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Dear Ken,
I hope all is well.
Want to know what’s on the forefront of international technological advances? Think WIRED NextFest 2008. I would love for you consider blogging about or listing the WIRED NextFest on your site, taking place in Chicago September 27 – October 12. WIRED NextFest is the premier showcase of global innovations that are transforming our world. Now in its fifth year, this Gallery of the Future includes unique and bold exhibits of sustainable design, next generation healthcare, interactive art and games, humanoid robotics, and more. These 30-40 curated exhibits are the work of international visionaries who offer an inspiring glimpse of tomorrow.
WIRED NextFest 2008 brings together innovations from inventors and research and development labs from around the world and will feature advances in communication, design, entertainment, energy, exploration, medicine/health, robotics, security and more. Over the past five years, WIRED NextFest has drawn over 150,000 visitors combined in San Francisco (2004), Chicago (2005), New York (2006), and Los Angeles (2007).
WIRED NextFest will be held in Chicago’s Millennium Park. It is free and open to the public for two weeks, from September 27, 2008 to October 12, 2008 daily from 11am to 7pm, Thursday noon to 8pm, and closed Monday.
To learn more about WIRED NextFest, please visit http://www.wirednextfest.com.
Feel free to contact me with questions or if you would like to receive any photos. Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Jessica
Hi Ken,
I hope all is well.
Do you think you will feature WIRED NextFest on your blog? Check out some of this year’s top exhibits:
Hoverit Lounger
Don’t just sit – Hoverit. That’s the slogan of this 2-person British design-oriented furniture startup. In what they promise is the first in a series of magnetic hover furniture, the experience is (according to the company) more like floating than sitting. The lounger’s etheral appearance is accentuated by the designers choice of material, a clear acrylic plastic. The acrylic is not a cushion, but the give of the magnetic forces acting beneath a persons body weight, is probably makes the experience quite different from a normal, earth-bound, rigid plastic chair.
HumanCar
The HumanCar just might be an eco-loving carpooler’s dream come true. Four seats provide and a roof provide a measure of comfort, and four rowing handles (for human-powered battery charging) provide the power. HumanCar’s first commercial vehicle, the Imagine, features an exoskeletal safety cage chassis with advanced steering built in, dual electric motors, and variable human power input. HumanCars will be manufactured in central Oregon.
Interactive Kiosk Prototype – EA Sports
Camera-based interaction with near photo-realistic animation of Dwayne Wade, NBA basketball star. The concept of interactive installations and kiosks based on this prototype is work for an upcoming Gillette corporate promotion that will include Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Derek Jeter, and Thierry Henry, and offer a platform for playing 1-on-1 interactive mini-games with sports stars. Overall, the platform uses a display, interactive camera, and digital animation hardware and software that are state of the art.
Feel free to contact me with questions or if you would like to receive any high-res photos. Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Jessica
Hi Ken,
I hope all is well in Intel-land these days. Tough climate, but I am optimistic. Looking through your blog, I could not find the rss feed to follow it. I recently created a blog to learn how it all works more hands-on and have learned a great deal. My plan is to introduce the first blog inside Entegris for my team and on from there.
Talk to you down the line sometime,
Scott
Hi,
may I contact you in private?
My msn contact is: pavi1990@hotmail.it
Thank you very much!!
Br,
Paolo