Arduino - the Future of Prototyping Electronics

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments; commonly used to prototype electronics. Its low cost and ease of implementation has meant that this little device is now leading a hobbyist revolution in connecting real life objects to social networks, like Twitter (). It has allowed one man to create a device attached to a chair that tweets at the presence of noxious natural gasses (ahem), another uses Arduino to monitor when his cats are inside the house or out, and a small bakery and cafe in East London is now able to tweet what’s fresh from their oven. This may all seem like pretty pointless stuff, but the pointlessness is the point. Thanks Mike Laurie (via Mashable). Mike Laurie works as a Digital Planner at UK Integrated Agency JPMH where he helps brands get the most from digital media. You can follow Mike on Twitter.

OLED - Flexible, Lighter, Faster than LCD...and powered by YOU

What's cooler than a touch-screen phone? How about one you can fold like a wallet and stuff in your pocket? And when folded, it's still thinner than your iPhone.



Designed by industrial designer Susan McKinney, the EOS phone consists of a soft, semi-rigid polymer skin surrounding a flexible low-energy OLED display. Kyocera has developed a phone that utilizes OLED with amazing features like using kinetic energy to power itself, so no reliance on a battery. The more you work on it, the more power it gets. There's also talks of a solar version in the works.

Video Mapping on a 3D Surface

French company EasyWeb has developed content for video mapping on dimensional surfaces. The really cool feature here is that the content doesn't lose its focus as it is displayed over a variety of surfaces.

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Sixth Sense

The TED Community has brought some amazing ideas to life, and Pattie Maes' Sixth Sense is no exception. Her team - consisting of IT technicians and developers - has brought disruptive media to the forefront. Check out this highly intuitive Minority Report-esque medium.