Intel presents the Virtual Fish Tank application, which was fully developed and adapted by YDreams for Lego. The app is running on Intel’s i5 core processor.

The Nave do Conhecimento (Knowledge Vessel) network in Rio de Janiero continues to grow. The latest center, opened to the public on December 24th, 2012 in Penha, a Rio de Janeiro neighborhood.

The municipality’s goal in setting up the network, to offer the local population easier access to culture and information technologies via free internet, free workshops and courses in information technology, seems to be on track! All the centers are fueled by YDreams’ creative technologies.

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The folks over in the Brazilian offices came up with an original gift for some of their clients and partners during the holiday season – thermo chromatic mugs! Upon filling the mug with hot water, a key word and phrase, associated with the particular recipient, ”magically” appears.

Check out the video below for a better look!

A YDreams volta a acolher o conceito Fab Labs. A empresa receberá o evento nas suas instalações (Monte da Caparica) no próximo dia 11 de Dezembro, em parceria com a Fab Lab EDP e Escola EDP.

O Fab Labs (Fabrication Labs) são uma iniciativa do professor Neil Gerschenfeld, do centro de Bits and Atoms do MIT, e visam encorajar o fabrico digital pessoal, proporcionando os meios e incentivando à criatividade tecnológica.

A YDreams tem impulsionado esta acção desde 2009. O seu lançamento oficial da rede em Portugal, decorreu em 2010 e em 2012, a YDreams volta a potenciar o evento, para os quais são convidadas várias entidades públicas e privadas. O Fab Labs decorre nas instalações da YDreams na medida que a Universidade EDP visa levar os seus alunos a espaços, contextos e organizações que lhes proporcionem um estímulo à criatividade e que os inspirem.

Para saber mais sobre a rede global Fab Labs, vejam os vídeos através dos links abaixo:

O que é um Fab Lab?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOPGJ2VBCPo&feature=player_embedded

Neil Gershenfeld, criador do Fab Labs:

http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html

Below, a picture of our most recent virtual aquarium deployed in Leipzig, Germany at the Höfe am Brühl shopping center. Plans to implement a similar aquarium in other network shopping centers in Germany is underway.

The first virtual aquarium was deployed in 2011 at Forum Sintra on the outskirts of Lisbon, and in  early 2012, Intel commissioned YDreams to adapt the aquarium to the Lego brand for its stand at Lego World 2012.

Amanhã, 24 de Novembro 2012, em Montemor-o-Novo, António Câmara, será um dos oradores presentes no ‘Sinais de Fumo’ O tema será “Sociedade de Informação e Conhecimento”.

Mais informação através do seguinte link: http://www.sinaisdefumo.net/

YDreams’ virtual aquarium for the Intel booth @ Lego World 2012 (that took place earlier this year in Copenhagen) was distinguished with a Gold award in the AdverGame category @ the El Ojo de Iberoamérica 2012 XV International Festival, one of the most reputed advertising festivals in Latin América!

Below link to the entry, complete with project details and photos:

http://alejohnny.me/el-ojo/acuario_lego.html 

Check out the Lego Virtual Aquarium on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRVqsGCRJm4

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Conceived in collaboration with Bradesco Bank, and designed by YDreams, the premise for the bank was entirely based on interactivity and technology, and how these elements would facilitate daily client-bank relations and optimize time.

The space has been opening to the public at Shopping Iguatemi JK in São Paulo, Brazil since late August 2012. Below some pics of visitors and clients exploring the space:

Sharing secrets with ‘Link 237′

The ‘Hand-on’ Counter

Multi-app tactile table

Karina Israel, YDreams Executive Director, recently gave an excellent presentation on “Human Computer Interaction” at Intercon 2012 in São Paulo, Brasil. The presentation, in Portuguese, gives numerous examples of YDreams’ projects such as Espaço Bradesco Next. YScope, Virtual Aquarium Fixelandia, and the Los Fearless experience at the Nike Vault shop at the L.A. Staples center, among others, which exemplify well how people interact with computers today!

To see complete video presentation, CLICK HERE!

Client Multiplan, one of the largest shopping center management groups in Brazil, is putting in an appearance at the Expo Shopping Abrasce 2012 trade show in São Paulo – one of the largest in its sector in all Latin America.

The Multiplan booth features several YDreams interactive solutions that include a graphically rich video wall for displaying multimedia content and information about the company, an interactive surface table with a plethora of info on each of the group’s shopping centers plus a fun memory quiz, and a very cool app that lets guests explore several shopping center images in 360º using special eye-wear that controls image navigation via head movements, complemented by a virtual menu explored using simple hand movements as well.

