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Gimme the Gig's focus is on the redesigned 2012 Ford Focus Ford will record the winning bands on the spot and upload the tracks to iTunes using the Focus's in-car wifi feature, chevy teamed up with band Ok Go -- Chevy Sonic is used to make the music: OK Go's members drive a specially equipped Sonic through a track lined with musical instruments and other sound-generating objects. Devices attached to the outside of the car play the instruments and devices along the route, resulting in sounds that make up the song.

 Anywake app users are awoken to the sounds of a random city - if they guess which one it is, they're rewarded with discounted tickets to that destination.

glasses with a camera are synced to a laptop that translates visuals into sounds. the person wears earphones to hear sounds that change depending on what object is around according to size. apparently people eventually report seeing objects bc of a re-wiring of the brain. fuckin a, man.

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app that seems to be popular among kids called Singing Fingers. You make sound as you draw. pitch affects color, loudness affects width of the line. something to keep in mind for cartoon maybe? daily 9.7

Use of CX, combined with sound monitoring -- perhaps there's solutions to using the "always-on" voice assistants to monitor coughs, frequency of coughs, the sound of the cough, sneezes, etc to make a soft diagnosis based on your symptoms.

South Korea-based Moneual, meanwhile, has created the SCS1000 wristwatch, which could help those who are hard of hearing become more aware of their surroundings by providing alerts.

The app can determine if a stuffed animal is being hugged, squeezed, or even moved, using the smartphone's camera and flash. As the toy is compressed, so is the soft foam inside, which decreases the brightness level of photos taken using the camera's flash. And in the same way an optical mouse can track movement by comparing sequential images, the app could easily determine if a plush toy is being moved and played with, automatically triggering sound effects as a result.

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"The app will not only contain the songs, but is also expected to be "completely interactive with chats, films for every song, extra music, content, gaga inspired games, fashion updates, magazines, and more." " It sounds like a great idea and while we're not sure if this will combat piracy in the music industry, it might offer enough content for fans to justify paying for the app rather than just downloading it illegally.

(The narrator sounds like he should be reading "T'was the Night Before Christmas" or something.) The app interacts with the catalog to display short films and photo galleries, among other things, related to the merchandise.

Activated by gestures, touches and movements, visitors can be trigger different sounds such as "athletes' heartbeats, shoes squeaking, arrows hitting a target, etc" which will then be synced up to remix Mark Ronson's "Anywhere in the World." But for what purpose is Coca-Cola doing this? The company's official statement: The visionary pavilion has been inspired by Coca-Cola's global campaign for London 2012 - Move to the BeatTM - that aims to connect young people to the Games by bringing together their passions for music and sport. The pavilion forms part of Coca-Cola's Future Flames campaign for London 2012, which aims to recognise and reward the best of the nation's youth and shine a spotlight on emerging talent to inspire other young people to pursue their passions.

Flimmer's preliminary homepage includes the tagline "Earn Per View", and local media reports have quoted the company as saying it is "the first film portal where the user is rewarded for paying attention to the trailer". It all sounds a bit confusing, and Flimmer's press spokesman wasn't available for comment, so we'll just have to wildly guess that it's some kind of breakthrough in the evolution of the content industry. Or not.

The advert, which will have a two-week trial, will use a high-definition camera to scan hundreds of thousands of passers-by. It will guess their gender based on the distance between their eyes, the width of their nose, length of the jawline and shape of their cheekbones. With a built-in computer, touchscreen and sound, it will be 90 per cent accurate, its designers say. "We're not giving men and boys the choice to see the full ad on this occasion - so they get a glimpse of what it's like to have basic choices taken away," said Marie Staunton, Plan UK's chief executive.

Now Paramount Pictures, the studio behind Paranormal Activity and all its sequels, is hoping to make it easier than ever for fans to create their own home movies inspired by the horror flick. To do so, it's partnering with mobile video editing app Ptch, allowing users to integrate filters, sounds, clips, and images from the movie series into their own mobile videos.

Sure, no real details but they did get $50MM and it sounds super singularityish

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