National Geographic’s Augmented Reality

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 3, 2011

This is very cool and a little bit magical. Just watch (even if that song is way overused).

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Amazon’s Flow for iPhone

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 2, 2011

This pretty much just feels like Google goggles, and even I played with that for a bit and never used it again. The use case mentioned seems plausible, but I also like to think that price is not always the only factor to consider.  Immediacy of a purchase can outweight any given “savings”, unless it’s

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With Square’s Card Case, Pay By Saying Your Name

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 2, 2011

I’ve always wondered how Square would update its product to compete against NFC… this in particular is very interesting, but I’m not sure I would want to do this, personally…

With Square’s Card Case, Pay By Saying Your Name.

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More on Bendable screen tech

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 2, 2011

An interesting article on Fast Company likening bendy screens to 3DTV.  I didn’t think too much of the Kinetic, and here’s another video of Samsung’s version – but the bendy E-Ink version reminded me of stuff from the FutureVision video from Microsoft.  Maybe it will have its place?

Will Bendable Screens Become The New 3-D?

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Where people don’t use Facebook

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 2, 2011

These inverse visualisations are really interesting, showing where Facebook just isn’t used at all. More images in the original post – link below.

Where people don’t use Facebook.

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Touch enabled everything

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 1, 2011

From the University of Munich, technology originally used to find faults in cables is now being experimented with to turn everyday objects into touch sensitive devices. The video explains it all. Pretty awesome. I like the touch enabled garbage bin video game controller.

Radar like sensors bring touch sensitivity to everyday items – The Verge

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Seven Clouds Align Around Google Apps

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 1, 2011

I always love keeping a close eye on all things Google (and no, not so I can make fun of it… ). This alliance sounds pretty interesting, and only shows the space is heating up. I still hate the term “cloud” though.

Seven Clouds Align Around Google Apps | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.

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GarageBand for iPhone

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 1, 2011

Excited to test this one out and see how they’ve dealt with the smaller screen size. Looks to be OK.

GarageBand for iPhone: First Hands-On Impressions | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.

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inPulse Wearable displays

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on November 1, 2011

Supposedly the next big thing – wearable displays. In work design jam sessions we did a few concepts and brainstorming around this and there’s definitely a cool factor to it. I actually think the small display behaviour of the Lytro camera was a great example of how a tiny touch interface could work. This design

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Nokia Kinetic flexes for navigation

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on October 29, 2011

Now this device is strange… It’s part of Nokia’s research team’s exploration into flexible displays and screens. So it’s flexible, and uses flexing movements to navigate. The reviewer tells us it actually feels quite intuitive… it’s interesting to watch, but I don’t know if I’m 100% sold. Touching and swiping seems so much easier!

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Google TV 2.0

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on October 29, 2011

Looks like they took my advice and realised Search is not the only way people want to find content!

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Microsoft’s Future Vision

Posted by sheryl in Trend Watching on October 29, 2011

Microsoft’s Vision Of The Future Includes Touch-Sensitive Everything (And Beautiful People Only) | TechCrunch.

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