Kenwood Showcases Prototype OLED Illuminated Flat Speakers

Kenwood has unveiled a set of stereo speakers that is also an OLED white light panel. The prototypes feature ultra-thin, flat speaker technology and incorporate the OLED light source to double as lamps. They were developed through a joint venture between Kenwood and Professor Junti Kido from Japan’s Yamagata University. Apparently, these speakers are a “side-effect” from the development of an OLED evacuation sign...

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Todd Vanderlin Demonstrates AR Scratching

When the turntable paradigm finally bites the dust, you may find such concepts as Cambridge-based designer Todd Vanderlin’s new multidimensional controller take its place. Using a vinyl record (it could really be anything however) tagged with an AR marker, Vanderlin “scratches” the track by manipulating the tag in front of a video camera. The relationship between the tag and the camera controls the music either in a...

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