Falkor Pet Drone

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pmR6MB09CEs?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://falkorsystems.com/2013/04/29/falkor-systems-releases-the-pet-drone-pas-de-deux/" target="blank">Falkor Systems</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">“P</span><b>et Drone Pas de Deux” is a collaborative dance piece that gives people the ability to imagine what the world might be like when we all have a flying robot pet—in this case, one that tracks, follows, and films you. </b><br /><br />In the future, humanity will develop strong relationships with their robots, relationships that could expand towards feelings beyond just collaborative friendship, approaching even love. The Falkor “Pet Drone Pas de Deux” piece asks, “When we love our robots, will it matter if they are human or not?” The conceptual demonstration uses open source computer vision technology and a common off-the-shelf toy UAV platform to fly and autonomously interact with its partner.</div>

Falkor Pet Drone

Falkor Systems “P et Drone Pas de Deux” is a collaborative dance piece that gives people the ability to imagine what the world might be lik...

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Sonte | Transparent to Opaque Window Film

<div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://sonte.com/" target="blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span><b>onte</b></a><b> an affordable DYI window film that connects wirelessly to a smartphone app to instantly turn any section of glass from clear to solid at the press of a button. You can even use your window as a projection screen.</b></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KH_cRve6SX0?start=87" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1df7nkcs5nE?rel=0" width="853"></iframe>

Sonte | Transparent to Opaque Window Film

S onte an affordable DYI window film that connects wirelessly to a smartphone app to instantly turn any section of glass from clear to soli...

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Porsche Design Tower Miami

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PN-wqa9mEak?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.gizmag.com/porsche-design-tower-car-elevator/27764/" target="blank">gizmag</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span><b>enants at the ultra-luxury Porsche Design Tower Miami will be able to drive their cars onto a robotic glass elevator, ride up to their floor, and park next to their unit—without ever leaving their car. </b><br /><br />While riding in your luxury car to your luxury apartment, you can use the 45 to 90-second ride to take in the panoramic ocean views and watch the in-elevator TV.<br /><br />Units range from 4,200 to 17,000 square feet and cost between $4.5 million and $25 million. Over 50 percent of apartments are already under contract.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4TUwi16FdfC7dz5JyJT1qRls1xVbaMwolYI2HACjaDMfEJsTdFfyr7whc5mbvbsHYzZXbwWD6AVJcAbmpvtKWRjotBF_-tYuPirSA30gehAmsaulCKIdWmM1VoEloRYg4Ymh8wjgoxs/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4TUwi16FdfC7dz5JyJT1qRls1xVbaMwolYI2HACjaDMfEJsTdFfyr7whc5mbvbsHYzZXbwWD6AVJcAbmpvtKWRjotBF_-tYuPirSA30gehAmsaulCKIdWmM1VoEloRYg4Ymh8wjgoxs/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Porsche Design Tower Miami

gizmag T enants at the ultra-luxury Porsche Design Tower Miami will be able to drive their cars onto a robotic glass elevator, ride up to th...

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Cohen Van Balen | 75 WATT

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/66263206?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.cohenvanbalen.com/work/75-watt#" target="blank">Cohen Van Balen</a></b></span><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: large;">“A labourer over the course of an 8-hour day can sustain an average output of about 75 watts”</span> ~Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers</blockquote><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">R</span><b>evital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen designed a product to be made in China. The object’s only function is to choreograph a dance performed by the laborers manufacturing it. </b></div>

Cohen Van Balen | 75 WATT

Cohen Van Balen “A labourer over the course of an 8-hour day can sustain an average output of about 75 watts” ~Marks’ Standard Handbook for...

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Internet Archive | Free Universal Access To All Knowledge

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/59207751?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/deepspeed" target="blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Deepspeed media</span></b></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span><b>rewster Kahle, founder of the <a href="http://archive.org/index.php" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a> and his colleagues Robert Miller, director of books, and Alexis Rossi, director of web collections are on a mission to create universal access to all knowledge. The Internet Archive’s staff have built the world’s largest online library, offering 10 petabytes of archived websites, books, movies, music, and television broadcasts.</b></div>

Internet Archive | Free Universal Access To All Knowledge

Deepspeed media B rewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and his colleagues Robert Miller, director of books, and Alexis Rossi, dir...

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