Next spring sensational OFFF is coming to Lisbon 8, 9 & 10 May. The event promises sensorial exercises in synesthesia, stage performances comprised of computer code and legendary participants from the fields of graphic design and visual communication.
I am personally looking forward to OFFF Lisbon 2008 and would love to see YDreams amongst the headlining participants because from the sounds of it, this one is right up our alley. Read more about OFFF.
“Imagine flying like a bird through a musical composition that surrounds you, immerses you and reacts to your presence.
Driftnet is a confluence of two ideas – bird-like flight, and a spatialised, navigable musical environment.
At one level, it experiments with intuitive methods for freely navigating 3D virtual space. Users are invited to ‘fly like a bird’ to navigate through a virtual space. Using NO worn equipment - just by flapping their arms/wings and tilting their arms and bodies – people can intuitively (and amusingly!) navigate freely in virtual space. The metaphor used harks back to childhood play, imitating birds and planes in the playground.”
Xerox’s self-erasing paper, on the Environment section, seems to go on a less ambitious direction than our own interactive paper R&D, but nonetheless it could be a very interesting application (I think my desk would be really appreciative if I could reuse the same paper over and over).
pink is the new white?
Very interesting things also on the Fashion inventions section (not talking about the models, erm), such as the Philips SKIN Dresses that we already know of, but are still quite impressive and good-loking (again, not talking about the models) while reflecting the user’s mood
‘Today I woke up feeling very bubbly’
or this augmented reality type of interactive mirror developed by IconNicholson (try to say it fast) for Bloomingdale’s store
from now on cross-dressing will never be as easy
Apparently there are also very important developments in the field of fiber-optics cables, and I’m just including it here because I really like the picture they use to illustrate it.
it looks like someone had his morning fiber
And in case you are wondering, the iPhone - yes, yes - grabbed both the Invention of the Year and the Gadget awards. Jump here for the full article.
YDreams has invited Professor Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, to give a talk at the Faculty of Science and Technology, at the New Lisbon University, on the 27th of November at 14:30.
Lecturing on “Beyond the Digital Revolution”, Neil Gershenfeld, selected as a Time/CNN/Fortune “Principal Voice” and one of the top 100 public intellectuals around today, will present recent advances and new forms of exploring scientific investigation in areas such as Quantum computation and personal fabrication.
Gershenfeld will also be focusing on work developed through Fab Labs (Fabrication Labs), part of the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) which broadly explores how the content of information relates to its physical representation. The Fab Lab program has strong connections with the technical outreach activities of a number of partner organizations, around the emerging possibility for ordinary people to not just learn about science and engineering but actually design machines and make measurements that are relevant to improving the quality of their lives. The program is underway in countries that include Costa Rica, Norway, India, Ghana and South Africa.
Below, video of Neil Gershenfeld’s Ted Talk about The beckoning promise of personal fabrication.
