France (187)
Water from thin air
France’s Eole Water has created a turbine that can condense water in the air and make it safe for drinking.
Aside from the obvious environmental benefits a wind turbine offers, the company’s WMS1000 sucks in passing air that goes through a cooling compressor in the generator compartment, which then condensates passing airborne moisture. The water is then collected, filtered to World Health Organization drinking standards and delivered through a tap at the bottom of the turbine. According to Eole Water, the turbine can produce up to 1,000 liters a day.
Why it matters
Today, 150 million of people worldwide live in remote areas without any access to safe drinking water. For communities situated in regions where there are low water supplies, the turbine could prove to be a vital resource. When it comes to social causes, should brands partner with existing sustainable innovative company to be more efficient?
Source: http://www.springwise.com
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17. December 2012
Say it in video
Mobile network operator Orange has launched Short Message Videos in partnership with Dailymotion. They are likely to compete with SMS and MMS in the years to come as Orange plans to release the full application in 2013 when its 4G networks will be up and running.
Why it matters
Video is fast becoming a popular way to express oneself digitally, through Facebook and Twitter. With services such as Vine (http://vine.co/), SMV may be the way for telecomms operators to follow the video trend. Could SMV create a new video language, such as animated gifs did for pictures?
Source: http://shortmessagevideo.fr/
Image source: http://shortmessagevideo.fr/
17. December 2012
State of the art
The Centre Pompidou for modern arts in Paris is one of the most visited museums in the world and it has just released a new version of its website.
The approach of the Virtual Centre Pompidou is innovative one; it goes beyond a simple digital version of the museum to offer a real search engine “linking” of all the museum’s assets. The entire art collection, archives and documentation have been digitised and can be searched.
Why it matters
As everything goes digital and Google’s aim of “compiling and organizing all the information of the world” is becoming a reality, it is interesting to see how the museum led its digital strategy. If everything is available to everyone, could curation and making personal links between things – with the Centre Pompidou custom semantic search for example - be a true value-added service?
Source: http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en
Image source: http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en
17. December 2012