Nave do Conhecimento (Knowledge Vessel) at Irajá neighborhood is the latest member of a knowledge network being set up in Rio de Janeiro; the municipality’s goal in setting up the network is to offer the local population easier access to culture and information technologies via free internet, free workshops and courses in information technology. All the centers are fueled by YDreams’ technologies.

Below the video:

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Natural-user interaction specialist YDreams got together with Lisbon City Hall and Lisbon’s Tourism Association and several other technological partners to create the Lisboa Story Center. The interactive technology–based exhibition, inaugurated today, opens to the general public September 12, 2012 and will retell the history of the city by allying technology with historical facts and anecdotes.

Located in the heart of the recently refurbished Terreiro do Paço (Palace Square), the Lisboa Story Center covers two-thousand square meters; YDreams technology and design decks the halls of one of the center’s rooms treating visitors to an hour-long journey through the history of the city (starting with the city’s founding up until the April 25^th, 1974 revolution).

According to Filipe Vasconcellos, YDreams’ Global Managing Director, “the objective of the project was to create a form of interaction with visitors to the city but also a special connection with native Lisboners. Using YDreams’ cutting edge technologies was a singular way to show guests the changes the ancient city has experienced across the centuries, making the city into what it is today.”

The interactive technologies enable visitors to experience, for example amongst others, the scents of the spice trade that fueled the Portuguese maritime expansion, a model of pre-Pombaline Lisbon offering a unique look into what the city was like before the destructive 1755 earthquake, but above all a better understanding and contextualization of the city heritage on display.

Bruce Sterling mentions “Bradesco Next” in his beyond the beyond blog on the WIRED website!

To read post click HERE.

Link-237 on ‘Fast Company’s’ cover page

Click on the link below to read complete article:

http://www.fastcompany.com/3000889/robot-greeters-cardless-atms-and-touchscreen-transactions-are-so-money-bank-future

At first glance you’d half expect the Jetsons’ to jump out from behind a hi-res plasma and welcome you to the future! But no, the future is now and you’ve just stepped into Bradesco Next, the ultimate bank of the future, located at JK Iguatemi shopping center in São Paulo Brazil.

Multi-app walls and Bradesco services for mobile devices

Conceived and designed by YDreams, the concept for the bank was entirely based on interactivity and technology, and how these elements would facilitate daily client-bank relations and optimize time. In tune with Bradesco’s needs, YDreams’ goal was to create an environment where technology would adapt to the needs of clients instead of the other way around. This led to the creation of Bradesco Next, the first project of its kind in the world, which promises to surpass everyone’s expectations due to its advanced technology, elegant design and truly innovative concept reaffirming the financial institution’s vocation as one of Brazil’s most innovative and visionary banks.

The Jetsons’ pet canine Astro may not be on hand, but the amicable Link 237, a charismatic robot that freely roams Bradesco Next, is. Link 237 greets clients with a smile and invites them to explore the space. Once inside, multi-app walls boast maximum display resolution and impressive 4x full HD screens accommodate a wide range of client needs and requests.

Link-237

Since the concept that guides Next is centered on simplicity and clarity, planning the future is possible and easy. Based on each client’s profile the Life Cycle service displays each person’s personal interests, financial situation and consumption patterns. The application may predict for example, the ideal time to purchase a home, or set up a personal pension plan. This information may then be forwarded to the client’s email or discussed in further detail with a bank officer.

Another milestone in innovation includes the bank’s new ATM machines, which will impress clients with features that range from their unique positioning, user-interface, tactile interaction and contactless devices. Transaction receipts are sent by email, and with the large numbers of international visitors expected for the major upcoming sporting events in Brazil, all transactions will be displayed in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

Multi-app walls, Link and ATMs

Other services of note include the One to One Customer Service Room, where the partition glass automatically frosts over to ensure maximum privacy as the client confers with a digital consultant. In addition to the digital consultant, the client also has access to pertinent financial information, and may request a videoconference with an investment specialist in real-time.

Also guaranteed to ‘wow’ clients is the Biometrics Corner. Biometrics were actually adapted by Bradesco back in 2006, and have since accrued ten million registered users. The app developed for Bradesco Next features an attractive tactile interface that allows clients to access information quickly and easily.

The Biometrics Corner

In the end however, if the visitor feels like they’ve had a bit of a high-tech overload, they are welcome to sit back and relax by the Mesa Lounge, a touchscreen display-come table where clients can order a bottle of mineral water, read the latest magazines or find out about the latest cultural events in town.

‘Mesa Lounge’ with cardless ATMs in the background