Adidas has installed punching bags in Chinese subway stations. You're supposed to relieve the stress of commuting by punching or kicking the bags. Adidas says it's "the first advertisement in history that you can kick, punch, and trample at will." The bags have some copy printed on them which translates to: "Every year you have to wait on the platform for about 1,824 minutes. Don't waste your time, come and have some punch!"
Watch both videos...especially the last one.
A robotic arm has been created, which is tasked with translating your Facebook name, into physical signatures on a petition to the prime minister (president equivalent) of Australia.
Love to see something positive happening in the magazine industry, but they're just holding the App space hostage in order to offload the print space nobody wants. Last gasp of a dying division.
Point your camera at text and see an instant translation
Use your camera to view a product box/log and see that product come to life
View movie trailers just by looking at the poster with your phone
Viewing the actual food dishes at a restaurant by point the camera at the menu
Instructional videos for DIY. Point your camera at the object you are trying to build and see the next step
Car repair, point your phone at the flat tyre and see instruction how to replace the wheel
Popcorn adds metadata to HTML5 native web video, annotating videos with information like location, details about the people and topics in the video, subtitles, and licensing details. T
the subtitles attached to the video can be sent to an online translation tool and converted to whatever language you want on the fly.
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.