Point and Shoot Translation

via CScout, another great utility designed to enable, among other things, urban exploration.
PicTranslator is a point & shoot app for the iPhone that promises to translate signage and other text content from 20+ foreign languages into English. Check out the demo below:

While I can imagine all manner of applications for the app, the ability to [...]

Great Street Games as a Platform for Urban Exploration

Great Street Games is a series of installations in Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough that are triggered by pedestrian activity through public spaces, and allow for intra-city competition through increasingly-complex gameplay.

Projected light and thermal-imaging technology are used to create jaw-dropping interactive playing arenas in which the physical movements of players determine the outcome of the games. Develop your game-playing skills as you progress through a number of levels to help your area to victory or to simply have fun.