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TIME in Your Hands

by Administrator on 05-01-2009 03:24 PM - last edited on 05-04-2009 10:03 AM

HP TouchSmart Time 100 Application

 

Special effects are it right now. Everyone’s buzzing these days about how cool upcoming blockbusters like Star Trek and Wolverine look, with good reason.

And while you might expect mind-blowing special effects in movies, you probably don’t expect them from a magazine publisher. But today TIME, along with HP launched the new TIME 100 application, which has been optimized for the HP TouchSmart PC user. This application honestly looks like it could have come straight out of the new Star Trek—I’ve never used anything quite like this before.

Essentially, it’s an interactive, touch-enabled entryway into TIME’s annual list of the world’s most influential people using Adobe AIR. You can either dive into the profiles and video from a global perspective (by literally tapping a spinning globe to discover more about Top 100 from certain countries), or you can sort and choose a photo from a floating stack of pictures of designees.

It’s an incredibly cool application that’s definitely worth checking out. And I’m not going to fully admit to anything, but I may have been wearing a pair of Spock ears while reading about Jeff Bezos and Penelope Cruz.


Cheers,

Frosty

 

P.S. Be Sure to check out the cool video below, and the list useful links:

 

 

 

Message Edited by Frosty on 05-04-2009 10:03 AM

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