The Children's Interactive Library.

The Children's Interactive Library project was an untraditional interdisciplinary research and innovation project exploring the children's library of the future.

The objective was to create spaces for children in the library that offer new experiences, learning, events, sense impressions and physical activity. And at the same time acknowledging the library'sunique capacity of being the place where cildren come in order to aquire information and knowledge.
The Children's Interactive Library was a collaboration between Interactive Spaces, the Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, the Department for Design, Aarhus School of Architecture, and others.

30% Of World’s LED used in Moscow ?

The Eurovision Song Contest is definitely one of the creative landmarks of the year, so we are extremely proud to play a vital role in this trendsetting stage design.
Moscow reportedly used something like 30% of the world’s stock of rental LED for Saturday evening’s 54th Eurovision Song Contest Final. Barco alone supplied more than 1000 LED tiles.
The event took place in the Olympiyski Indoor Arena in Moscow and viewers from around Europe tuned in to watch 42 countries compete.Viewers would have seen a total of 735 OLite LED tiles, 6200 MiPIX modules, six SLM R12+ projectors and six CLM R10+ projectors used with the PufferSpheres®.

All video was controlled by Barco image processing equipment and two Encore systems and 24 Image Pro HD’s made sure the show ran smoothly.

E-Paper overtreft Digital Signage.

Paper beflügelt Digital Signage !!
Laut den Prognosen von Displaybank wird der Markt für E-Paper-Displays jährlich um fast 50 % zulegen. 2010, so orakeln die Marktforscher, soll der Umsatz mit elektronischem Papier bei rund 260 Mio. US$ liegen.

Für 2020 prognostizieren die Analysten ein Volumen von 7 Mrd. US$. Das elektronische Papier wird dann nicht nur in Mobilgeräten wie dem Kindle von Amazon oder Sonys E-Reader verbaut, sondern auch als Wiedergabegerät bei Digital Signage Verwendung finden.

Interead's COOL-ER claims to be the 'iPod moment' for e-readers.

Bron; www.engadget.com
Upstart company Interead is looking to jump into the ever-expanding library of e-book readers with its debut, the COOL-ER. Company founder Neil Jones describes it as the "iPod moment that e-readers have been waiting for," calling the device the first of its kind to be designed specifically for the non-technologically inclined reader in mind. Indeed, the aesthetics seems to borrow liberally from the iPod nano, and features eight different color options. It weighs in at 6.3 ounces, or a little less than half of the Kindle 2, with the same 6-inch e-ink screen, and is small enough to fit comfortably in your jacket pocket, he says. It's got 1GB internal memory and a SD card slot, as well as a 2.5mm headphone jack with a 3.5mm converter bundled with every device. The feature set is pretty barebones, with no keyboard, text-to-speech, WiFi, or Whispernet equivalent -- all files have to be loaded via USB or SD card -- but in its place is a more attractive $250 MSRP, and Jones assures us at that price the company'll be making a profit on each unit sold. Format support includes EPUB, TXT, JPEG, any kind of PDF, MP3 for audio, and eight languages including Russian and traditional / simplified Chinese. The company's also launching an e-book store and offering an extra discount for customers who register their COOL-ER. It'll go on sale May 29th for US and Europe via its website, with retail distribution partner expected to be announced closer to the launch date. We're gonna wait until we get a few chapters into Alice in Wonderland before giving a final verdict,

The worlds largest 10x12 pixel display.

This video of a giant lightshow -- a nerdworks, if you will -- put on by a group of students at Wrocław University of Technology. This is not the first time we've seen such a display, nor is it a first for this particular group, who call themselves Projekt P.I.W.O. -- but it is one of the best (and longest). The ten minute show includes much classic geekery -- Pong, Tetris, Dr. Mario, and Michael Jackson. Yes, that's right: Michael Jackson.

Fotoshot mei.

3D Enabled’ Households By 2012.

