Osmo by Tangible Play: An unconventional iPad game platform that takes kids beyond the screen, using mirror technology

Osmo by Tangible Play


During the annual Toy Fair in NYC in February, between the Grumpy Cat plush dolls and temporary tattoos that sing and dance, we discovered a gem: an educational toy that makes use of the iPad in…

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Ultimate Reality: Augmented reality’s next step, tested in a recent media campaign for History Channel’s Vikings

Ultimate Reality


If you live in New York City, you might have seen big ads for the History Channel’s “Vikings” program on bus shelters and phone kiosks; if you’ve noticed fans waving their cellphones in front of them, it means you’ve also spotted …

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Rude Baguette’s Paris Founders Event : Three standouts from the French company’s recent event showcasing super-smart startups

Rude Baguette's Paris Founders Event


Rude Baguette—which began as a blog and a daily newspaper—is a French startup supporter that’s growing as fast as the needs of the creative community. The blog combines breaking news with analysis and opinion to cover startups,…

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Mod Notebooks: A service that digitizes handwritten notebooks and syncs to the cloud

Mod Notebooks


Writers and illustrators often fill notebook upon notebook with ideas, wordplay, sketches and doodles. Many are then lost to a drawer or a shelf, and the creativity stays locked away. Mod Notebooks has a brand new solution…

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EDITION29 HOUSED APP

With this app, a user can collect, hear and see the works of over 130 of the worlds most intriguing residential architects from around the world. Eac..

Trax: The world’s smallest real-time GPS tracker brings relief to parents and pet owners

Trax


With the recent release of its teeny yet powerful Trax realtime GPS solution, start-up Wonder Technology Solutions joins a growing list of Swedish wearables-focused companies with roots in the…

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LEBLOX: No one is safe from being turned into 3D pixel art thanks to a new social app from France

LEBLOX


“You’ve been BLOXED!” That’s what you’ll be hearing following the upcoming launch of the new social app LEBLOX, which lets users create a pixelized version of almost anything and then…

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Minibar Delivery App: Wine and spirits delivered to your door in an hour or less

Minibar Delivery App


Convenience is key in New York City, especially if you’re planning a last-minute party, have unexpected guests visit or equally unexpected weather drama. With Minibar, a free iOS app available…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Philip Seymour Hoffman’s inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Farewell, Philip Seymour Hoffman The number of thoughtful tributes and articles about the tragic passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman is a veritable testament to the huge loss the public feels—let alone that of his colleagues, friends and family. Tom Junod of Esquire…

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Voyager: Designer Ken Amarit creates a different kind of video game from old-school materials, like wool and clay

Voyager


by Natasha Tauber As the NASA spacecraft Voyager I pierced the outer reaches of our solar system in its 36th year of travel (and became the farthest manmade craft from Earth), New York City designer …

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