Monday, May 13, 2013 - 1:03pm
A new promotional installation in Europe by Nike allows visitors to watch as their movements are transformed into beautiful patterns of light and color.
interactivity stories
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 4:21am
So you're in a room at 2:30 AM with 15 computers. What do you do? Well, these guys developed a screensaver that could be synchronized across every monitor and simulate a Formula 1 race car riding around the ring...
Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 12:37pm
Meet RoboVox, a giant robot with a giant voice. Standing over 25 feet tall, RoboVox will take messages you text it from your cell phone and say them aloud (this all seems ready for Anchorman-style train wrecks, doesn't it?)....
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 5:16am
Japan's found something else for passersby to hold a cell phone up to: movie posters. Major Japanese cell phone carriers are embedding Near Field Communication (or NFC) tags in popular movie posters, so that when someone holds a cell...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 2:29pm
On the left you've got the Room Tech Beingz Alarm Clock, and its buddy, Mood Lamp, to the right. After a short warning of its feet lighting up, the Alarm Clock will throw its mouth wide open and blare...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 8:58am
Called "Sharewear" by creator Di Mainstone, this pair of dresses light the area around them in different ways depending on how they're linked up. Both costumes feature a floating, halo-on-a-stick-style lamp above the wearer's head, as well as a...
Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:48pm
Pomi is a robotic penguin with a heartbeat that employs a rather interesting method in its human interactions: smell. Developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea, Pomi (which stands for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction)...
Friday, May 9, 2008 - 9:50am
What do you want from a lamp? Light, right? Maybe good looks? With Ralf Zoontjes's Luxalive lamp, you've got all that, but also a friend — one that's maybe a little needy. The Luxalive reacts to your position to...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:00pm
You might think a computer is pretty useless without its keyboard and mouse. That is, unless you’ve met the Wizkid. What looks like a simple computer screen with a robotic neck is a much more complex, emotional creature. Wizkid’s screen...
