Digital Schweinshaxe

Four Students developed the web browser extension "DepthJS" that allows any web page to interact with the Microsoft Kinect via Javascript:

Alexa Meade is a 23-year-old artist based in Washington, DC. She creates amazing paintings using real people as her canvas.

With their latest single 'Ariel' and first for Ninja Tune, Stateless explore the eternal struggle within all of us, the battle between good and bad, imagined here as a fight between the protagonist, the titular Ariel, and the Devil.  

Ralph Lauren organized two beautiful spectacles in New York and London. In celebration of 10 years of digital innovation, RalphLauren.com presents the fusion of art, fashion & technology in a visual feast for the 5 senses.

Great real-time visualization of geolocated tweets around the world.

Hatsune Miku meets a real success for over 3 years and was even the first album with 100% synthetic voice on top of the charts in Japan for the first time in history. She is a virtual idol created in 2007 by the company Crypton Future Media for the launch of their speech software with the same name.

I know it is only advertising. And even a TV commercial. But honestly, it is a perfect example of an idea driven concept, that even performs in its second part. A humorous screenplay, two phantastic actors, perfect direction,and a beautiful self ironic ending: "Heaven can wait George, but not for its capsules." 

Honestly, I am just a bit jealous of this idea. It is really fascinating, and probably addictive for those who are into it. And the best: it is engaging advertising without a real product...

Tough times for Foursquare: Facebook Launches DEALS as Social Commerce Service for Local Businesses via socialcommercetoday.com

This is a nice and simple creative idea of combining a brand message with branded utility. The concept of the Creative artist Luong Lu, yet to be realized, aims at bringing people together through food, and thus save energy. It is so simple, and hopefully it will make its way:
"Today, more and more people live alone and according to a late study, loneliness is a bigger health threat than alcoholism, obesity and smoking. What if we could fight it with something so simple like eating, and at the same time, save energy?"