Wouldn't it be great instead of having the phone ringing, email bouncing up and down on your screen, and SMS blowing up to have a light sitting on the edge of your desk slowly change color to display the emotion of the message you just received? The light could turn blue when the dow raises, or green when the tempurature drops outside, or red when you get a lovely email from your family. That would be SWEET.
"Dal can receive messages sent by your friend via email or via your telephone. The messages are colored animations that can be created for each type of emotions you want to show. A personal language and grammar can be created between two persons: only they know what the lamp is expressing."
Dal is a wireless light that emits emotion via Wifi connection to the internet. You can set the preferences...and let the love begin. I have contacted the company to see if I can get one...for free - since I wrote a story about it.
"Founded in 2002, the vocation of Violet is to develop products and services based on calm and emotional technologies. The team of Violet has an extended experience in building calm interfaces"
Dear Brain :-)
I promise I will send you the new product. Nabaztag.
Meanwhile you can have a look at : http://www.nabaztag.com/nabaztag_09_small.jpg and when we have the translation done I'll send you the description of the rabbit (yes it moves its ears!).
Posted by: Olivier Mevel (Violet) | 02/01/2005 at 04:43 AM
Olivier...love to receive the Dal. Would dedicate an article to it...give it honest feedback.
Posted by: a.brain | 01/31/2005 at 11:19 AM
... sorry for the delay ... I have just seen the post : the next Violet product will ship this spring and will be much cheaper and we will send one for free !! (It changes colors but also play sound and music and ... and ... moves its ears !)
Posted by: Olivier Mevel (Violet) | 01/31/2005 at 02:45 AM
I'm kind of in agreement with the last comment. Problem is, the wrong people would be wearing the backpack--those that should be, would be black and blue. Actually this desk thingie reminds me of the old mood rings--only difference being that you were generating your own "messages" and could respond appropriately to whatever your own mood dictated--this little goodie could have you in a tailspin from the time you sat down at your desk, or until you passed out from the hypnotic effect. This is exactly why most in the USA--with the exception of Seattle, are out of shape mentally and physically. Too many are depending on something or someone else to create their moods, to tell them how and what to feel, instead of getting out on that bicycle and creating their own healthy reality.
Posted by: gigi | 09/27/2004 at 12:54 PM
I'm going to invent a backpack with a big robotic hand that slaps a person upside their head every time they say something stupid. The color of the back of their head will reflect my mood. I'll give you one of those free...:)
Posted by: cancer | 09/27/2004 at 10:19 AM
I ignore those...I think I'd make those messages green - for money/or envy. Haters"...
Posted by: a.brain | 09/26/2004 at 06:42 PM
You never get angry pay-it-back-now spam from your bank, then?
Posted by: Vanessa | 09/26/2004 at 05:47 PM