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"New York City residents can use the QR code readers installed on their smartphones to pull up the..."

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:36:49 -0400

“New York City residents can use the QR code readers installed on their smartphones to pull up the instructional videos. A segment from NYC Media’s show The Green Apple: Recycling is currently on display; Howcast’s recycling videos will appear in the next six to eight weeks.”

- QR Codes: Now on Your Neighborhood Sanitation Truck

Their bizarre creation is the Kokonatchi, a cuddly, gyrating...

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:20:36 -0400

Their bizarre creation is the Kokonatchi, a cuddly, gyrating robot of sorts, much in the vein of Nabaztag, that flashes multicolor LEDs and wiggles in an adorable seizure when you’ve got a new Tweet to look at. (via Kokonatchi bots are really, incredibly excited about your Twitter stream — Engadget)

Fresh Prehistoric Flesh

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:53:23 -0400

Fresh Prehistoric Flesh

Share Happy vending machine dispenses ice cream for a smile (and...

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:51:49 -0400

Share Happy vending machine dispenses ice cream for a smile (and your soul)

A playful on and offline campaign that lives at...

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:47:10 -0400

A playful on and offline campaign that lives at nyHeartLeBron.com ~ where there is a giant counter next to a #NY<3LeBron button you can click… three ways to make the counter go up? 1. Click the digital basketball button on the site 2. Tweet with the hashtag #NY<3LEBRON 3. (and my absolute favorite!) Find one of the few #NY<3LeBron BUTTONS in real life around NY and push it! These adorable half basketballs encased in wood are circulating the city waiting for you… oh, and of course, they have a facebook page too. (via #NY <3 LeBron = Buttons IRL + Twitter (NOTCOT))

Tunerfish allows people to share with a single click what they...

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:25:52 -0400

Tunerfish allows people to share with a single click what they are watching, on their social network(s) of choice in real time. Much like Twitter does for tweets, Tunerfish also displays which TV shows are trending among your friends (in the last hour, 24 hours, etc.), which gives users a way to discover shows they are not yet familiar with. (via Comcast’s Tunerfish Debuts To The Public With HBO’s True Blood Series)

Twitpic Launches Face Tagging

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:20:51 -0400

Twitpic Launches Face Tagging

Apple’s HTML5 Demo in Safari

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:15:22 -0400

Apple’s HTML5 Demo in Safari

Augmented Reality Logo

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:52:48 -0400

Augmented Reality Logo

EyeSight’s Natural User Interface relies on a...

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:53:36 -0400

EyeSight’s Natural User Interface relies on a phone’s camera to detect hand motions, enabling developers to write apps that change tracks, ignore callers, and display text messages with a wave. (via EyeSight’s hand-waving, gesture-based UI now available for Android)

"Greystripe can reportedly transcode the banned content to HTML5 on the fly, and it’s..."

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:51:56 -0400

“Greystripe can reportedly transcode the banned content to HTML5 on the fly, and it’s apparently impressive enough that Adobe’s signed on to create an interactive, crossplatform ad solution”

- Adobe and Greystripe partner for ads that convert Flash to HTML5

bigfatgreg: Raisin tracks medications you take by receiving...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:22:48 -0400

bigfatgreg:

Raisin tracks medications you take by receiving signals from each microchip-enhanced pill as it enters your body. It also tracks activity and sleep using an accelerometer. Raisin was recently approved by the FDA and will be used in upcoming clinical trials for mental health, heart failure, and Type 2 diabetes.

This whole setup is very frightening and very desirable.

Skål comes in the form of a bowl in which a range of physical...

Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:49 -0400

Skål comes in the form of a bowl in which a range of physical objects can be placed to play back related media on the TV. It is made out of solid oak, and uses a wireless sensor to detect RFID tags attached to individual objects that are placed in the bowl. (via RFID Media Player Controls Interaction With Physical Objects - PSFK)

"InterContinental Hotels Group will be testing a system called OpenWays, which sends a unique and..."

Sun, 30 May 2010 06:22:48 -0400

“InterContinental Hotels Group will be testing a system called OpenWays, which sends a unique and encrypted audio code to users’ phones before they arrive to check in. Combined with a text message that informs the guest of his or her room number, the technology could theoretically be used to bypass the guest reception desk altogether — saving both time and hassle for guests and reducing staff overhead for participating hotels.”

- Your Phone Could Be the Key to Your Next Hotel Room

GraffYard is a nice combo of technology, street works and...

Sat, 29 May 2010 18:26:47 -0400

GraffYard is a nice combo of technology, street works and artistic preservation. Artist sweza documents various graffiti around Berlin; awaits the local government to clean up the pieces and then swoops in with his own wheat pasted OR code that can be scanned to see the previous works. (via yewknee.com - Graffyard: OR Preservation

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Sensor & RFID Apps of the Future, Part 2: Buildings & Environment

Sat, 29 May 2010 12:22:47 -0400

Sensor & RFID Apps of the Future, Part 2: Buildings & Environment:

RFID infos, part 2!

tarting with something that Howie Mandel might have worn in the...

Sat, 29 May 2010 06:22:47 -0400

tarting with something that Howie Mandel might have worn in the 80s, the researchers are able to use a simple webcam to track the hands’ locations and gestures — with relatively little lag. (via Engadget)

φ² Scanner for Android is the first result of their labors and...

Fri, 28 May 2010 18:22:47 -0400

φ² Scanner for Android is the first result of their labors and simplifies the checkin process with 2D barcodes (a.k.a. QR codes) that users can scan to locate their venue in Foursquare. (via Simplify Foursquare Checkins with Barcode Scanning Android App

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"Good summary of RFID uses! Sensor technology is one of the most intriguing areas of innovation..."

Fri, 28 May 2010 12:02:47 -0400

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Good summary of RFID uses!

Sensor technology is one of the most intriguing areas of innovation currently in smart phones. Firstly, the phone may read and act on sensor data from real world objects; data like temperature, noise and activity. Secondly, the phone may be used as a sensor itself; for example enabling other phone-toting people to sense your proximity to them.

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- Sensor & RFID Apps of the Future, Part 1

Built around an app ensconced on a MicroSD card inside that...

Fri, 28 May 2010 06:00:47 -0400

Built around an app ensconced on a MicroSD card inside that oh-so-special iPhone case, this offers contactless payments anywhere that Visa’s payWave is available, as well as secure access to buildings and computer networks. Yep, that sounds like it’s definitely going to end in tears, but the brave cash collectors are pressing ahead. (via In2Pay is the name of Visa and DeviceFidelity’s money-grubbing iPhone case — Engadget

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