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With the development of the BMW GINA Light Visionary Model the BMW Group presents trendsetting solutions. Chris Bangle gives us a first impression of the ideas behind the process of sculpturing an experimental study. This is the story behind this innovation!
A Car hv a SKIN!!!
It’s REALLY COOL!!!
These Bogner Solar-Powered Light Ski suits, the newest space-like release from designer Willy Bogner, were presented earlier this month in Munich, Germany, along with the city’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. These solar-powered lights ski suits feature thin film technology developed by OSRAM. The Golden Dragon LEDs have an optical output ratio of 55 Lumen/Watt, and require little space given their small size. We like these stylish Ski suits because the not only because of their Bogner state-of-the-art lighting technology, but also because they will help to prevent unnecessary collisions on the slopes. Definitely winter sports outfits of tomorrow.
Really nice Fashion design!
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A video of Microsoft TouchLight. The technology, developed by researcher Andy Wilson, uses computer vision and sensing to enable new applications including gesture-based inputs that replace the mouse and keyboard.
Microsoft 除了 Microsoft Surface 之外又一 Interface Demo… Microsoft Touchlight!
似乎想做一些改革！
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18min. 絕對值得一看！
1. What is the Microsoft Surface?
Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a shiny black table base, topped with a 30-inch touchscreen in a clear acrylic frame. Five cameras that can sense nearby objects are mounted beneath the screen. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by setting real-world items tagged with special bar-code labels on top of it.2. How much does it cost and when is it available?
Prices for the Microsoft Surface will reportedly be $5,000 to $10,000 per unit. However Microsoft said it expects prices to drop enough to make consumer versions feasible in 3 to 5 years.3. What is the Microsoft surface software?
Microsoft Surface runs Milan software. While it runs on a Vista PC, there is a whole other layer of software that handles the advanced touch input.
At its core, Milan is powered by a fairly standard high-end Vista PC with an off-the-shelf graphics card, 3GHz Pentium 4 processor and 2GB of memory. To make the touch screen work, Microsoft crams a lot of other stuff into its tabletop unit. Underneath the roughly textured scratch-proof and spill-proof surface covering the top of the unit, five infrared cameras sense fingers or other objects touching the surface, while a DLP projector turned on its side generates the screen image people see.4. When did this begin?
MS started surface in 2001. Microsoft Surface is a forthcoming product from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects. It was announced on May 30, 2007 and is expected to be released by commercial partners in November 2007. Initial customers will be in the hospitality businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, retail, and public entertainment venues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface5. The official Microsoft Surface site.
It features a Flash animation.
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
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*MUST SEE FULL VIDEO!
Such sweet tech comes at a price, naturally, with the units running $10,000 a pop. But, Microsoft expects prices to plummet over the next three to five years to the point they’ll be in your homes. In the meantime you’ll be able to play with them at T-Mobile stores, Harrah’s and Sheraton hotels.
之前在 PlayAnywhere 中大家都看過 Microsoft 的 Demo, 今次看完真正應用的實物真是 WOW 了一聲！
因為今次 Microsoft Surface 最利害不是 Multi-touch 技術 (Multi-touch 已不是新技術但他們用的不是傳統的 Touch Sreen 技術, 而是用內置的 Camera 作判斷), 而是你可以把手機或相機這種只要有 wireless 傳送技術的 device 放在上面, 然後用手指把 File 拖進 device 裡或從 device 中下載 File！還有它可以藉由 RFID的加持，它還知道你放在桌上的葡萄酒是哪個年份的！利害嗎？
真是非常有創意, 完全簡化現有的介面 (識想想你現在是怎樣 download 或 upload file 從你的手機/相機到你的電腦?)！這絕對是使用介面的一大創新突破！ The Real revolution!
*還要看多一點？看看這個 18 min. Video. 有更多解釋及示範.
Microsoft 今次我欣賞你！
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PlayAnywhere is a prototype interactive display surface that transforms any ordinary surface, such as a table or whiteboard, into an interactive input/output surface. We use computer vision technology to sense when the user touches the surface and to reason about other objects placed on the surface, such as game pieces. The PlayAnywhere configuration and unique form factor opens up many new possibilities: consider a combined sensor, projector, computation pod that a child can set up on the floor or imaginary playfield!
That is Just COOL!!! it seem better than Jefferson’s one.
Because the screen size is no limit! And it interactive with a Real object!
Really Nice!
More: Technical Overview from Microsoft Research (PDF)
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這個在今年ㄧ月份申請的專利，裡頭敘述了一個嶄新的手持裝置（iPod 為例）操作界面/方法；一切就如上圖所示，正面就是一個輸出影像的螢幕，在背面才是用來輸入指令的力感應觸控界面。雖然一般螢幕正面可以用來裝載觸控界面，但即使是僅需要單指操作的按鍵，還是會佔去了相當大的觀影空間。
這種背面力感應觸控界面能夠解決一般觸控螢幕的最大缺點… 就是螢幕指印的問題呀！
Apple 認真利害！
認真Think Different!
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