Dopplr “Badgegeist” Physical Prototype
Tom mocked this up really quickly this morning.
It’s a dynamic version of our logo showing the city colours of where people are on trips to right now. It’s our equivalent of that LED sign that Google used to have on their wall showing current search queries… except a lot slower…
Currently it’s mocked-up using the crystal-case packaging of a Jawbone headset and an iPod Touch that’s connected over wifi to the script that generates the logo.
Here’s a Flickr video (or “long photo”) showing the componentry…
We’re going to try and make a bigger version for our office wall with RGB leds and an arduino as a summer project… Stay tuned!
I like this badge feature. It is nice to have your own rainbow (despite mine has mostly one color :-D ).
I like the idea of “seeing” people traveling from a small gadget (even if an iPod Touch is a bit more than a gadget).
Maybe you could show the last trips added, it would change more often ?
Wow very cool. I love the logo, the colors are just so elegant and nice. Very neat!
Wow… Nice feature.. even if like the Nabaztag, I don’t find it really usefull, but then, a necessary thing :) What about a OS X/Windows/Linux menu icon / widget :p