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The Tactile Cellphone makes use of a system of digital texture to let the blind access a multitude of features offered by modern multi-touch mobile handsets.

Amazing Augmented Reality Art in Layar: A project at the MediaLAB for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam resulted in some amazing art work in Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality is the biggest canvas you can work with. These artists know this already.

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Poptech writes: “Yasser Ansari, one of the speakers for tonight’s salon uses mobile technology for wildlife exploration and bringing science to the masses. 

Noah is a tool that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.”

SitePAD is a new iPhone app that aims to change all that by allowing users to create, manage and exchange CAD files on the go.

Sensaris enables action driven citizens to improve and share environmental data. Bluetooth wireless sensors are used in combination with mobile phones for first large scale deployment in Paris.

A new application being developed by a team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation gathers info from a database of thousands of images to enable you to properly identify a tree or shrub by using a photo taken from a mobile device.

The Interruptors are urban computing prototypes that focus on the behaviour of mobile devices in relation to the personal urban experience. The Interruptors are a result of experimental device design and fieldwork.

Pollin, is an Anonymous Communication System which enables people to express their opinio by touching a smart card ticket or chip embedded cellular phone. Pollin displays the count of peoples’ touch, and shows opinions and messages in a public space.