Sep 23, 2009
Shift Happens Revisited: Do You Know 4.0 - Convergence and Social Media, by Xplane and the Economist
"This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com."
More later.
Sep 22, 2009
Courier: Microsoft's "booklet" prototype: A cross between a netebook and a...what? Via Gizmodo
To see a visual walk-through of how the courier UI works:
Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
The scoop from Gizmodo:
"Courier is a real device, and we've heard that it's in the "late prototype" stage of development. It's not a tablet, it's a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They're connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button. Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it might charge through an inductive pad, like the Palm Touchstone charging dock for Pre."
Also from Gizmodo:
Leak: Inside the Microsoft Store with Wall-Sized Screens and the Answers Bar
Impress: A cool flexible interface project by Silke Hilsing
Impress, a cool flexible interface project by Silke Hilsing:
impress - flexible display from Silke Hilsing on Vimeo.
From Sike Hilsing's website:
"Impress is the deliverance of the touch screen from its technical stiffness, coldness and rigidity. It breaks the distance in the relationship of human and technology, because it is not any longer the user which is subjected to technology, but in this case the display itself has to cave in to the human. Impress is a chance of approach of user and technology, above all, from technology.
It is a matter of a flexible display consisting of foam and force sensors which is deformable and feels pleasantly soft. Impress works with the parameters position and time like other touch screens as well, but in addition to that, it reacts, above all, on the intensity of pressure."
The application was created with Aruino and Processing.
Thanks to Richard Van Tol for the link!
impress - flexible display from Silke Hilsing on Vimeo.
From Sike Hilsing's website:
"Impress is the deliverance of the touch screen from its technical stiffness, coldness and rigidity. It breaks the distance in the relationship of human and technology, because it is not any longer the user which is subjected to technology, but in this case the display itself has to cave in to the human. Impress is a chance of approach of user and technology, above all, from technology.
It is a matter of a flexible display consisting of foam and force sensors which is deformable and feels pleasantly soft. Impress works with the parameters position and time like other touch screens as well, but in addition to that, it reacts, above all, on the intensity of pressure."
The application was created with Aruino and Processing.
Thanks to Richard Van Tol for the link!
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 20, 2009
Interactive Digital Art/Music at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
This video gives some background about the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, and also provides a glimpse of some interesting interfaces and interaction.
forward/slash: The Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Story from GAFFTA on Vimeo.
"Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to building social consciousness through digital culture. Guided by the principles of openness, collaboration, and resource sharing, our programs promote creativity at the intersection of art, design, sound, and technology. By making digital culture accessible, substantive and inspiring, we aim to help realize the greatest power of technology: to bring us closer, faster. For more information and how you can be a part of our vision, please visit gaffta.org"
Thanks to Seth Sandler for the link!
(This is a cross-post.)
forward/slash: The Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Story from GAFFTA on Vimeo.
"Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to building social consciousness through digital culture. Guided by the principles of openness, collaboration, and resource sharing, our programs promote creativity at the intersection of art, design, sound, and technology. By making digital culture accessible, substantive and inspiring, we aim to help realize the greatest power of technology: to bring us closer, faster. For more information and how you can be a part of our vision, please visit gaffta.org"
Thanks to Seth Sandler for the link!
(This is a cross-post.)
Sep 19, 2009
The World Is My Interface
THE WORLD IS MY INTERFACE is the new title of my Technology-Supported Human-World Interaction blog. The name was just too long!
The first post written under the new title has a variety of links about ubiquitous computing, off-the-desktop interaction design, use of technology in public spaces, and so forth. There are a few links to scholarly research and related projects, too.
The first post written under the new title has a variety of links about ubiquitous computing, off-the-desktop interaction design, use of technology in public spaces, and so forth. There are a few links to scholarly research and related projects, too.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)