Posts Tagged ‘tecnologia’

Tangible interaction

lunedì, luglio 12th, 2010

Tangible interaction è un sito in cui si possono trovare esempi di interazione come il Digital Graffiti Wall, un gran murales multiutente in cui poter lasciare un segno. Per ora è stato utilizzato in occasioni come party o festival.

Interazioni

lunedì, luglio 12th, 2010

Nel sito digital experience abbiamo trovato molti esempi di interazione tra cui Noteput, Virtuo Digital Palette, Digital Street Art.

Sono tutti esempi di possibili attività che potrebbero essere svolte in contesti quali l’attesa dei mezzi in cui il tempo può variare da qualche minuto a mezzora.

Google googles

sabato, maggio 15th, 2010

E’ l’ultima trovata di google un’applicazione mobile che consente di fare ricerche sul web attraverso una semplice foto che viene scattata dalla fotocamera del telefonino. Una volta fatta la fotografia ad un monumento, un libro, un’opera d’arte etc, l’applicazione restituirà le informazioni sull’oggetto fotografato. E in futuro riuscirà anche ad identificare una pianta facendo la foto ad una foglia, o a suggerire mosse mentre si gioca a scacchi.. Niente è impossibile!

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U*tique Beauty Vending Machine

giovedì, aprile 15th, 2010

U*tique Beauty Vending Machine Interview (video)

In order to create a luxury image, a state-of-the-art and attractive design for the machine was essential. U*TIQUE machines feature a touch-screen interface, interactive LED lighting design, and an internal robot that delivers the products directly to the customers. The touch screen displays brand profiles, ingredient lists, and video demos, thereby enhancing the customer’s shopping experience in a quick and hassle-free way. The products themselves are displayed behind circular and diamond-shaped bubbles, which are programmed to change colors when touched. The machine has been described as “the Ferrari of vending machines” and “retail on demand.” The U*TIQUE shop is positioning itself as a luxury lifestyle brand and is creating a whole new dimension of personal shopping- automated retail. Brand partners include luxury icons like Lancome, Bliss, and Chantecaille. Segal plans on solidifying U*TIQUE’s brand image by placing the machines at boutique hotel lobbies, nightclub lounges, high-end shopping malls and airports. To further enhance their brand positioning, U*TIQUE has strategically partnered with Studio in Fred Segal (a luxury beauty boutique in Los Angeles) for their debut.

Ponoko

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Ponoko è un servizio tramite il quale è possibile far diventare realtà le proprie idee di prodotti. Come? L’ideatore realizza il proprio disegno o modello digitale e Ponoko (che offre anche consulenza) provvederà a produrlo e consegnarlo a destinazione.

E la stazione «Moscova» diventa bacheca di eBay

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Per vendere, meglio la metropolitana di Internet. Da lunedì scorso, fino al 28 di aprile, la stazione «Moscova» della linea 2 è stata trasformata in una grande vetrina di eBay, il celebre sito di e-commerce, che ha tappezzato le banchine di annunci. Così, aspettando il treno per Gessate o Famagosta, è possibile imbattersi nell’occasione giusta: un bilocale a prezzi umani in Porta Ticinese, una mountain bike d’occasione oppure il divano «praticamente nuovo, in regalo a chi se lo porta via». In tutto 2.000 annunci reali, aggiornati settimanalmente. Una trovata pubblicitaria, certo, ma con una sua utilità: «Per chi non ha voglia o tempo di andare sul web», dicono quelli di eBay Annunci che contano di incontrare un pubblico più vasto ed eterogeneo rispetto ai frequentatori di Internet. E si tratta anche di una piccola rivincita dei media tradizionali sulla tecnologia: non si può più vivere senza il Web ma, per fare affari, vuoi mettere le vecchie affissioni pubblicitarie?

Is Energy Independence Possible

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Arizona State University (ASU) and the New America Foundation hosted a panel on U.S. energy independence at the National Press Club. Michael Crow, President of ASU, said while there’s been a lot of discussion on the idea of energy independence, the goal was to outline the “revolutionary steps” needed to actually achieve energy independence.

Sustainable Residential Design: Using Low-Impact Materials

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

ASLA created a new online resource guide on using low-impact materials in sustainable residential landscape architecture. The guide contains lists of organizations, research, concepts and projects related to plants and sustainable landscape architecture, and includes sections on: permeable materials, certified woods, reclaimed and recycled local materials, recycled content, reflective materials, and adhesives, paints, coatings and sealants. Developed for students and professionals, the resource guide contains recent reports and projects from leading U.S. and international organizations, academics, and design firms.

This sustainable residential design resource guide is the third in a new four part series. See earlier guides in the sustainable residential design series: increasing energy efficiency,  improving water efficiency and maximizing the benefits of plants

The guide is separated into five sections:

  • Permeable Materials
  • Certified Woods
  • Reclaimed and Recycled Local Materials
  • Recycled Content
  • Reflective Materials
  • Adhesives, Paints, Coatings and Sealants

As an example, the section on “permeable materials” includes Chicago’s Green Alley handbook, as well as studies from the U.S. EPA and city of Portland on using permeable pavements to manage stormwater. There are also links to projects that have successfully incorporated these concepts in a residential context.

Gilberto Esparza’s Plant Robot

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Iconeye magazine wrote about Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s plant robot, a roving art installation. Called “Nomadic Plant,” the robot is part of an exhibition organized by LABoral Gallery in Asturias, Spain. Iconeye says the project is inspired by ”natural processes whereby plants adapt to hostile environments and colonise new territories.” The nomadic plant is autonomous and leads an ”unthreatening existence,” living off industrial waste.

Esparza told Iconeye: ”Nowadays robots are a waste of energy: they dance and they move all the time.” To make his plant robot self-sufficient but also productive, he designed it so it runs on bacteria found in waste. “When these microorganisms need nourishment the machine seeks out dirty water, which is then decomposed to create energy; any surplus is used to emit a noise and sustain plants carried on its back. The machine and plants becomes co-dependent.”

Iconeye says Esparza has long explored the relationship between organisms and systems. “In a previous project, Urban Parasites, creatures made from recycled electronic goods infested urban environments, feeding of a city’s electricity and telephone wires.”

New Harvest – Advancing Meat substitutes….

martedì, aprile 13th, 2010

http://www.new-harvest.org/default.php

It’s interesting to see that nowadays we can find organisation who developpe and trust in futur meat substitutes….

Why ? Why we need meat substitutes? I don’t know if it’s a good solution, but I know that our present production of meat can’t continue in that way……What will be our lifes without meat? without animal…..it will happened……

New Harvest is a nonprofit research organization working to develop new meat substitutes, including cultured meat — meat produced in vitro, in a cell culture, rather than from an animal.

Because meat substitutes are produced under controlled conditions impossible to maintain in traditional animal farms, they can be safer, more nutritious, less polluting, and more humane than conventional meat.