From the wikipedia: "The Internets": Internets was originally used as shorthand for cluelessness about the Internet or about technology in general[citation needed] but is often used today as an homage to when U.S. President George W. Bush referred to "the Internets" in the 2nd Presidential Debate w...
Lollipop as user-interface
Regine completed my yesterday's post about tongue-based interactions with this right-on-the-spot innovation: lollipop as a user interface (by Lance Nishihira and Bill Scott): Participants suck on lollipops embedded with sensors to control robotic babies in a race. (...) Sensors transmitted each slo...
About tongue-based interactions
People interested in tongue-based interactions should have a glance at this thesis (in japanese though), there are results from different tests/analyses of potential stimulus recognition (at least judging from what babelfish managed to translate). The next step is then to find uses as in Nikawa's ...
SAFEGE: old-school suspended monorail
Here is a superb webpage that shows some picture of the SAFEGE. According to the Wikipedia: SAFEGE is an acronymn for the French consortium Société Anonyme Française d' Etude de Gestion et d' Entreprises (en: French Limited Company for the Study of Management and Business). The consortium, consisti...
Digital Kids can't warding off ennui
Some results from a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll are worth reading: a large majority of the 12- to 24-year-olds surveyed are bored with their entertainment choices some or most of the time, and a substantial minority think that even in a kajillion-channel universe, they don't have nearly enough...
New IEEE Pervasive Computing issue
The july-september issue of IEEE Pervasive Computing Journal is full of pertinent content to my research. Ranging from the "build what you use" introduction to "Real-World Ubicomp Deployments: Lessons Learned", "Practical Lessons from Place Lab", "Real-World Challenges of Pervasive Computing" among...
InfoViz on PSP
Via ARTcade, this Chromo thing is intriguing (by Protein®). It's meant to be "a colour clock that helps your body understand what time it is". The thing is that they released a prototype for the PSP: PSP Chromo™ is a colour clock for the PlayStation Portable that helps your body understand what ti...
The Playswiss
Via, The Playswiss by Pierre-Yves Dubois, a curious device for the Playstation, merging a stool and a Playstation pad. It's meant to engage the user into new sensation. ...
Mobile is so not the Web
In his Designing for Mobile, Brian Fling describes why "mobile is not the Web": 200+ devices 30+ web browsers Carrier controlled ecosystem Limited input or output Limited guidelines or resources “No Standards” People don’t “get it” The list goes on.... ...
HyperScan: Mattel RFID-enabled game console
It seems that Mattel is back in the video game console business with their HyperScan project. It's aimed at tweens (8 to 12 year-old audience) and consists of a console, a controller, a game CD and six collector cards featuring a character or special power. The cards have embedded RFID chips and ha...