In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance.
In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology. Created by Markus Kayser! More info about this here
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Toyota Prius Projects: Mind Controlled Bike
Toyota reached out to Parlee Cycles and Deeplocal to build an aero-road bike imbued with the same forward-thinking that went into the design of the Prius. Benefitting from a monocoque carbon-fiber frame, built-in smartphone dock, countless wind-tunnel-tested aerodynamic tweaks and its unprecedented mind-powered shifter, the PXP concept bike has emerged as a purpose-built machine that blends the simple with the complex to become a better and more efficient version of itself. More info about this one here ! Via digital buzz
Augmented Reality Advertising Takeover in Times Square
A quick clip of Public Ad Campaign beta-testing Augmented Reality Advertising Takeover in Times Square on Sunday. Developed with The Heavy Projects , the augmented reality viewer runs on smart phones and virtually replaces outdoor ads with curated artworks by street artists Ron English, John Fekner, PosterBoy, Doctor D and Ox. More info about this here
The Social Travel Revolution
via the nextweb and visual loop
Björk: Biophilia app
Even Björk goes digital these days! Björk: Biophilia app allows you to purchase the first song from the album!The intro is narrated by David Attenborough and Cosmogony, is already installed in the app that you can download from here ! Check below also below her live performance of Biophilia project with tesla coils at MIF
The Future of Broadcasting
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@ Fjord CEO Olof Schybergson on the changing media landscape. Interesting to say the least
Toyota Window to the world
“Imagine when a journey from A to B is no longer routine as your car in the near-future encourages a sense of play, exploration and learning. This is the image engineers and designers from Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) had of Toyota’s “Window to the World” vehicle concept”. This thing is will this window still roll down???