Monthly Archives: December 2009

The Many Uses of the Open Source EyeWriter

In September, I had the opportunity to see James Powderly and Zach Lieberman present their work in progress, The EyeWriter at the 2009 Gadgetoff.  The EyeWriter is an inexpensive open-source eye tracking headset and software created by members of Graffiti Research Lab and the team behind openFrameworks.

The EyeWriter was created to enable graffiti artist Tony [...]

VW’s Piano Staircase -The Fun Theory

The Fun Theory is an experiential marketing campaign produced by VW to help make the connection between the importance of fun in everyday life and how fun can be a transformative power for improvement.   This translates well for VW since they have long established themselves as the ambassadors of driving fun, an everyday task easily [...]

Miele Inspirience Center

I recently came across an interesting interactive retail experience in The Netherlands from Miele called the Miele Inspirience Center (I’ll withhold comment on the pun.) Miele manufactures and sells a wide variety of residential appliances and commercial equipment.

Because they are a high-end durable goods maker, the purchase decision for their products is a fairly reasoned [...]