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Interactive Poster Wants You to Kiss the Girl – Because She Likes It

Interactive Kiss Poster

You might remember the interactive music poster that can play short music recordings to advertise bands for a concert or event. There’s no music involved this time, though; rather, all that’s on the screen is a girl – who’s waiting for your kiss.…

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April 4th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Can Your Punching Bag Play “Ode to Joy?” Well, This One Can!

Ode to Joy Punching Bag

Punching bags can be a lot of things to people. For boxers, it’s something they usually beat the pulp out of when they train. For people working out, it’s something that will help them lose weight or burn calories while developing a whole host of other skills.…

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January 18th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Sony Makes Their Own Holodeck (with Projection Mapping)

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Using a variety of visual tricks, including projection mapping, props, and motion-tracking, Sony managed to create some of the most mind-blowing visual illusions I’ve ever seen on video, bringing to life a sort of virtual “holodeck” for us to feast our eyes on.…

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December 1st, 2011 by: Technabob

BBC Develops Daleks That Are Controlled by Doctor Who Episodes

Daleks just got even scarier. The fine folks at the BBC’s R&D division have created a system in which Daleks in front of a TV can mimic the actions of the Daleks on the screen. In other words, when the Daleks on screen move towards their target, like the Doctor…

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November 25th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

Piano Lamp: Play With Your Light

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This innovative LED lamp has a touch-sensitive surface which lets you turn segments on and off with a touch of your fingertip.…

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February 6th, 2011 by: Technabob

Virtual Insects Crawl on Real Hands

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Spotted at SIGGRAPH 2010, this interactive art display might just look like a pile of sand, but stick your hands in it, and a variety of creepy crawly insects come to life.

Thankfully, these nasty many-legged creatures aren’t real. In fact, they’re digitally-projected images. Glowing Pathfinder Bugs was created by…

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July 30th, 2010 by: Technabob

What You Write is What You Get: Scribblenauts in Real Life

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Made by Steven Zhou and Syed Olmer Gilani of the National University of Singapore’s Interactive Multimedia Lab, What You Write Is What You Get (WYWIWYG) is a visual way of learning about language. Just like 5th Cell’s critically-acclaimed DS game Scribblenauts…, WYWIWYG can analyze written words and come up

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January 1st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Gravida Nurse: Let’s Play Prenatal Tamagotchi!

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The tamagotchi generation is about to have kids. To prepare them, there’s the Gravida Nurse Prenatal Education Device!

The generation that grew up with tamagotchis, video games, and the internet isn’t about to research kids and babies in books or – God forbid – the internet! They’re going to be…

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December 28th, 2009 by: Range

Yotaro Baby Simulator: an Interactive Robot to Teach About Parenting

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The Yotaro baby simulator is a new kind of interactive robot that is used to teach people about childcare and parenting.

This is nothing new, as there are small baby-simulator dolls available to do this to prospective parents already. However, the Yotaro comes with an interactive screen that doubles as…

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December 18th, 2009 by: Range

Bionic Heart: a Visual Novel for the Rest of Us

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Visual novels aren’t quite the same deal in the west as they are in Japan, which is why we don’t get incredible titles like 428. Occasionally, however, some developer throws us a bone, and this time, it’s in the shape of Bionic Heart.

Bionic Heart… is an interactive

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August 10th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

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