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10/GUI – Multitouch of the future

By Paul Morrison

Just watching this vid already, I’m ready to buy into this software. The system itself looks great, and I’d love to use it. How do you see the future of multitouch heading? Something more along these lines? I’ve personally found touch desktop all-in-ones to be somewhat pointless, and the only time I use the touch [...] Read more...

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Smell Graffiti

By John Lally

San Francisco-based designer, Mitchell Heinrich has created a new form of street art using scent. Since early human cave wall painting, graffiti has remained largely unchanged as a medium.  The style, tools and purpose have evolved over the centuries, but still nobody has successfully broken free of its visual nature. From this line of thinking [...] Read more...

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Wall Vinyl

By John Lally

London-based Hu2 Design (http://www.hu2.com/index.php ) is an innovative company that creates and sells quirky die-cut wall stickers that are great for making temporary changes to a space since they’re made of low-tack adhesive vinyl that allow for simple installation and residue-free removal from any flat surface.  The stock designs are available in a wide variety [...] Read more...

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Curbside Cuisine

By John Lally

There’s a growing dining trend in several North American cities that has been gaining a lot of momentum.  Instead of trying to just bring new customers to their restaurants, innovative thinking restaurateurs are also bringing their restaurants to new customers. Catering trucks and street food don’t have the best reputations–most have been known as “roach [...] Read more...

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Trash Talk

By John Lally

What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear?  Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or “disposable” razors? The supply chain for products we use is something that has undergone rigorous analysis and innovations that have resulted in improved efficiencies, [...] Read more...

Did you know? Rev. 4.0

By John Lally

Here’s the latest version of the “Shift Happens” video.  Fascinating facts and statistics regarding the surge of emerging technologies and social media innovations.  Enjoy the mind candy. The following quotation from 60 years ago seems more relevant today than ever before. “Before I left England for China in 1936 a friend told me that there [...] Read more...