Friday, August 10, 2007
A few weeks ago Natasha took me out for lunch on Newbury St. (Boston’s poshest area). As we were walking down the street a lady approached us and stated that we were the hottest couple on the street (um… ok) and that she and her partner were doing a documentary on the iPhone. She wanted to know if I wanted to say a few things on camera about it. I hesitated but Natasha urged me to do it, so I did.
A few weeks later I get a call from some producer at Moxie Pictures which is an agency that makes the commercials for Apple on behalf of Apple’s ad agency TBWA \ Chiat \ Day. The lady congratulated me and said that I landed the role as the next guy to be in Apple’s iPhone ad campaign! My reaction was like the caveman from the Geico commercial “YEAH, uh… what?” They said that they would fly me to NYC for a 2-day shoot next weekend. I even had to sign and FAX an NDA.
Apparently the documentary was just a cover, and that those people were simply casting for the agency.
Anyways, to make a long story short I am not able to do the campaign because I am not legally allowed to work in the USA.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
kameraflageTM: Display Technology Visible Only to Digital Cameras
Here is my latest design that uses kameraflageTM display technology. As you can see, the garment has elements that appear only in digital photographs. In this example you can see that the thundercloud has a lightning-bolt when viewed through a digital camera's viewfinder.
This garment, as well as other designs that incorporate kameraflageTM technology will be on display at the 2007 ACM SIGGRAPH Unravel fashion show on August 6th at a club called "On Broadway" in San Diego, California. Come check it out and say hi!
In the meantime I invite everyone to check out kameraflage.com to learn more about how it works and its other uses.
~ High-resolution press photo is available here.
~ Special thanks to Becky Hehn (model) and Dana Dodson (make-up).
Friday, July 13, 2007
The website for kameraflageTM is now online and no-longer password protected. Why? I finally filed for a patent!
Go ahead, tell your friends! I am currently seeking investors to help me bring kameraflageTM to the next level.
Next on the list: Incorporate an LLC.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
I am happy to report that the fashion version of kameraflage™ has been accepted to be shown at the SIGGRAPH UNRAVEL fashion show (world’s top venue for far-out fashion technologies) in San Diego this August.
I will be showing two new designs that are sure to amaze and delight 
Stay tuned!
Sunday, July 8, 2007
The XO-1 (nee OLPC, nee $100 laptop), for those who don’t know, is a computing platform developed specifically for young children in developing nations. It has been designed from scratch to address the needs of this unique audience.
Recently I have become interested in designing devices that empower childen (the “Children’s TV” is my first design in this regard). As part of my research I bought a Texas Instruments “Speak & Spell” which is a computer designed to help the children of the 80’s learn the alphabet and how to spell.
After playing with the Speak & Spell for a bit I realized that the keyboard is a kid-friendly ABCDEF layout rather than the typical QWERTY found on most keyboards.
Perhaps there should be the option for XO-1 users to physically change their keyboards. Youngsters can start with ABCDEF and advance to the less intuitive (but standard) QWERTY layout when they enter grade-school.
~ This post also appears at creativesynthesis.net
