To promote its zero-emission fuel cell tech, Mercedes created a special vehicle covered with a grid of LEDs and cameras, rendering it nearly invisible as it drives down the road.
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Restaurants’ takeout menus made interactive via QR codes
It’s become increasingly common for restaurants to build and offer custom, branded mobile apps that let patrons place orders by phone, but it’s still up to consumers to go to the bother of downloading and installing them. Enter Paperlinks, a Los Angeles firm that has created a service that lets restaurants embed their takeout menus with QR codes for quick and seamless mobile ordering. READ MORE…
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CVS will text you when your prescription is ready
Now available at over 7,300 locations.
— Facebook is Killing Local Social Networks around the World (via thenextweb)
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Sky to introduce ‘augmented’ TV viewing with zeebox companion app, from Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/sky-to-introduce-augmented-tv-viewing-with-zeebox-companion-ap/
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The Louvre to hand out 3DS systems as tour guides.
The Louvre museum in Paris - home to the Mona Lisa - is to replace it’s audio tour guides with Nintendo 3DS units.
The current audio guides are used by only 4 per cent of the museum’s 8.5 million annual visitors. With the 3DS, visitors will be able to locate themselves within The Louvre, select themed tours including specialised guides for children, and listen to “hundreds of commentaries in seven languages about the works on display,”
Nintendo has developed the content with guidance from The Louvre’s creators, and is also planning downloadable smartphone and tablet apps to enhance visitors’ experience.
(Source: gameplanet.co.nz, via emergentfutures)
What happens when you're not sleeping enough? →
How many times have you told yourself (especially when you’re up at 2 a.m. on a Sunday night): “Eh, it’s just sleep.” Is it just sleep, though? What happens to your health when you’re not sleeping enough?
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12 Internet Predictions For 2012 →
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NFC service for stores offers ‘tap and go’ digital receipts
Proximiant is a service that uses NFC to let brick-and-mortar stores send digital receipts directly to shoppers’ phones.
