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Axe Falling Angels: Augmented Reality That Captivates!
In an effort to get closer to the customer and engage them with the brand in more profound ways, Axe has launched a virtual device that simulates rather attractive angels falling from the sky. In the video shown below, filmed Read More ›
Solar Boat Expedition Around the Globe
The PlanetSolar team intends to be the first to circumnavigate the globe in a solar boat, i.e. one driven by a silent, pollution-free electrical engine powered exclusively by solar energy. With this project, the PlanetSolar team has two objectives. Firstly, Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Business, Innova-Energy, Innova-Tech
Tagged boat, eco-solutions, energy efficient, pollution-free, renewable, renewable energy, solar, solar boat
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Sand Fantasy, creating art animation with sand
Sand Fantasy was founded by Ilana Yahav, a world renowned sand animation artist who uses only her fingers to draw impressive images with sand on a glass table. The final outcome are clips presented as stories brilliantly synchronized with the Read More ›
Ground Breaking Night Flight- Solar Impulse
The Solar Impulse is a revolutionary concept that seeks to push back the limits of our knowledge of materials, energy management and man-machine interface. With its huge wingspan equal to that of an Airbus A340, and its proportionally minimum weight, Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Business, Innova-Energy, Innova-Green, Innova-Tech, Non class
Tagged aerodynamic, flight, solar
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Enchanting Glass Music by Robert Tiso
Glass harmonica wizard Robert Tiso of Bologna brings music to life in a rather unconventional and enchanting way. Using only the tips of his fingers and moving expertly from one wine glass to another to produce different sounds, Tiso produces a lyrical and Read More ›
Playing for Change: inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music
Playing for Change is a multimedia music project created by producer Mark Johnson and his Timeless Media Group, that seeks to bring together musicians from around the globe. Playing For Change also created a separate non-profit organization called the Playing Read More ›
Body Acoustics Can Turn Your Arm Into a Touchscreen
Finding the keypad on your cellphone or music player a bit cramped? Maybe your forearm could be more accommodating. It could become part of a skin-based interface that effectively turns your body into a touchscreen. Called Skinput, the system is Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Tech
Tagged bodynet, digital physical, interface, man machine, wearable computing
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Geospatial Revolution: where we are in relation to everyting else
We live in the Global Location Age. “Where am I?” is being replaced by, “Where am I in relation to everything else?” The Geospatial Revolution Project is an integrated public service media and outreach initiative about the world of digital Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Education, Innova-Tech
Tagged AR, augmented reality, geospatial, global location
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Making Do: Innovation in Kenya’s Informal Economy
A new book, available for free online, that breaks down the human systems that allow Nairobi’s informal economy to flourish and innovate: The linkages among microenterprises form dense networks of activity. Take a stroll through Gikomba, and one can’t help Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Social
Tagged informal economy, kenya, making do, nairobi, steve daniels
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The 11th Hour, The State of the Natural Environment
The 11th Hour is a 2007 feature film documentary, created, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, on the state of the natural environment. It was directed by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners and financed by Adam Lewis and Pierre Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Green, Innova-Leaders, Innova-Social
Tagged 11th Hour, biosphere, civilization, earth, energy, environment, extinction, nature, oil, sustainability
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Solar Panels That Are Driven Upon
The Solar Roadway is a series of structurally-engineered solar panels that are driven upon. The idea is to replace all current petroleum-based asphalt roads, parking lots, and driveways with Solar Road Panels that collect energy to be used by our Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Business, Innova-Cities, Innova-Energy, Innova-Green, Innova-Tech
Tagged electric car, energy, EV, government, highways, Innova-Cities, roads, solar, solar roadway
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Smart Finger – Measurement Device
My Fingers Are So Smart, They Measure! Go back into the history of measurements and we know that in the ancient times, body parts used to be the standard for measurements; hence ‘a foot’. The need for uniformity paved way Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Business, Innova-Tech
Tagged design, internet of things, measuring, products, smart finger, smart objects
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Giant Solar Photovoltaic Plant to Provide Energy to Chicago, IL
Half the states in the U.S. require utilities to generate a certain percentage of power from renewable sources, helping to fuel rapid growth in wind and solar power. Exelon is working with SunPower to put a solar photovoltaic plant on Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Cities, Innova-Energy, Innova-Green, Innova-Tech
Tagged chicago, energy, renewable, solar
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$75 One Laptop Per Child tablet
Yves Behar/fuseproject’s update to the One Laptop Per Child machine, the stunning XO-3, is a touchscreen tablet device slated for 2012 release with a surprising (and at this point, presumably theoretical) $75 price point. Says fuseproject Program Manager Melissa Guthrie, Read More ›
Wireless Electricity Delivered Over Distance
Imagine a future in which wireless electricity makes everyday products more convenient, reliable, and environmentally friendly. Cell phones, game controllers, laptop computers, mobile robots, even electric vehicles capable of re-charging themselves without ever being plugged in. Flat screen TV’s and Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Business, Innova-Energy, Innova-Green, Innova-Tech
Tagged power, products, wireless, witricity
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