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Watching YouTube Videos on Your Microwave

Posted on December 13, 2009 by cgseo

There's a microwave that has been getting some attention this week. It's called CastOven , and it plays YouTube videos while you cook your food. Not only does it play videos, but it plays videos specifically catering to the amount of time you have the microwave set for. The CastOven was created by two designers from Keio University in Japan, Keita Watanabe, Ph.D. and Shota Matsuda. Their description of the CastOven reads as follows: CastOven is a future microwave oven, which plays a You Tube movie clip to fit into your cooking time. Watching movies, playing video games, and browsing web pages are fun, but all of them require certain amount of time of us to spare. For example, one would hesitate to purchase a new roll playing game, because it would take him some tens of hours to clear the game. We think differently. One should not make his activities adjusted to a length of contents, but the contents should make adjustment to it. Our effort around the concept of “Ubiquitous Society” was over. We have been taking a novel step along the idea of “how those products and services have users spent their time?” The next business market is placed at the core, where a time as a flow of user’s activities. Seeing it in action is a little more impressive. Watch the following clip to see how it works: Here's a look at how it's put together: CastOven has already won a couple of awards: Best Demonstration at the Workshop on Interactive Systems and Software and the Outstanding Performance Award and Jury's Special Award at the Mashup Awards 5. The CastOven doesn't appear to be a product that is available to buy at this point, and there is likely more work to be done on it, but it is a pretty interesting concept. Wouldn't you agree? Share your thoughts here . Related Articles: > YouTube Cofounder Discusses Site's Future > YouTube Unveils Video Targeting Tool > YouTube May Expand Into TV Show Biz Continue reading →

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People 18-24 Would Rather Give Up Social Networks Than Email

Posted on October 22, 2009 by admin

The Participatory Marketing Network (PMN) and Pace University's Lubin School of Business have shared some interesting findings from a study that found Generation Y (commonly considered the "Net Generation") would abandon social networks before abandoning email or texting. "These results may be surprising to some, but not if you consider the role email continues to play in the day-to-day lives of Gen Y," said Michael Della Penna, PMN co-founder and Executive Chairman. "As long as email remains the collection point for social networking updates, including alerts around new followers, discussion updates and friend requests, it will remain a powerful force in marketing and our lives." WebProNews recently ran a piece highlighting 10 reasons social media isn't replacing email . That was one of them. According to the study, email is even less likely to be given up than television. Email and text messaging are the activities cited as least likely to be givne up for a week (at 26% each). TV was next at 15%, then phone (11%). Social networks were after that at 9%. Graph via Marketing Continue reading →

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