TUNE-IN ALERT – TONIGHT!
WHAT: Syyn’s very own Eric Gradman, displays his inventive skills on the new show ‘Invention USA‘ on the History Channel.
WHEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 32rd, 2011
10/9c CENTRAL (Eric will be on around 10:30/9:30c…)
WHERE: The History Channel
The Face Logger is an experiment in practical lifelogging.
Have you ever had difficulty remembering the names and faces of people you meet? I have. Call it face-blindness, or call it inattention. I’ve always dreamed of using technology to offload the part of my brain responsible for remembering the people I meet.
Using an always-on video camera, facial recognition, and crowdsourcing I’ve begun to address my shortcomings.
With a single touch of a button, the Face Logger captures clips of my interactions with others. It identifies their faces, transcribes our conversation, and remembers where and when we met. It makes this information available in the form of a Facecard, which is like a flashcard for people.
And now, I never need to struggle to remember a face.
Source code is coming soon on github
TUNE-IN ALERT
WHAT: Syyn’s very own Eric Gradman, Dan Busby & Brent Bushnell will be on Extreme Makeover again!
WHEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 2011
8/7 CENTRAL
WHERE: ABC
Led by creatives Hector Alvarez and Mike Russek, the folks at Syyn Labs have created a machine that is a vision of beauty and grace. The machine, created to celebrate Wonka’s latest Golden Ticket Promotion, is available for viewing live for a limited time in the Wonka window in the Toys R Us at 44th and Broadway in New York (Times Square!). Here’s a behind the scenes look at the creation of the machine, and how Mike’s inspiration – moving from physical to digital then back again – was an essential spark.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Syyn Labs Goes Bungee Jumping With the New Chevy Sonic
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Taps Motion Theory Directors Syyn Labs to Fuse Engineering Ingenuity and Creative Production to Create a Memorable Launch for the New Chevy Sonic
Los Angeles, CA (10.19.2011)—“Some people play with blocks; we play with shipping containers,” deadpanned Syyn Labs President Adam Sadowsky, director of the latest launch stunt produced via Motion Theory for the new Chevy Sonic. To introduce the all-new 2012 Sonic with a bang, Chevrolet agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners commissioned the mischievous rocket scientists at Syyn Labs to devise an unforgettable stunt that would incorporate online and social media fan participation. The stunt can be viewed live at www.letsdothis.com.
Check out the video here:
http://youtu.be/sB6ZOr2JMTE
Question: What do you get when you combine a whole lot of chocolate and brilliant engineering skills? Answer: A Choco-tabulator. That’s the visually scrumptious new monster machine that WONKA just rolled out in Times Square. It’s 16 feet wide, 8 feet tall, and constructed with 16,000 pieces of chocolate. And wait for it…it creates 3D golden tickets. And ready? If you buy a Wonka bar that contains a Golden Ticket, you’ll get paid $100,000 to eat Wonka chocolate for a day. Can you say mmmm-mmmm?
Today we unveil a new project. We couldn’t be more excited!
Recently, we were invited to produce a new machine for the store window of Willy Wonka’s store-within-a-store at the Toys R Us in Times Square, New York. The project concept was straightfoward – produce a machine that announced and promoted their Golden Ticket promotion. But this is for Wonka. We had to do something very, very special.
NEWSFLASH! “This Too Shall Pass” collaboration with Ok Go & Director James Frost, which has been viewed almost 20m times, wins at the British VMAs for ‘Best Music Video’ and ‘Video of the Year’! CONGRATS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM!
