Dual-screen enTourage eDGe ebook reader.

We're still reserving our doubts about the viability of the enTourage eDGe -- after all, at $490 you can buy yourself a respectable netbook and a halfway decent ereader for the appropriate occasion -- but we won't say that we're not interested. Just under a month after it hit the scene, the dual-screen device has landed (in prototype form) over at Gearlog, and while some of the features weren't functional, the physical build shouldn't change much when it goes final. At first glance, the whole thing just looks a bit dated, but then again, we've still got the ultra-fresh Nook on the brain.

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Samsung SyncMaster P2770HD has built-in TV tuner.

Bron; www.engadget.com
Remember the Samsung P2370HD monitor? Well, this is it at 27 inches. How's that for concision? Oh, you want more -- well, Samsung must've expected you to, because it's also added a TV tuner and a HDMI input to its latest Full HD display, to go along with a 5ms response time and a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. There's also a pair of 3 watt stereo speakers that can simulate 5.1 channel sound -- good for emergencies or if you just can't stand speakers cluttering up your desktop. Filling out the goodie bag are Picture In Picture and Picture By Picture modes, which should make good use of the extra real estate on the screen by combining, for example, your desktop with a TV source. The price is set at 549,000 Won (or about $473) for Korea, though global availability looks imminent so don't rush to import it just yet.

Urban Screens Turns Building into Giant Pinball Machine.

Bron; www.gizmodo.com
Over the summer, Urban Screens took the side of the Galerie Der Gegenwart and turned it into a digital projection masterpiece. Recently, video surfaced about another project they did that was a little more fun. They turned the front of a four story building and transformed it into an interactive pinball machine. The Pinwall is controlled by two players on a platform across the street. Each player controls one of the flippers and there is also a button to launch the ball and a kick button to shake the table. Every time the ball hits one of the building’s windows a figure appears and the players get points for each figure they show. The display is made possible by a projection system that is used for large venue applications. Unfortunately, Urban Screens did not state exactly what model of projector they use.

Pinwall | interactive facade pinball | urban screening from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Glow-in-the-Dark.

Bezoek deze week Glow in Eindhoven het is zeker de moeite waard.

Hier een hele ander Glow !
Glow-in-the-Dark

Deze Mercedes is ter promotie bekleed met 3M™ Scotchcal™ Luminous Graphic Film 5900. Dit materiaal heeft de eigenschap op te lichten nadat het enkele minuten is blootgesteld aan (dag)licht. Met deze folie is het mogelijk oplaadbare ‘glow in the dark’ graphics te maken. Hoewel het materiaal niet bedoeld is voor reflecterende reclames op voertuigen mag het resultaat er zijn. Squeezy Reclame Montage Werken uit Enkhuizen heeft deze promotiestunt uitgevoerd. ‘Als je overdag door een tunnel rijd, val je zeker op! Door de folie komen de contouren van de auto heel mooi naar voren’, aldus Mario Schaper van Squeezy.

Disney Dream met virtuele stierenogen.

Disney Cruise Line hat Details zu Design und Innenausbau der neuen Disney Dream vorgestellt. Das neue Schiff, das derzeit auf der Meyer Werft in Papenburg gebaut wird, bietet zahlreiche Innovationen an Bord. Dazu gehören etwa eine Wildwasserbahn und eine animierte Schildkröte. Neu sind auch virtuelle Bullaugen in allen Innenkabinen, auf denen die Passagiere nicht nur das Meer sehen. Die Disney Dream geht ab Januar 2011 auf Fahrt.
Die Kreuzfahrtschiffe der Disney Cruise Line sind speziell auf die Bedürfnisse von Familien zugeschnitten. Innovatives Schiffsdesign und ein breites Angebot an Unterhaltung stehen im Mittelpunkt. Durch den Einsatz neuer Technologien werden das Unterhaltungs-Angebot und der Gästeservice auf der neuen Disney Dream noch weiter verbessert, um der gesamten Familie ein auf ihre Bedürfnisse zugeschnittenes Kreuzfahrterlebnis zu bieten.

Die Innenausstattung der Disney Dream vermittelt ein gemütliches Ambiente. Das Design, eine Mischung aus elegantem Art-Deco-Stil und verspielten Disney Elementen, macht es zu einem der spektakulärsten Schiffe, die es derzeit im Kreuzfahrtmarkt gibt. Alle Innenkabinen besitzen ein virtuelles Bullauge, mit dem die Gäste in Echtzeit den Ausblick vom Schiff aufs Meer genießen können. Hochauflösende Kameras, die an der Außenseite des Schiffs angebracht sind, speisen die Live-Bilder ein. Zusätzlich sorgen eingeblendete animierte Charaktere aus bekannten Disney- und Pixar-Filmen für Überraschung, beispielsweise schauen hin und wieder Nemo oder Micky Maus durch die Bullaugen.

The Vodafone Symphonia- A Symphony of Phones.

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Vodafone's Symphonia Website
(You can download the full track of the Symphonia and the 53 ringtones)


The Making of the Vodafone Symphonia Part II

Fotoshot november.

Ring Wall, an interactive multi-touch wall.

Sensory-Minds is a small company in Germany that is focused on research and design in the field of Natural User Interfaces. If you visit the SENSORY-MINDS website, you'll find that it has been designed for touch interaction.
The two-piece ring°wall consists of a LED display and a multitouch information-wall and impresses by its size: a total surface of 425 square meters, which equals more than 6000 computer displays, is the biggest of its kind. An interactive World emerges out of 34 million pixels generated by 15 high definition projectors and is supported by 30 directional speakers.
Multitouch sensors basing on laser technology, convert the usage of the natural user interface into an experience. By direct touching, more than 80 users can simultaneously get informed about news and activities around the ringworld.

The interactive wall is not only a central information system, but also an innovative advertising tool and medium for public viewings."

ring°wall from SENSORY-MINDS on Vimeo.

Li Ning Reactive Wall.

AV&C worked here with with Portland, OR based Ziba Design to create this rather nice Li Ning Reactive Wall; a signature interactive fixture for Li Ning’s retail locations throughout mainland China.
Li Ning (the Chinese superstar athlete whom you may have seen running through the air at the 2008 Olympics bird’s nest opening) is a huge brand in China and their products competes with the likes of Nike and Adidas in the sport shoe and apparel market.

The reactive wall is able to support full body interaction by utilising a new IR camera technology, which results in high frame rate, extremely detailed, depth maps of the area in front of the sensor, and allows the software to track individual participants in 3D.

This is a very good example of a signature branded draw within a store.

Albatron's 42 inches of optical touch monitor.

While Dell and HP were busy holding a competition to see who could do a worse job of announcing their new optical multitouch displays, Albatron was crafting away a 42-inch monstrosity to completely steal their thunder. The optical part refers to a pair of CMOS sensors embedded in the bezel which are responsible for touch detection, a cheaper alternative to your typical capacitive and resistive tech, which requires an extra USB connection between the monitor and computer. Although some issues were found with Windows 7's multitouch implementation, the promise of recognizing more than two fingers with the proper software support and the general responsiveness of the unit whet our appetite for more. Alas, nobody dares speak of a price, but a 1080p 22-inch model is already available for $450.