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Augmented Reality Future by Nokia

By Nicolas On September 13, 2009 In mobility, networking, technology, Vienna With No Comments Permanent Link to Augmented Reality Future by NokiaPermalink

Here’s a video showcasing some of the future technologies dreamt up by Nokia and introduced at Nokia World. According to Nokia, this new concept featured in the video allows people to experience immersion and effortless navigation through new types of interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch. Thanks to these new types of social linkages people will be connected in innovative ways between the physical and digital worlds.

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Want more? go and visit Nokia labs

Save Nabaztag: because we don’t like to see bunnies die

By Nicolas On August 23, 2009 In networking, New York, technology, Vienna With No Comments Permanent Link to Save Nabaztag: because we don’t like to see bunnies diePermalink

nabaztag_tag_blogLets be honest. You wouldn’t normally associate bunny rabbits with cutting-edge technology and superior intelligence.
Of course there was that time Bugs Bunny outwitted Marvin the Martian using an Aludium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator but we’re talking real-life here! Maybe that’s why thousands of fans worldwide have been utterly gobsmacked by Nabaztag/tag. Derived from the Armenian word for rabbit, this ingenious Wi-Fi-enabled bunny has revolutionned the way Wi-Fi fans receive information about… well, about anything! Continue Reading →

mobile phone invoice: “What’s the butcher’s bill for this month?”

By Nicolas On August 6, 2009 In mobility, technology, travel, VoIP With 4 Comments Permanent Link to mobile phone invoice: “What’s the butcher’s bill for this month?”Permalink

?Here we are again: the beginning of a new month with its procession of  bills of all kinds, falling around just like the dead leafs of some trees. Mmmm, a little foretaste of Falls @ the beginning of August…

I though just realized today, while checking my online mobile phone bills of the last three month, that I actually managed not to overrun my monthly fee! And that’s the first time since 2006!

So where’s the trick? Continue Reading →

Create your own digital business card: it is free, “green”, unlimited and mobile

By Nicolas On June 27, 2009 In environment/green, mobility, networking, Paris, travel, Vienna With 2 Comments Permanent Link to Create your own digital business card: it is free, “green”, unlimited and mobilePermalink

bateman2Price pulls a card from an inside coat pocket and hold it up for their inspection: “PAUL OWEN, PIERCE&PIERCE, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.”
Bateman swallows, speechless. The sound in the room dies down and all we hear is a faint heartbeat as Bateman stares at the magnificent card.

If you watched American Psycho, then you’re probably familiar with this famous scene of the movie in which five senior executives of PIERCE&PIERCE play at “who pees the farthest” with their business cards. Very instructive indeed…

Then if you still have doubts on how business cards are important, I’d recommend you to have a look at this website or that blog there. Else you can have a look at this cool variation featuring the excerpt of the movie upper-mentioned

Did you get it now?

YES, business cards, are not only supposed to be useful and provide your clients, audience, friends or potential business partners with your mere contact details. They’re supposed to be creative, cool and unique. Continue Reading →

Picture of the week: a new experience of live and mobile “social networking”

By Nicolas On April 15, 2009 In investigation/survey, networking, picture of the week, technology With No Comments Permanent Link to Picture of the week: a new experience of live and mobile “social networking”Permalink

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What would you do if you were walking through a park and saw a little cardboard robot struggling to make its way along the paths? Would you, good samaritan-like, help it get to its destination, or would you walk on by?

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