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UP: The Umbrella Project

UP: The Umbrella Project, created by Pilobolus in collaboration with the MIT Distributed Robotics Laboratory, premiered at PopTech in the Camden Harbor Amphitheater in Camden, Maine. Functioning as individuals in a group – or pixels on a screen – participants wielding umbrellas fabricated with multi-colored LED lights, created a performance piece together that was projected in real time on a large screen.

Starring the PopTech conference attendees and the Camden community, this Pilobolus piece, like all of the modern performance company’s work over the last 42 years, was borne out of its proven method of collective creativity.

Fiat Social Drive

São Paulo, Brazil-based creative agency Agência Click Isobar has created a feature for car brand Fiat that would make driving arguably safer and more social.

Called ‘Fiat Social Drive’, the feature for the brand’s Punto model lets drivers connect to their social networks to get updates via voice command, without the need of taking their eyes off the road—no longer making social media a driving hazard.

The Beer Turnstile Antarctica

During the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the high consumption of alcoholic drinks is the main responsible factor for the increase in traffic accidents. Drunk drivers are directly involved in the increase of 50% of fatal accidents during this time of the year.
Antarctica’s objective, the most consumed beer brand and sponsor of the event, was to make its consumers arrive safely at home after drinking.
We developed The Beer Turnstile. A new underground turnstile for which the ticket was an empty Antarctica beer can. Via optical reading, the can was scanned and the passage freed. The person just needed to save the last beer can and use it to get home safely

Moving Atoms: Making The World’s Smallest Movie

How did IBM researchers move all those atoms to make the world’s smallest movie? This short behind-the-scenes documentary takes you inside the lab. Meet the scientists, see how they made a movie with atoms, and find out more about their research in the field of atomic memory and data storage. See the world’s smallest movie at http://youtu.be/oSCX78-8-q0. Learn more about atomic memory, data storage and big data at http://www.ibm.com/madewithatoms