Monthly Archives: August 2008

Phillips Ambient Experience

Ambient Experience by Philips focuses on the values and needs of both patients and medical staff, addressing the total experience of the environment. They integrate architecture and technology (e.g. lighting, sound, vision, RFID) to create spaces that the patient can personalize, wrapping the patient in a relaxing ambience. This puts patients at ease and so […]

The “Translate server error” restaurant

AdFreak points to the best example of automated-translation-gone-wrong ever seen. As you can see in the image above, this Chinese restaurant appears to have used an online translation service (e.g. Babel Fish or Google Translate) to provide its customers with an English translation of its name. A noble intention. It’s just a shame that the […]