Manufacturing
Wouldn’t it be great to see how all the gears and the whatchamacallits inside that product actually work? We can make that magic happen.
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February 3 2012
The Quirky Mind
Quirky is a crowd-source invention company, whose process utilizes the web. People can submit an idea for $10.00 and pitch it, giving the problem and solution, in their mind, and the community votes on it and adds their comments. This is something I have been wanting for years, not being able to shell out the funds for a patent lawyer and the research. Despite Google’s push to put patent search online (currently in beta), it’s still a tough and expensive task for the individual to get an invention…
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January 17 2012
More than Games Part 2: Takeaways from Unite11
(This article is a continuation from More than Games Part 1.) This year I had the pleasure of attending Unite11, a conference for developers on the Unity3D platform. Here are some more non-game uses for Unity that I found really interesting. Interactive Training Another burgeoning field for interactive 3D applications is training. This is more than just pictures, animation and quizzes. Using a 3D interactive engine opens up training skills that, in the past, would have required a real-world training environment and instructors. In our age of limited educational resources, along with more…
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January 15 2012
Taking Ethnographic Animation on the Road
I’ve been yapping about Ethnographic Animation for the past year or so, mostly to local and regional audiences, as well as a really fun presentation at PDMA’s PIM last October in Phoenix, and I’m about to get on the road again for two more upcoming conferences that I believe will give back as much knowledge to me as I am gonna put out there. First up, next week, I head to Phoenix on the 15th and will do a short workshop on EA at The Creative Leadership Academy. “The Creative Leadership…
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September 22 2011
Technology and Artistry Mashup for Planar and ADi
Planar, maker of many kinds of cool display technologies, approached ADi with a unique proposition. Conceive and design an animation for a video display. The display is pretty much one of a kind – ten feet tall, made of 4 display panels with almost no bezel. They are mounted on a tree-like frame that sprouts up out of a base that cleverly disguises the media player and inner workings of the “Art Wall”. We are going to follow the progress of this project and show you step by step how it comes…
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September 14 2011
Some Co-creation examples and idea starters
Companies large and small are embracing co-creation. Here are some examples that I think demonstrate some best practices and a few tips to keep from doing it wrong. Kimberly-Clark brand Huggies was doing some market research about their main consumers, Moms, and discovered that while many Moms are small business owners, they get a very tiny share of venture capital dollars. They started a program called MomInspired to help Moms turn their business ideas into reality. Moms can apply for a grant to help get the business going, and also get…
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