“The World’s First Augmented Reality Browser. Layar is a free application on your mobile phone which shows you what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top
photo by ChrisL_AK I’ve put together a list blogs about the future for my own reference. In the spirit of collaboration and openness I’ve made the spreadsheet public and open
This is a demonstration of the world’s first automated battery switch technology for electric vehicles in Yokohama, Japan. Better Place will own the batteries and charging stations and it
This video shows a man controlling a robot using only his thoughts. It’s “mind” blowing.
Steve Jurvetson (a personal hero of mine) just published this video of the very first test drive of the Tesla Model S. He’s an investor and he bought the
Someone needs to use these as pixels and make this wall display information! More great buildings with vertical vegetation over at WebEcoist [WebEcoist]
Augmented reality meets sketchup in this short film by Bruce Branit. [Bruce Branit | Vimeo]
If you’re viewing this in an rss reader these videos may not work. So click here. This is a demonstration of Siftables (cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle
“Internet Famous Class is dedicated to learning how to spread your work to the widest possible audience online. It’s also the first algorithmically graded class in the history of academics.” BEST
(apologies for the lowfi video quality!) I’m not sure if this is the first augmented reality marketing campaign ever but it’s the first I’ve seen. The folks at GE obviously
Some of the parts for this tiny little remote controlled helicopter we’re printed out. That’s right, printed out. Shapeways member buho29 (I think his name is Jose Alonso
Shelby is building The world’s fastest electric production car with a ten minute charge time. It’s a great time to be alive! [Shelby SuperCars | via jalopnik]
(quicktime version 40MB) This is a demonstration of a telepresence robot doing a rather complicated task, unboxing an iRobot Roomba Vacuum. So meta it hurts. [YouTube | via anybots]