Instagram Instaglasses Concept by Markus Gerke

By now you’re probably aware that you can use Instagram to make smartphone photos appear more aesthetically pleasing using the app’s filters, but what if you could apply those filters to the world around you? That’s the concept behind these Instaglasses, developed by Berlin-based designer Markus Gerke. The instructions are relatively straightforward: activate the pre-set...

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012 Streaming Live Online

If you can’t make it out to Manchester, Tennessee this weekend to attend the 11th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, you will still be able to enjoy live performances via online stream. Starting today, June 8 at 12:30 pm CDT, Bonnaroo’s YouTube page will be sharing performances all weekend of a few the artists to hit their stages. Tomorrow sees the likes...

Facebook Camera vs. Instagram

Incase you haven’t heard, Facebook has recently released a new app titled, the Facebook Camera app. Interestingly enough, the Social Media giant recently acquired the photography app, which only makes us ask why Facebook would cannibalize itself with this camera app. Why create an app which is seemingly a direct competitor to Instagram right after you bought it? After all of...

Red Bull Beat Suite: Turn your Tweets into Beats

Red Bull teamed up with creative agency Tequila\ Sydney to build a web platform that enables users to turn tweets into beats. The Beat Suite Tweets is an interactive website where a tweet is analyzed by a complex algorithm and translated into a mini soundclip. The server detects the words and patterns in each tweet, determining if it is a happy or sad tweet based on a “sentiment...

Hoppit: Chose a Restaurant Based on Ambiance

There are already a variety of methods you can use to find a restaurant but what if you wanted base you choice off of mood? Check out Hoppit, the first site to provide a dining-out search engine which filters its results based on the ambience of venues. Based in Manhattan and currently available in 25 cities in the US, each restaurant in the Hoppit database is tagged with one of ten...

Instagram Socialmatic Camera by ADR Studio

The Instagram craze continues. Check out this interesting concept design from ADR Studio. They’ve managed to take the Instagram icon and turned it into a real life digital instant camera, called the Instagram Socialmatic Camera. The device comes with: - 16 GB mass storage - Wifi and Bluetooth - 4:3 touchscreen - 2 main lens, first for main capture, second for 3D filters, webcam...

The Iris App: Enjoy Instagram on iPad & Desktop

After being acquired by Facebook for 1 Billion USD and their expansion to other networks & carriers, Instagram appears to be everywhere. If there is one thing that we still find a little annoying about the mobile photography app, it is the fact that you cannot consume the images easily on your desktop or iPad. While its true that this isn’t the first attempt at trying to...

Nike x Twitter: RSVP System For Sneaker Releases [Sneaker Game 2.0]

Its the dawn of a new era. The long waits, camp-out, and sometimes chaotic atmosphere found at sneaker releases will soon be a thing of the past. Perhaps to stemmed the ongoing negative press over its practices for exclusive edition launches, Nike is setting the stage for a new Twitter RSVP system for sneaker releases. A high tech solution to eliminate all the unfavorable...