not the vacuum hoovers we might be thinking of, but a game! Dyson is an indie game with a difference.  Its set with a strategic style of play where you control seedlings which you direct around asteroids, and plant into different kinds of trees. They then grow and either give off mor ...
Paper Water Bottle
The 360 Paper Water Bottle is a single serve water bottle made from sustainable sheet stock such as bamboo, palm leaves etc. An internal micro-thin film provides the liquid / air barrier and the fusing material to join the two pressed halves together. The design enables the self-bundling of multiple ...