Category: Technology
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Beware your car could be spying on you
Image Startup Bootcamp Modern vehicles are powerful data-scraping machines, warns a group of B.C. privacy advocates, and Canada urgently needs to regulate what companies can do with the information cars send them. “Policy-makers have to provide the guidance that the automotive industry desperately needs on how general principles of data protection apply in their sector,”…
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Facebook to host The New York Times content on its app
Image News Talk Florida The New York Times reported the paper will give up some of its website traffic to the social-media giant, a move that some media observers call a power shift in digital publishing landscape. Under the proposed deal, Facebook would host content from prominent news outlets such as The Times, National Geographic…
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Apple ups its game with staff offering fashion advice for wearables
Apple has hired Tag Heuer’s sales and retail VP Patrick Pruniaux to help market the Apple Watch to a larger audience. Understanding that it’s current tech-driven sales tactics will need to be massaged to create larger appeal, Apple is now training its staff to offer suggestions for customers on how the Apple Watch can be…
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Facebook to host The New York Times content on its app
Image News Talk Florida The New York Times reported the paper will give up some of its website traffic to the social-media giant, a move that some media observers call a power shift in digital publishing landscape. Under the proposed deal, Facebook would host content from prominent news outlets such as The Times, National Geographic…
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Apple ups its game with staff offering fashion advice for wearables
Apple has hired Tag Heuer’s sales and retail VP Patrick Pruniaux to help market the Apple Watch to a larger audience. Understanding that it’s current tech-driven sales tactics will need to be massaged to create larger appeal, Apple is now training its staff to offer suggestions for customers on how the Apple Watch can be…
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Beating passcodes: Getting to the heart of your identity
Biometric and personal security engineer Foteini Agrafioti raises concerns about today’s passwords and IDs, and shares how your body may provide easier, and more accurate, forms of identification. Foteini Agrafioti left her native Greece to pursue a PhD at the University of Toronto’s Biosecurity Lab. She quickly became a star – named “Inventor of the…
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IDEO visualizes Bitcoin
In an attempt to understand Bitcoin, IDEO has created a website that visualizes the transactions in real time as they appear on the network and get confirmed. On average, every 10 minutes new interactions are confirmed and get packaged into a block. They are now a permanent part of the growing list of transactions, called…
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Our rights as citizens are now under attack
Graham Hughes/Canadian Press The Canadian Bar Association is challenging the federal government on its contentious proposed anti-terror legislation, asking whether Bill C-51 is striking a proper balance between managing risk and safeguarding the privacy rights of Canadian citizens. The bill threatens balance between risk and privacy and would provide intelligence agencies and police with more…
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Sony replaces it’s Music Unlimited service with Spotify
Spotfiy hits the Playstation 3 and 4 today, with a new app adapted for large television screens. Sony says partnering with Spotify expands its music service to 41 countries, rather than the 10 available with Music Unlimited, and offers better tools for playlists and music discovery. Spotify says its worked closely with Sony to optimize…
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Wearable technology brings the worlds of fashion and music together
Photograph: David Venni/BBC/Wall to Wall With the Apple Watch launching later this month, other luxury brands are getting in the game to offer something more than just a digital screen you can put on your wrist. Gucci and Will.i.am recently announced at Baselworld that they are forming a partnership to create a smart band that…
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How to create meaningful interactions through technology
Jake Barton presents four projects completed by the media design firm he founded, Local Projects, which creates installations for museums, brands and public spaces using a broad array of technological platforms. In his presentation at Design Indaba Conference 2014, Barton starts off by questioning the design profession’s relationship with technology as a medium and the ways…
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Rainbow Station
Rainbow Station by artist Daan Roosegaarde connects the historic Amsterdam Central Station by using astronomy science to create a site specific rainbow of light. Together with astronomers of the University of Leiden, Roosegaarde unravels light efficiently into a spectrum of colours. Via new liquid crystal technology which is developed for research on exoplanets, Rainbow Station…
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A Starry Night Bike Path
The Van Gogh-Roosegaarde cycle path opened in Eindhoven on November. The opening of this unique cycle path marks the start of the Van Gogh 2015 international theme year. The cycle path is unique. Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s work, it combines innovation and design with cultural heritage and tourism. After dark visitors were amazed by…
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Poetic technology by Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde 2014 from Richelle Sibolboro on Vimeo. Artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde discusses technology and its ability to translate poetic spaces derived from nature.
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Daan Roosegaarde beautifies Toronto
OpenCity Projects recently met with Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde and asked him how he would beautify Toronto? DR: Well, it’s not so much about beautifying, it’s about reforming it in a way. When you look at the grid and when you look at the city, it’s quite weird in a way in that…
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Eyes on Design
he 11th year of Come up to my Room features designs by different firms and installations. Eyes on Design takes a back stage look at the exhibition with interviews of the creators and curators at the historic Gladestone Hotel.
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Tokyo City Symphony
Symphonize with the world to the ever-evolving city of Tokyo. 3D projection mapping art on a miniature model of Tokyo at a 1:1000 scale. via Tokyo City Symphony
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BLACK.SEE by J. Mayer H.
EIGEN + ART Lab in Berlin, Germany, is showcasing the works by Jürgen Mayer H. BLACK.SEE is an installation of free standing black sculptures with accompanying wall paintings that are also dark and mysterious. The three-dimensional components are made out of panels which have been milled out into lattice-like, irregular forms that seem rudimentary and…
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PQ Eyewear by Ron Arad
London-based designer Ron Arad and Bob Karir of Karir eyewear present the PQ Eyewear collection in Toronto, Canada.
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Ron Arad at The Design Exchange
UK-based designer and architect Ron Arad presents his work at the Design Exchange.
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Orginaire
“Originaire” is a word created to combine the meanings of “original” and “initial”. In the Chinese language, the character for “source” is specifically in the context of the water source.
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Folding Felt
The experimentation is with different wraps which led to a creation of three-dimensional and symmetrical patterns.
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Gaming Controller
The gaming controller has been driven by the studio’s holistic design approach which integrates target user insights into the product design strategy.
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Capsule Case
The product offers a hard shell casing that encloses the iPad safely, and with its stylish anodized aluminum hinge, it stands steadfast whilst tapping on the screen.
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Plugbook
The design is made in the shape of a book which hides itself between your other books in your library.
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Lighting Logistics
Environmentally friendly, low-energy sculptures showcasing its operational efficiency and infrastructure systems.
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Sparkling Soda
The company’s product offers an alternative to purchasing pre-packaged fizzy drinks by allowing one to transform regular tap water into sparkling refreshments right at home, stored within reusable bottles.
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Made from Noise
The sounds of the city are mashed them with iconic post-modern seats to create a new hybrid piece.
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