Check out 750 7th Avenue at 50th Street in New York for the Snickers display where Inwindow Outdoor and Alioscopy have teamed up for the first 3D LCD ad on a storefront. The 42-inch panel uses an 8x recorded autosteroscopic (read: no glasses) 3D process to make the catchphrase jump off the wall at passers-by. The installation debuted May 6, and for the small cost of being marketed to vs. the now-shelved €18,000 Philips screen we once lusted after, it's a cheap way for us to get a peek at the future.



Interesting quote from Sarah Carroll, Director of Continuous Services, Futuresource Consulting in their recent research ‘Strategic Impact of 3D’ report on the 3D enabled home, she said “Consumers are starting to experience the new wave of 3D technologies at the cinema and through Digital Out of Home advertising, and it won’t be long before there’s a groundswell of demand for 3D within the home”
Bottom line Futuresource Consulting believe that by 2012 more than 10% of US and Japanese households will be ‘3D enabled’ and Western Europe won’t be far behind.
Now more than ever it seems that 3D is coming to the fore, with backing from all major sectors of the entertainment and consumer electronics industries.
3D movie production of course is intensifying and cinemas all over the world are investing in 3D technologies - feedback too, from audiences has been highly positive, with encouraging ticket sales.
Futuresource Consulting however believe that the ultimate goal is to bring 3D to the home. Their report reveals studios, consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, video game vendors and network operators are all poised to power 3D through the consumer diffusion curve.

Aantal Nederlandse e-readers groeit traag.

Bron; www.nuzakelijk.nl
Een doorbraak van e-readers laat in Nederland nog even op zich wachten. Uitgevers zijn enthousiast over deze apparaten waarmee je digitale boeken kan lezen, maar om die tot een succes te maken is er samenwerking nodig tussen alle betrokken partijen, zegt directeur Daniel Ropers van internetwinkel Bol.com.

In de Verenigde Staten maakt de e-reader een sterke ontwikkeling door. Producten van grote partijen als Sony en Amazon.com vinden daar al veel aftrek. Amazon gaf vorige week de markt een nieuwe impuls door een grotere versie van zijn Kindle te presenteren. Daardoor is het ook mogelijk om op een prettige manier kranten te lezen. The New York Times, The Washington Post en de Boston Globe gaan er deze zomer mee experimenteren.

Nederlandse krantenuitgevers zeggen ook klaar te zijn voor digitale distributie. NRC Media, onderdeel van PCM, begon ruim een jaar geleden met de verspreiding van NRC Handelsblad via de iLiad, een e-reader die is ontwikkeld door iRex Technologies, een spin-off van Philips. Groot is de markt nog niet. NRC Media heeft zonder veel inspanning zo’n tweeduizend iLiads verkocht. “En daarmee durven wij te stellen dat we de grootste wederverkoper van dit product zijn”, zegt marketingmanager Charles Lansu. “Het is echt nog een nichemarkt. Het wachten is op grote partijen als Apple, Dell en Hewlett-Packard. Alleen zij kunnen de markt openbreken.”

Een probleem blijft voorlopig de prijs. De iLiad kost in combinatie met een digitaal abonnement op NRC Handelsblad 699 euro. Voor de nieuwste Kindle van Amazon moet nog altijd 489 dollar worden betaald.

Microsoft Office Labs 2019 Vision Montage.

While its hard to predict exactly how technology will unfold, we are constantly researching, looking forward, and gathering insights to imagine how technology investments today can improve peoples way of life in the future.



If you visit the YouTube source, you'll find an interesting discussion about this five-minute+ clip.

Flexible, stretchable, rubbery OLED prototype shown off in Tokyo.

Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a new kind of organic electroluminescent (EL) display that can stretch and deform like rubber and does not tear or break when stretched. The material is produced by spraying a layer of carbon nanotubes with a fluoro-rubber compound, creating a rubbery, conducive material. The current, monochrome display prototype has a resolution of just 256 pixels, is 10-centimeters square, and can apparently be folded about 1,000 times with out falling apart, tearing, or imploding. The displays are thinner than plasma and LCD equivalents, and consume very little power, making them suitable for a range of different uses.The team is presenting its findings in the British science journal Nature Materials this month.