The portuguese company displax has developed a new type of film which can transform any surface into a fully functioning touchscreen display. This new flexible film can be place on top of solid surfaces like wood or plastic, or placed behind transparent materials like glass. The film is clear and can respond to both touch and airflow. Because it is flexible, the film can even be placed on uneven and curved surfaces. The screen uses tiny wires embedded inside to capture input. The screen captures this information and using its software transmits the data to your computer.

http://www.displax.com 

Source: Designboom

DISPLAX™ Optimus Concept Store - Casa da Música (Porto - Portugal) from Displax on Vimeo.

Interesting blogpost by Steve Clayton (Geek In Disguise) about Microsoft Pictionaire. 

A cool UI with spinning cubes of links which you can touch and details pop up. Watch a demo here.

Source: www.notcot.com

Light Touch is an interactive projector that instantly turns any flat surface into a touch screen. It frees multimedia content from the confines of the small screen, allowing users to interact with that content just as they do on their hand held devices - using multi-touch technology.

http://www.lightblueoptics.com/

A demo of Creating Spaces prototype #1

One of our masterstudents at C-MD asked if he was allowed to use our mapping toolkit for his thesis research. Watch the results here. I think Niels Quinten used the mapping kit in a very nice and alternative way. It shows us how an open toolkit is usable in various settings.

Op woensdag 18 november kan het publiek van Vooruit kennismaken met een nieuwe, interactieve manier om informatie te consulteren en uit te wisselen: de multitouch multimedia tafel. Anders dan het ingeburgerde touchscreen (aanraakscherm), laat multitouch schermtechnologie een gebruiker toe om verschillende punten tegelijk aan te raken en digitale media intuïtief te bekijken en te manipuleren. Of verschillende gebruikers om samen op één scherm te werken.

Creating Spaces - presentatie Liesbeth Huybrechts from Kunstencentrum Z33 on Vimeo.
Furthermore, you can watch the presentation by Kris Luyten and the discussion.

I want this concept to be realised soon! Before our EFRO project ends :) As origami is part of our mapfolding, I think we should enjoy some origami tea when having team meetings. Russian designer Natalia Ponomareva has developed this lovely origami bird tea bag concept, designed to expand as the tea steeps.

Recently, a QR code mosaic has been spotted in SoHo. Space invader goes QR?

Source: PSFK