Stand up bag in the shape of a jar

Door Beate den Engelsman | 07/05/2015

Printing techniques enable endless possibilities, like this stand up bag in the shape of a jar made by packaging manufacturer Schur. A nice way to present products on the supermarket shelves. The bag is available in various sizes and stays nicely upright. They can be delivered either fully printed or fully transparent. Advantages are the…

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Tesla Powerwall, a hip and efficient way of storing energy

Door Rob van den Braak | 07/05/2015

Tesla, the American manufacturer of hip electronic cars, will us its innovative battery technology for homes and enterprises. The Powerwall provides continuous access to 2kW for just under 3,000 Euro. The battery can be charged via solar panels or during low rate periods. Up to 9 Powerwalls can be connected to each other which supplies…

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Augmented reality tattoo

Door Marco den Engelsman | 06/05/2015

Comic designer Sutu has had his augmented reality comic figure tattooed on his arm. And of course it works with AR. Australian Sutu requested financial support for his comic Modern Polaxis via Kickstarter. The story about a paranoid time traveller was delivered to the backers by the end of last year and works with augmented…

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These are the sort of crystal palaces that hold our data

Door Rob van den Braak | 06/05/2015

Many multi million dollar datacentres store the ever growing stream of data from enterprises and consumers. These ´secret´ datacentres are sometimes hidden underground. Not however the new Equinix datacentre. At a cost of 145 million Euro the company built a futuristic glass multi-storey building in Slough, UK. Data from the International Business Exchange is stored…

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Microsoft Handpose: Let your hands do the work

Door Rob van den Braak | 27/04/2015

Microsoft is not the first to research the possibility of hand tracking for electronic devices, but it has developed a very potent technology with Handpose. Handpose follows every movement of your hands via a camera and translates this to screen movements. Movements can be combined with already existing images, you can pick up tools or…

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Rainvertising coating urine proof

Door Rob van den Braak | 24/04/2015

We have seen waterproof coating creatively used to make adverts visible during rain. In Germany the same coating is being used to prevent urinating. The coating splashes the urine back, hence the title We Pee Back.    

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Value adding designs with Agfa: Fortuna

Door Rob van den Braak | 22/04/2015

Passports, identity cards, lottery tickets and entrance tickets are examples of printing with the highest value add. Designing these, in compliance with the highest security measures, is work for specialists. These specialists will now with version 9 of Agfa´s Fortuna get a perfect tool which can save a lot of time. Version 9 builds on…

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