Mag+

As we’re getting close to closing out the decade of amazing technological advances many of the platforms of the past are reaching their end of their life—especially printed magazines and newspapers.  Personally I don’t believe the medium is going anywhere, but the delivery is going to rapidly change over the next few years.

Bonnier R&D imagined a concept of what this new delivery for editorial content will look like.  It’s a fascinating conceptual video, and I’m looking forward to the opportunities it will open.

Read more on the Mag+ Prototype and follow the discussion at the Bonnier R&D Beta Lab.

Computing as an Ecology

The future of computing lays ahead as we look towards one trillion connected computing devices compared to today’s one billion.  Just how big is one trillion?  One million seconds is roughly a week and a half ago, one billion seconds takes us back to the mid-1970s, and one trillion takes us back 30,000 years ago.

Digital Wallpaper

Strukt Design Studio was commissioned to create a creative interior space for Büro Hirzberger.  They used two projectors to create map the entire wall using VVVV to handle the skewing and generate the content.

Schematics’ Multi-touch Interactive Touchwall Debuts in Cannes

Schematic, one of the interactive agencies which helped conceive the augmented-reality interfaces of Minority Report, has been laboring for the last seven years to make the film’s dazzling technologies a reality. They just showed off their latest attempt, which comes tantalizingly close. Developed for the2009 Cannes Advertising Festival and a sequel to a previous, smaller version, the new interface is loaded with maps, schedules and social networking software; the wall is multi-touch, so that many people could interact with the wall at once. But the coolest part is the built-in RFID, which allowed convention-goers to simply flash a badge, and have the touchwall recognize exactly who they were and where they’ve been. It’s being rolled out in France next month.

via Fast Company

Prototype of an iPhone media player that uses RFID embedded in physical objects to control media playback.

More at Nearfield.org

BakerTweet is a way for busy bakers to tell the world that something hot and fresh has just come out of the oven. It’s as simple as turning the dial and hitting the button. All of the baker’s followers get a Twitter alert to tell them that it’s bun-time. Or bread time. Or whatever.

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