Posts Tagged as ‘lego’

August 4, 2009

Top 10 Trendplanner tweets: July 2009

Another month – another twitter round-up. Using the new and improved Hootsuite here are the most clicked links from the Trendplanner Twitter account for July. For other useful Twitter links on similar themes, check out Qapture which collects links shared by various people on Twitter (including Trendplanner). 1. Steve Jobs on why Apple doesn’t do [...]

July 15, 2009

Lego: Pretty cool for a 50-year-old

This month Lego turned 50, you might have seen the brilliant ‘making history’ ads created to mark the occasion. It’s hardly surprising that a toy based around small plastic blocks has been around for 50 years, what is a little more surprising is the fact that 50 years on and in the digital age these [...]

March 6, 2009

The evolution of AR: 5 of the best Augmented Reality examples

There’s a lot of hype round Augmented reality (AR) right now, people are trying to combine the ‘real world’ and the ‘digital world’ in any way they can. Here are 5 of the best examples that demonstrate what can be done and where this is going. Lego Lego have really embraced AR, as well as [...]

January 14, 2009

Augmented Reality: What? Why? When?

I recently threw together a list of things that might be ‘big in 2009′. On of which was Augmented Reality (AR). One of the best ways to get your head round it is to see it, so check out the video above. So what is it? ‘Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research [...]

December 4, 2008

Lego let you see what’s in the box on the box

Here’s some clever stuff from Lego (not actually related to this picture). Watch Video The video shows how through a monitor you can see the completed item in a 3D image as though it is on the box you are holding. Apparently Lego are using these in their stores, a great way for Lego customers [...]