Fin de semana

del blog Álbum de Ideas::

La máquina que reconoce sonrisas (y te regala un helado)

Otra manera de hacer marketing aprovechando nuevas tecnologías y redes sociales. se puede ver un video aquí

SapientNitro and Unilever Unveil World’s First Ever Smile-Activated Ice Cream Vending Machine | Ooh-tv

SapientNitro has developed the first smile-activated vending machine for Unilever, the world’s biggest ice cream manufacturer (Unilever has diverse brands such as Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Good Humor, Breyers and Klondike in its global portfolio).

The system features a facial recognition technology which tracks if a person is smiling and measures its smile. It also includes 3G technology to enable uploading and sharing of smiles via social media with the user’s permission and augmented reality

Here is how the system works: "An entertaining “attractor screen” playfully immerses a passerby into the world of augmented reality, Wall’s style. Once drawn closer to the machine, the person is prompted for a big smile and the ‘smile-o-meter’ measures his or her grin. A photo is then taken and with permission uploaded onto Facebook (see pictures here). The consumer can pick out his or her free ice cream by using the touch-screen interface on the vending machine.” (watch a video here).

tenemos autores para todo y en todas partes.

Tenemos autores que escriben libros,  tienen blogs, participan en foros reales y virtuales, congresos, hablan por twitter y se pasean por facebook y linkedIn. Ahora tenemos también un autor que expone sus fotos en Secondlife y participa en con gente de la SEMFyC en la isla de la Salud de SL.

Yo no se mucho de Second Life. Tuvo su boom y ahora parece que no crece pero tampoco desaparece. Se que es un mundo virtual donde te representa un avatar con un nombre de fantasía. El avatar se puede 'modelar' más o menos a tu gusto y te paseas por un mundo de islas mas o menos grandes donde la gente se agrupa por afinidades.  Os paso el video de la inauguración  de la exposición de fotos. Cada avatar representa a una persona real, es decir que toda esta gente estaba conectada al ordenador en ese momento.

Para mas información podeis leer el blog de Galerie Artemis

35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages

“404 Not Found.” These three little words can make any Internet explorer an unhappy camper. After all, who hopes to click on a broken link or stumble upon a moved or deleted page while cruising around the web?

Luckily, some web designers have chosen to end the misery of encountering a 404 error page. Instead of letting their site readers bump heads with a nasty dead-end error message, they’ve managed to squeeze a little entertainment out of it.

Below you’ll find some of the most entertaining 404 error pages on the web. We’ve listed them alphabetically to avoid playing favorites, but they’re all worth a look. Share your favorite 404 error page designs in the comments below!