Passers-by lined up for a chance to use a human-sized joystick to direct the claw- – which was projected onto the side of a building–to pick up an array of prizes including a $4,000 vacation, a Burton snowboard, and one for lucky person, a 2012 Chevy Sonic.

Chevy has been big on leveraging outdoor stunts; recently it created a social- media powered bungee jump, also to promote the Sonic.

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Music: “Sooner or Later” by Mat Kearney
Produced by Whirled Creative with Director Scott Chan

“Soldier surprises mom” clip courtesy of the National Geographic Channel, Siskell/Jacobs Productions and Joseph Desira.

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We present the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera which captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an accelerometer, a full panoramic image is captured by 36 mobile phone camera modules.

Patent pending. More info: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera
Please check our Frequently Asked Questions: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera/faq

A project of the Computer Graphics Group, TU Berlin.

To be presented as an Emerging Technologies demonstration at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011: Jonas Pfeil, Kristian Hildebrand, Carsten Gremzow, Bernd Bickel, Marc Alexa

Diploma thesis ‘Throwable Camera Array for Capturing Spherical Panoramas’:
Jonas Pfeil. Advisors: Marc Alexa, Carsten Gremzow

Video: Jonas Pfeil, Junny Chen, Qian Qin, Björn Bollensdorff

Voice: Hugh Jeremy

Music: ADO and Wonderland by IZCY

Video licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0

We would like to thank Axel Kretzschmann for helpful tips on high speed electronics, Analog Devices, Inc., for providing parts and STMicroelectronics for helpful information regarding the camera module.

Thanks to Hugh Jeremy for providing the voice-over. Check out his awesome channel on Natural Selection 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgztfuij2w

Patent pending, http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera

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For nine consecutive months Android has topped the charts in Millennial Media’s “Mobile Mix” mobile device usage share report. Based on the traffic Millenial monitors on its mobile ad network, they continued to confirm that Android continues to make inroads into the pockets of consumers all around the world.

Furthermore, they actually found that Android’s share of the mobile OS market came in at 54% for the month of August, which is quite stunning – and almost double that of the nearest competing platform. Apple’s iOS is now resting quite happily in the high twenties, at 28% in second place, followed by RIM’s BlackBerry OS at 13%.

What is important to remember however is that iOS is essentially just a few devices, while Android is nearly 90, at last count, not counting all the Chinese based OEM’s flooding the market abroad.

Additionally, Apple has done an excellent job remaining in the top spot as manufacturer by usage in August with a 23.19% share, with HTC reclaiming its No. 2 position with 16.33%. Samsung slid to the no. 3 spot with 14.55%, followed by Motorola with 11.37% and RIM slid into the No. 5 position with 11.06%. Additional charts from their August report are below.

Are you surprised?

Related posts:

1. Android Now Owns 42% of Smartphone Marketshare – comScore
2. Android Still Tops iOS in U.S. Smartphone Market Share and Data Usage
3. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Release Date Reset to August

from Android Authority http://www.androidauthority.com/android-taking-apple-to-the-cleaners-top-os-in-august-with-nearly-twice-apple%e2%80%99s-marketshare-millennial-25344/