viZoo Cheoptics360

Posted on March 31st, 2007 in All Videos, Quickies, Technology

3 minutes

viZoo demonstrates Cheoptics360, a volumetric display device able to show 3D objects and video at any angle.


3D Gestures

Posted on March 31st, 2007 in All Videos, Quickies, Technology

5 minutes

Researchers from the University of Toronto use a Perspecta 3D volumetric display to create a set of finger gestures to interact with objects in a 3D space.


Bill Moggridge: Designing Interactions

Posted on March 30th, 2007 in All Videos, Authors, Design, Leaders

44 minutes

Bill Moggridge, co-founder of IDEO speaks at the Innovationsforum in 2007 about the future of design and the importance of Design Thinking.


Folding For A Cure

Posted on March 26th, 2007 in All Videos, Quickies, Technology

2 minutes

Folding at Home, a distributed computing effort out of Stanford University, is harnessing the amazing processing power of the Sony PS3 game console to help scientists study misfolding proteins which may lead to cures for diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cystic fibrosis.


CIW: Virtual Tour

Posted on March 21st, 2007 in All Videos, Quickies, Technology

3 minutes

Tom Gruver of Microsoft gives a tour of the Center for Information Work, an office which showcases the company’s vision for 5-7 years into the future.


Rodney Mullen: Skateboarding

Posted on March 18th, 2007 in All Videos, Leaders, Quickies

6 minutes

Rodney Mullen, king of flatland skateboarding puts it down.

Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with. Most people seem restless and bounce around too much to focus or even pay attention enough to themselves to figure out exactly what they really do love, as opposed to what the people that surround them are doing.
- Rodney Mullen


Jeff Bezos: Differentiating With Technology

Posted on March 17th, 2007 in All Videos, Business, Leaders

57 minutes

Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com shares the vision, drive, and effectiveness of focusing on customer experience.

We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.
-Jeff Bezos


Sony Keynote: GDC 07

Posted on March 10th, 2007 in All Videos, Business

49 minutes

Phil Harrison talks about Sony’s vision for Game 3.0 introducing Home for PS3 as well as showcases a new game called Little Big Planet which allows players to play and create their own levels and share them with the community.


Nintendo Keynote: GDC 07

Posted on March 10th, 2007 in All Videos, Business

72 minutes

Shigeru Miyamoto shares Nintendo’s vision and aim at broadening the gamer demographic. Including how he ranks games using the wife-o-meter.


Lemur + Processing

Posted on March 9th, 2007 in All Videos, Art, Quickies, Technology

4 minutes

Lemur is a multi-touch controller for audio and video applications. This setup uses Lemur to control Processing, a real time visualization tool.