As many of you know, M.I.A. recently performed on her scheduled due date while pregnant at the Grammy Awards. Her next scheduled performance is supposed to be on February 22, 2009 at the Oscars (81st Academy Awards) and word is that the organizers are so keen on having her perform “O Saya” (from Slumdog Millionaire) that they are even willing to beam her in from her bed via satellite or have her perform as a hologram. Seriously.
General Electric has a great mini-site up showcasing their newest technologies in power management. The site encourages people to plug in to the “smart grid” of GE products — a series of alternative energy services and smarter power management items.
But the really awesome part about the site is the augmented reality feature that you interact with using your computer’s webcam. What you do is you print out a piece of paper that the webcam “sees” and GE’s augmented reality program builds a virtual hologram. It’s hard to explain because I don’t quite understand the technology behind it, but I assure you that when you get the webcam and the paper together, the result is astonishing.
