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This is a quick look at the Interactive Collaborative Environment I’ve built at Edinburgh Napier University.

A little detail…
It has multiple touch enabled surfaces including four 42″ HD dual touch screens, one 46″ HD multitouch screen and a 108″ multitouch table. The software is a mix of Windows 7, OS X and Linux but the table runs PyMT. The walls are digitally augmented whiteboards which capture anything written anywhere. This is a functioning meeting room as well as a research platform for novel UI and UX. The room will officially open it’s door in Jan 2010.

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The Razorfone solution is focused around providing an experience where customers can learn about wireless products. Phone and netbook features and associated wireless plans are presented in a rich interactive environment. Accessories are presented to the customer as a cross-sell opportunity. The use of 3D allows for customers to view their device in any color and from any angle, regardless of availability of the physical device within the retail store. The customer can validate the wireless coverage where they live, work and play through the use of the interactive coverage map using simple pan and zoom gestures. Customers can personalize their device after purchase with ringtones, games and applications through the use of QR technology, increasing sales and helping to eliminate buyers remorse.

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http://emergingexperiences.com/category/design/

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The Challenge
Today’s healthcare system is complicated and cumbersome. Health information stored mainly on paper is scattered and disconnected. A patient may have health records with several doctors, hospitals, and clinics. Medication and prescription history may be spread across several different pharmacies. Self-care information, such as diet and exercise routines, may be unavailable. And any changes or updates to these records may never reach the treating provider.

The Solution
Put consumers in control of their health information, store it in a central location, and make it easy to share and update. How? With Microsoft HealthVault, a security-enhanced, flexible health solutions platform.

Through HealthVault and the growing ecosystem of connected, patient-friendly applications, people can store copies of their health records obtained from several sources; upload information from health and fitness devices; provide their information to healthcare providers, coaches, and trainers; and access products and services.

HealthVault lets people consolidate their health information into one easily accessible account to help them become more informed and active in managing their health.

Source: http://www.healthvault.com/industry/index.html

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Here is Ira Glass of “This American Life” talking about the building blocks of a great story.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hidvElQ0xE[/youtube]

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OFFF is spreading the work of a generation of creators that are breaking all kind of limits. Those separating the commercial arena from the worlds of art and design; music from illustration, or ink and chalk from pixels. Artists that have grown with the web and receive inspiration from digital tools, even when their canvas is not the screen.

Since 2001, OFFF festival has been held in Barcelona, becoming the globally recognized and trendsetting event it is today. The three-day festival showcases top digital artists, web, print and interactive designers, motion graphics studios, and new music adventurous. OFFF festival provides insight into all culture media platforms.

But OFFF is more than an event about any of these disciplines. More than a design conference, a multimedia trade fair, or a digital animation festival. OFFF is an enthusiastic celebration of a new visual culture.

After eight years on the frontline of digital arts events, OFFF has trascended its own nature as a festival to become a synonym for modernity, both aesthetic and technological.

OFFF is spreading the work of a generation of creators that are breaking all kind of limits. Those separating the commercial arena from the worlds of art and design; music from illustration, or ink and chalk from pixels. Artists that have grown with the web and receive inspiration from digital tools, even when their canvas is not the screen.

OFFF dreams about the future, and then writes the code for it.

http://www.offf.ws/

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